Hopkins Empire Mired In Mud - Spent Over $15 Million

Hopkins Empire Mired In Mud - Spent Over $15 Million

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Towering Walnut Trees . . . shaded the comfortable hideaway of Mr. and Mrs. Berne Hopkins south of Council Bluffs. The three-story log cabin was left over from the Omaha Trans-Mississippi Exposition of 1898 and was moved to the site by Ben Marks, notorious gambler, after the exposition closed. This photo was taken in the early 1920s after Hopkins tried to make the spread into a world famous hog ranch.

Nonpareil photos

Daily Nonpareil February 27, 1974

Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil Archives

1974-02-27

Black and white photograph

Photograph

Hog_Ranch_02_27_1974_001.jpg

Council Bluffs, Iowa

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Photograph

26 cm x 21 cm