Civil War steamboat which sank in Missouri River
DeSoto Bend Wildlife Refuge]]> National Park Official Tells Salvage Plan Of River Steamboat. August 23, 1968 [ 2 copies]
Old Riverboat Raises Bow At DeSoto. November 1, 1968
Find 'Remedy' From Riverboat. November 24, 1968
Old Box Indicates Boat Is Bertrand; At DeSoto Bend Digging. November 26, 1968
Cargo Digging Halted Til Spring. January 22, 1969
Iowa House Hears About River History. January 29, 1969
River Boat May Yield Cargo Soon. June 10, 1969
Seven More Feet. May 19, 1969
Search For Rich Cargo Nears End. June 9, 1969
Pumping Water. June 19, 1969
Drilling For Treasure. June 19, 1969
Hole Full Of History. June 22, 1969
Boat Prize Search May Be Near End; Wine Jug Found. July 2, 1969
Treasure Hunt Near End? Searchers Probe Riverboat. July 3, 1969
Bottle Of Wine. July 3, 1969
Riverboat Search Yields 8 Mercury Flasks; Treasure Hunters' Probe Continues. July 5, 1969
3 Cylinders With Mercury Uncovered At De Soto Bend. July 14, 1969
Treasure Ship Tapped. July 15, 1969
Letter From Home. July 20, 1969
Search Continues At DeSoto Bend For Mercury. July 23, 1969
Bertrand Artifacts Displayed In Valley. August 18, 1969
Bertrand's Home Is Still Undecided. August 22, 1969
Smithsonian Man Visits Boat Site. September 5, 1969
Bertrand Relics To Stay In Desoto [sic] Bend Vicinity. September 29, 1969
At The Bertrand Meeting. September 29, 1969
Ship Relics May Get Structure At DeSoto. October 2, 1969
Scherle, Hruska Ask For Bertrand Fund. October 3, 1969 [ 2 copies]
Bertrand's Hold Near Empty Mark. October 8, 1969
Cargo Is Removed From Sunken Boat. October 9, 1969
Hickel OKs Boat Funds. October 10, 1969
Ray Takes A Look At Old Steamboat. October 14, 1969
Let Shelter Contract For Old Bertrand. January 26, 1970
Scientists Retrace Bertrand Superstructure Line By Line. February 8, 1970
The Old Steamboat Bertrand--An Ill-Fated "Gold Mine". March 18, 1970
Expect Approval of Bertrand Fund. July 22, 1970
Bertrand Cargo Gets A Home; Oct. 1 Viewing Planned. July 23, 1970
Bertrand Museum Opening Depends On Appropriations. July 23, 1970
'Here Lies Bertrand' August 7, 1970
Bertrand Artifacts Displayed. September 14, 1970
Displayed At Bertrand 'Store'. September 22, 1970
Bertrand Plan Delayed 'As Much As A Year'. December 3, 1970 [ 2 copies]
The Bertrand Depicted In New Sketch. April 25, 1971
Funds Delayed For Raising 'The Bertrand'. May 11, 1971
Funding Approved For The Bertrand. May 26, 1971
Bertrand Museum Is Being Urged. February 26, 1975
Big Money For The Bertrand. May 29, 1971 [2 copies]
Forgotten Hulk May Become Important Midwest Attraction. June 27, 1971
Bertrand Project Eyed in '78. June 26, 1971
Bertrand Is Depicted in Natl. Geographic. August 19, 1971
House Considers Bertrand Funds. June 7, 1972
Committee Okays Bertrand Funds. June 9, 1972
Sunken Bertrand May Deteriorate. July 2, 1972
Team Of Divers Checks Deterioration Of Bertrand. September 3, 1972
Bertrand Okay in Watery Bed. October 22, 1972
Scherle Talks Bertrand Future. November 1, 1972
$2 Million Suite Filed Over Bertrands 'Bitters'. November 11, 1972
Omaha Treasure Hunters Go To Court Over Bertrand Booze. September 28, 1973
Omaha Treasure Hunters Get Day In Court. October 6, 1973
Missouri River Steamboat Is Immortalized. December 30, 1973
2nd Paddle-Wheeler Found. April 19, 1974
She Keeps Bertrand Artifacts In Order; Harlan Native Maia Sornson. May 19, 1974
DeSoto Museum For Boat Artifacts Appears Sunk. July 29, 1974
Bertrand Sway's Dispersal Confirmed By State Official. September 1, 1974
4 Senators Against Removal Of Artifacts. July 30, 1975
Bertrand Bottle Book Available. September 2, 1974
