Old soldiers section - Kinsman area - Fairview Cemetery - Council Bluffs, Iowa
Burial details and map for the Kinsman section of the Fairview Cemetery. Researched by Roy D. Linn - Graves Officer, William Kinsman Camp #23 - Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War.
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Iowa State Hospital for the Insane. Clarinda, IA.
A photograph of the Iowa State Hospital for the Insane in Clarinda, IA.
A panoramic photograph of Council Bluffs in 1916.
Two photographs of a statue of a firefighter located at the old Central Station - 29 North Main St.
A photograph of the Council Bluffs Fire Department fighting a fire.
A panel discussion featuring State Representative MaryAnn Hanusa, Congresswoman Cindy Axne, Senator Joni Ernst and members of the AAUW: Loess Hills Branch of Iowa. The year 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, guaranteeing and protecting women’s constitutional right to vote. The panel explores the relevance of the women's rights movement to the issues of equal rights today.
In 1887, the junction of Main and Pearl Streets looked like this. The little building that looks like a popcorn stand was the city scales. There were hitching posts along the streets and all wiring was suspended on cross-arm poles. There were several vacant lots along both streets.
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All wiring has moved underground and parking meters have replaced hitching posts. The streets are smooth asphalt and traffic moves one way. The courthouse at left, opened in 1887, is still in use although the tower has come down.
Citizens in derby hats and high button shoes stood stiffly in front of the old First National Bank in this 1887 picture. The Kimball and Champ Building stood at the corner of Main St. and Broadway. The First National was one of the earliest city banks. Next door to the right was "The Manhattan" Store. Other visible offices in the building belonged to A.B. Howe and Co.,, real estate and the Milwaukee Bridge and Iron Works.
Today...all the old buildings are gone, except the one at extreme left. Dominating the present scene are the B and G Hosiery Shops, the Clark Drug Store and Joe Smith and Co. Citizens no longer line stiffly for such a common occurrence as a picture. The First National Bank is gone. The building at extreme left is now occupied by the Vergimini Fur Shop.
The west side of Main Street was lined with small shops, stores and office in 1887. At the corner of Main and First Avenue, center, stood a banking house and on the south corner the "Excelsior Gallery" A sign across the street at lower right said "Visit the Race." The banking house was destroyed in the city's worst fire in 1925.
In 1887, St. Francis Xavier Academy stood at the corner of Seventh St. and Fifth Ave. The building, then surrounded by young trees and a white rail fence, was used as an exclusive girls school which attracted students from all over the Midwest. At one time more than 100 were enrolled.
More recently used as a classroom building and convent for St. Francis students and teachers, it has outlived its usefulness. The convent was moved into a new building at left. New additions in the lower picture include street paving, street marker, stop sign and motor vehicles--unheard of in 1887. The site will be used for a parking lot.
It was November, 1885. At Pearl and Broadway stood the New Pacific Hotel where citizens gathered to discuss a new-fangled electric trolley line in Baltimore and the activities of Geronimo on the western plains. One year later Council Bluffs became the second U.S. city to have electric streetcars--and Geronimo had surrendered to the U.S. Army. In 1893 the hotel disappeared...
Today...Beno's Department Store stands on a portion of the site where the [New Pacific] hotel was located. The new hotel was shifted into a wing of what is now the Wickham Building after an 1872 fire. The new hotel closed in 1893. Today streetcars are gone. Geronimo is history.,
This was the main dormitory and administration building of the Iowa School for the Deaf as it looked in 1887. In 1902, the building burned. Note the wagon trail across the foreground and the row of trees. The lawn was more like a pasture. [Caption on photo print: Deaf and Dumb Institute]
Today...a modern fireproof building has replaced the old structure. It was complete four years after the fire. The wagon trail and most of the small elms are gone but the smooth lawn of the School has an abundance of shade trees. The tower on the roof is still a main characteristic of the building.
This is the way the Glen Avenue water reservoir appeared in 1887. Although fenced, the open body of water was the scene of several drownings. Note the wooden stairway leading up to the reservoir and the house at right. [photo print is captioned: Upper Reservoir--Water Works--Fairmount Park]
Today...the 2,000,000 gallon capacity reservoir has been capped. The job was completed in the fall of 1942. Much of the heavy shrubbery has disappeared off the hill behind, although this picture was taken in the winter. A caretaker used to live in the house at right. It's now occupied by a private family.
In 1887, the home of George A. Keeline stood on the hill at 129 Park Avenue. Not the small tree in the foreground and the figure standing on the front porch. [print photo is captioned: Residence of Mr. Geo. A. Keeline