Residents of Magnolia point with pride at the little log cabin located in their city park. Although the cabin is not old, it is a replica of the typical home of early settlers in the community. The cabin, open to the public, houses relics which have been collected from the community's early settlers. Magnolia is considered one of the historic spots in Iowa.

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This is the interior of the cabin. Its relics date back to days shortly after the Civil War. Each article is labeled. The collection includes practically everything from flintlock pistols and broadaxes to old tea kettles.]]> Magnolia_IA_10_19_1934_002.jpg]]> ]]> Fixtures . . . and rug in Magnolia Masonic Temple are well over 100 years old. All furniture was handmade by a former member.

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Oldest Building . . . in Magnolia is Masonic Hall, located on corner near the town pump which was "retired" several years ago.]]> Magnolia_IA_11_23_1966_002.jpg]]> Council Bluffs, Iowa]]> Fire Damage . . . seem from the alley entrance on First Avenue includes burned-out Jensen Apartments wall rubble in alley (center), and shell of Brooder Supply Company warehouse (far right).

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Crushed Truck . . . becomes a platform for fire fighters after rear walls of the burning building cave in on it. The falling wall broke an electric power line, holding icicles on track back. The truck belongs to the South Main Furniture Company. ]]> Main_Street_Fire_1950_11_20_1950_006.jpg]]> Top Floor Falls - Here the fourth floor of the L.H. Katelman company building buckles and starts its fall to South Main Street. The third-floor front of the building, for the most part, fell inward. A fireman can barely be seen atop the ladder, leaning against the Morphy Drug Company building.

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Injured Fireman Earl Hansen . . . is aided by Capt. Jack Cochran, Driver Robert Madigan and E.W. Olsen of 100 Fourth Street.

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Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Katelman . . . watch their hardware store go up in flames. Man at right is unidentified.]]> Main_Street_Fire_1950_11_20_1950_008.jpg
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]]> Council Bluffs, Iowa]]> Thar She Goes - Spectacular aftermath of Monday's $250,000 fire here occurred in the afternoon when front walls of two gutted buildings were knocked down. Shown toppling here are the shells of the South Main Furniture Company (center) and Nick's Tavern (right). A heavy steel ball swung by the dragline at left battered the facades, knocking them onto a rubble heap on the two lots.

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Meter Saver - Willis Shrader, superintendent of city parking meters, removes a meter head so it will not be damaged when the wall behind him is knocked down. To get to the meter, Shrader had to hammer through inches of ice, formed by water from fire hoses.]]> Main_Street_Fire_1950_11_21_1950_002.jpg]]>