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Bathhouse at the new swimming beach is constructed of bricks and panel siding and provides changing areas and toilets for both men and women. The structure faces north and also houses a well which furnishes drinking water. Just south of the…

New Beach Area...Swimmers or sunbathers will find a new 1,000-foot sandy beach ready for them this summer at DeSoto Bend National Wildlife Refuge west of Missouri Valley. The swimming area has been relocated to the inside of the bend southeast of…

Today...a vast change has taken place--the type of beach improvements as well as in the kind of garb worn by bathers. Sunshine seekers sit on the sand in front of a bathhouse. And the beach is on the west side of the lake.

Council Bluffs Changing Scene: At the turn of the century an ornate bathhouse known as the Kursal [sic], was the center of activities at Lake Manawa. Built in 1896 on the south shore it doubled as a recreation and dining hall. The platform…