Know Your Scenes:

Title

Know Your Scenes:

Subject

Local news

Description

This is a monument to a man who gained fame as peacemaker among the Indians more than a century ago in Council Bluffs. The stone marks the site of an Army blockhouse he used as a mission.

Answer: The memorial honors the Jesuit missionary, Pierre-Jean DeSmet. It stands at State Street and Broadway.

Creator

Nonpareil photos

Source

Daily Nonpareil October 15, 1961

Publisher

Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil Archives

Date

1961-10-15

Format

Black and white photograph

Type

Photograph

Identifier

KnowYourScenes_1961_10_15_1961_001.jpg

Coverage

Council Bluffs, Iowa

Rights

The Council Bluffs Public Library is unaware of any claim of copyright in the images in the collection. We encourage use of these materials under the fair use clause of the Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 101 et seq). The Council Bluffs Public Library has provided in the catalog records for these materials all known information regarding the photographer or other persons associated with the materials. This information is provided as a service to aid users in determining the appropriate use of an item, but that determination ultimately rests with the user.