Historical Recognition Eyed For Bluffs 'Hog Ranch'

Historical Recognition Eyed For Bluffs 'Hog Ranch'

Local news

Fabled Log House . . . of Council Bluffs' "hog ranch" may be named a state historical monument soon if the present owner Earl Root gets his wish. The structure was used as a gambling house in the early 1900s and was later the site of an abortive venture into an ambitious hog-raising project by a Colorado millionaire.

Nonpareil photos

Daily Nonpareil February 3, 1974

Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil Archives

1974-02-03

Black and white photograph

Photograph

Hog_Ranch_05_15_1960_001.jpg

Council Bluffs, Iowa

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Photograph

16 cm x 12 cm