arm of crane of pit with water, 5 men standing around pit]]> 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




]]> A Sans Suit Solo. May 2, 1968
100 Feet Of Track Damaged By Fire On Railroad Trestle; Believed Started By Passing Train. May 3, 1968
The Pumpkin Tree. September 18, 1968
Near Season's End. September 20, 1968
The Fall Is Near. September 22, 1968
Well-Guarded Leaf. September 23, 1968
Early Bluffs High-Rise. September 23, 1968
Reflection. October 8, 1968
Make-Believe Trains. October 8, 1968
Still Favorite Pastime, October 20, 1968
Hope For Safe Halloween; City Officials, Citizens. October 27, 1968
Target: A Fat Pheasant. November 9, 1968
An 8-Wheel Dropout. November 13, 1968
Lakeshore Tracks. November 14, 1968
Nippy Temperatures. November 20, 1968
A Shot In The Arm. December 12, 1968
The Rush Isn't Over Yet. December 22, 1968
Ignoring Chilly Temperatures. January 7, 1969
It Was A Horse Of A Different Color. January 17, 1969
Lace Trimming. January 31, 1969
It Depends On The Weather. February 2, 1969
Limbs And Twigs. February 4, 1969
A Weed Transformed. February 5, 1969
A Full-Length Mirror. February 6, 1969
A Brightening Sky. February 12, 1969
Fencing Out Winter. February 20, 1969
Winter's Grip Doesn't Lose Punch; Heavy Snowfall In State. February 28, 1969
Pointing The Way. March 19, 1969
Looking For Trouble. March 26, 1969
Web Of Steel. March 23, 1969
Everyone Say 'Ahhhh!' April 1, 1969
Happiness Is A Furry Chick. April 2, 1969
Next Year's Crop. May 11, 1969
Lunchtime For Kittens. May 27, 1969
It Looks Like A Hole In One. June 10, 1969
Bumping Up A Wrong Tree. July 20, 1969
First Shadows Of Fall. September 23, 1969
All That Is Missing. October 29, 1969
Frozen Lacework. January 5, 1970
It Was A Cold Day. January 6, 1970
The Rites Of Spring? February 2, 1970
The Headless Wrestler. February 11, 1970
The Splat Of Rain Drops. March 1, 1970
Who Says Dandelions Are Dandy. April 30, 1970
The Feeling Is Mutual. June 4, 1970
Sparkling Holiday. July 4, 1970
Bell Building Starts Out Clean-Faced. September 25, 1970
Midwest Harvest Going Downstream. October 20, 1970
Watch Out For Tricks On Treaters; Chief Outlines Precautions. October 25, 1970
Drizzle Molds Yule Beauty. December 11, 1970]]> Best Stories of 1960 missing from envelope; noted 8-22-63]]> Sailor, Hitchhiker Killed As Car Plunges In Creek; One Man Escapes With Scratch. January 3, 1960
Death In The Snow. January 6, 1960
Combining Operations. January 18, 1960
Doggone This Flu. February 3, 1960
Patterns In Pups. March 13, 1960
"Arrow" Wounds. March 28, 1960
Flood Threats Ease In SW Iowa; Warmer Weather To Help The Bluffs; While Other Parts Of State Have Problems. March 30, 1960
Water Resistant. April 8, 1960
Jonquils In Spring. April 13, 1960
More Showers. June 9, 1960
Range Riders. June 12, 1960
They're Off. August 12, 1960
Let's Be Doggy. August 14, 1960
Gosh, Lookie There. August 17, 1960
Mother And Son Killed In Car-Truck Smashup; Two Children Injured On Highway 92
Will Helms Shed Three Other Names As He Becomes A Citizen; Korean Orphan Among 17 Naturalized]]> Winter Wonderland. February 7, 1961
Pale Gunmen Admit Omaha Murder And Four Other Shootings. February 23, 1961
Murder Suspects Visited Bars At Missouri Valley; While Posse Searched City. February 23, 1961
Skimming The Waves. May 31, 1961
Elderly Seamstress Found Fatally Beaten. June 30, 1961
Red Oak Man Critically Hurts In Early Morning Crash Near Carson. August 8, 1961
Two Persons Died. August 24, 1961
Work Hour To Free Trapped Truck Driver. October 16, 1961
C.B. Area Is Slapped By Wet, 4-Inch Snow. November 16, 1961
Faulty Rail Blamed For C&NW Train Derailment; Eight of 91 Cars Leave Tracks
Sunset Silhouette. December 8, 1961
Sunset At Manawa. December 18, 1961
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