Description provided by retired Council Bluffs firefighter Calvin Peterson]]>
(bottom) Midwest Walnut Employee Irven Uss . . . operates the baler machine while President J.R. Petrus Jr. watches as shavings are automatically baled and sacked. The baled shavings are sold for livestock bedding. ]]> Midwest_Walnut_09_12_1972_002.jpg]]> Young First Bank Bullish On Council Bluffs April 27, 1986
First Bank Purchase Under Way September 30, 1988
Sale Pact Due In 60 Days For First Bank National January 23, 1989]]> 977.771
P288]]> Church Sees Century Of Heartaches , Joys - First Baptist Centennial . . . April 28, 1956
1st Baptist Buys Adjoining Land - Plan 3 Sessions At Monthly Meeting April 27, 1957
First Baptists Begin Campaign - Committee Named For $90,000 Project October 5, 1957
First Baptist Is Named 'Effective City Church' - Award Presented To Pastor . . . November 1, 1957
First Baptist buys Adjoining Property September 1, 1958
First Baptist Church To Build New $200,000 Wing - Completion By End Of 1964 October 19, 1963
Loyalty Sunday Will Include Pledges Toward New Building - Baptists To Let Bids In March November 16, 1963
First Baptist Lets Contracts - Votes $200,000 For Building Program April 23, 1964
New Church Wing Dedication Sunday - 7:30 P.M. At First Baptist February 27, 1965
Dr. A.M. Clarke Supply Pastor April 3, 1965
Young Pastor To Serve As Interim February 28, 1970
1st Baptist Phase Two Projects Begins - After Five Years October 21, 1972
First Baptist Church Will Be Re-dedicated May 18, 1974
Merger Vows To Unite Baptists October 4, 1975
First Baptist To Burn Its Mortgage October 18, 1975
Rally Held Today At First Baptist March 24, 1979
Energy Sunday At 1st Baptist September 15, 1979
Showing The Way June 14, 1980
Guardian Angels Tip Their Wings November 14, 1981
First Baptist Looks Back And To The Future June 2, 1984
Demolition Threat Revives Church November 23, 1985
First Church Sponsors Program April 13, 1985
First Baptist Has Planning Council May 5, 1985]]> circa 1929]]> Frontier and Pioneer Life -- Iowa -- Drawings.
Frontier and Pioneer Life -- Nebraska -- Drawings.
Council Bluffs (Iowa) -- History.
Simons, George, 1834-1917.]]> ]]>
]]> C-In4]]> First Christian July 26, 1936
Spends $15,000 On Remodeling - To Aid Fall Program At First Christian September 6, 1952
First Christian Church Buys A New Parsonage April 30, 1960
First Christian Starts Plans To Build New Educational Unit August 3, 1963
First Christian To Mark 75th Birthday - Plans Underway For Jubilee February 26, 1966
Plans For $350,000 Plant Okayed By First Christian - Groundbreaking In April March 26, 1966
Groundbreaking April 4, 1966
Church Project September 24, 1966
Cornerstone Laying Ceremony Is Sunday - $350,000 Plant November 12, 1966
First Christian Church's Educational Plant Will Be Dedicated Here Sunday - Reception Will Follow June 3, 1967
Celebrates 80th Anniversary - First Christian Church April 24, 1971
Coffee House To Open In Church Basement September 2, 1971
Agape? It's A Coffee House - At First Christian Church September 5, 1971
Reach Out For Children - Bus Ministries March 11, 1972
1st Christian Ends Year In The Black January 6, 1973
Washington Avenue By-Pass May Force Church To Build February 16, 1974
1st Christian Church Will Burn Mortgage March 15, 1975
Church Construction On Floodplain Gets Approval March 1, 1979
Revival At First Christian April 21, 1979
Intern To Serve First Christian June 2, 1979
First Christian To Build New $1,800,000 Structure September 22, 1979
Bond Issue Underway For Church Mortgage September 29, 1979
Christ Church Presents January 12, 1980
First Christian To Host Seminar February 23, 1980
Testing The Soil March 29, 1980
Pastor's 'Kid' Now His Intern May 31, 1980
New Church Taking Shape July 12, 1980
New Sanctuary For Old Church June 20, 1981
Noah's Ark Mural Adorns Class Wall July 3, 1981
First Christian Scene For Ordination, Wedding August 8, 1981
Christian Church Is Tumbling Down August 25, 1981
First Christian Church To Dedicate Organ September 19, 1981
Johanson To Serve As Intern May 29, 1982
Stained-Glass Window Chipped Aprl 12, 1984
'Triumphant Sound' To Appear In Bluffs April 13, 1985
First Christian Names New Minister October 5, 1985
Mideast Tensions Won't Halt Tour October 19, 1985
First Christian Observes 95 years April 26, 1986
First Christian Church Plans To Take Walk Thru The Bible August 29, 1987
First Christian Church Plans Outreach Program February 6, 1988]]>