Bertrand Peaches Not Too Appetizing. December 6, 1974
River Historian Doubts Vessel Is Real Bertrand. February 22, 1975
Appeal For Bertrand To Clark. March 6, 1975
Steamboats Once Served As Floating General Stores. April 27, 1975
Bertrand's Cargo Split Is Opposed. June 20, 1975
New Efforts For Bertrand Artifacts; Across Southwest Iowa. July 17, 1975
Plan For Bertrand Artifacts Federal Officials Pondering. August 10, 1975
Plans For Bertrand Museum Revived, Now On Even Keel. August 23, 1975
Hruska Proposal Would Give Funds To Bertrand. September 17, 1975
Bertrand cargo safe, but building doubted. November 19, 1975
$100,000 approved for Bertrand cargo. November 21, 1975
Strange sounds heard at refuge; All Bertrand artifacts inventoried. January 25, 1976
$38,084 for Bertrand cache. March 22, 1976
House Okays $225,000 for Bertrand artifacts. May 6, 1976
Senate okays funds for Bertrand archives. June 27, 1976
Bertrand museum is Culver's hope. August 16, 1976
Storage better for the Bertrand. August 17, 1976
Bertrand 's excavator files suit. September 10, 1976
Bertrand artifacts program agreed to. February 8, 1977
Bertrand cargo meeting to be later in month. January 10, 1977
A Watery Grave. March 27, 1977
Bertrand museum plans on the move. November 25, 1977
Model steamship Iowa man's legacy. June 11, 1978
Bertrand funds get Senate OK. August 19, 1978
Bertrand docking set; DeSoto center groundbreaking. May 27, 1979
Bertrand center to open in '81. December 28, 1979
Bertrand gets a home; new center nears finish. March 29, 1981
Bertrand Model. August 23, 1981
Bertrand artifacts displayed. February 27, 1983




]]> Anne Dodge asks publicat[tion of] verse on mother's death. Septembe 4, 1927
Winter's magic artistry touches Dodge Memorial. February 27, 1929
C.B. site of one of finest works of famed sculptor who died in East. October 8, 1931
Glittering elfin forest surrounds memorial fountain. January 14, 1934
Memorial sculpture portrays dream of Mrs. Doge just before her death. July 26, 1936
By well-intentioned Girl Scouts, world-famed Black Angel has perilously close call. July 17, 1958
Know your scenes. July 3, 1960
Famed Black Angel to the Bluffs Park Board. January 6, 1964
Cost approximately $12,000. Park Board may move famous Black Angel to Dodge House. March 28, 1965
Angel lights. December 27, 1965
The Black Angel. February 16, 1969
White face. May 9, 1971
The Black Angel. November 23, 1973
Black Angel can't fly makes weighty problem. October 18, 1978
The saga of the Black Angel: A real ghost story. October 29, 1978
Waiting for the touch. February 17, 1980
Look homeward, angel? Move still a possibility. February 24, 1980
The monuments and memorials of Council Bluffs. The Black Angel. November 10, 1981
Will 'Black Angel' finally be moved? May 25, 1982
Arts Council begins sprucing of 'Angel'. July 18, 1984
Statue fund gets $5,000 boost. February 23, 1985
Angel' fountain to flow again soon. June 7, 1985
Fountain's return t be commemorated. August 15, 1985
Fountain dedication set for Wednesday. August 19, 1985
The Black Angel Fountain, Bluffs heritage flow anew. August 21, 1985
Grant to light up Dodge Memorial. December 12, 1985
Grant of $25,000 boosts drive for statue restoration. December 19, 1985
Drive to restore Doge memorial hits midway mark. February 12, 1986
Money flowing in as 'Black Angel' work continues. July 16, 1986
Black Angel tourism program takes wing. March 1, 1987
Ceremony to celebrate 'Black Angel' repairs. May 20, 1987
Vandals strike restored Angel. May 26, 1987
Black Angel on register. February 21, 1988
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