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Name Of Fort Randall Carries On A Tradition - Still Guarding The Valley . . .
Fort Randall Dam . . . at Pickstown, SD, will be dedicated with considerable fanfare Saturday. The program will mark the completion of the 200 million dollar project designed to help control the Missouri River. Intakes for the power generating…
Name New Administrator for Audubon Memorial Hospital
Checking Records at Audubon County Memorial Hospital are Mrs. B.B. Budatz, new administrator, and Trustee Niels C. Nielsen.
Name Chairmen For Fund Drive - First Presbyterian Sets $100,000 Goal
Looking Over Plans . . . for First Presbyterian Church addition are the Rev. Howard B. Dooley, Joe W. Smith, Robert R. O'Brien and Norman E. Nygaard.
N.P. Dodge farm on the Elkhorn River
Consists of drawings made by Simons during railroad survey projects in Iowa and Nebraska beginning in 1853.
West part of NP Dodge's farm on Elkhorn River 23 m NW Omaha Neb.
West part of NP Dodge's farm on Elkhorn River 23 m NW Omaha Neb.
N. P. Dodge's Farm
Photograph of N. P. Dodge's farm buildings near Elk City, Nebraska.
N. P. Dodge Land Agency
Consists of drawings made by Simons during railroad survey projects in Iowa and Nebraska beginning in 1853.
Built by N. P. Dodge in 1869 occupied by him now 1894. C Bluffs Savings Bank Nov 1870 to Nov 1878. From March of 1863 N. P. Dodge occupied…
Built by N. P. Dodge in 1869 occupied by him now 1894. C Bluffs Savings Bank Nov 1870 to Nov 1878. From March of 1863 N. P. Dodge occupied…
N. Main fire
N. Main
Mystery Of Primitive Indians Still Unsolved At Glenwood
Standing In A Former Earth Lodge . . . are young men from the Glenwood area who are helping John Hotapp, left, rear, excavate the remains of an Indian family home which stood here more than 700 years ago. Hotapp said workers on the nearby…
Mysterious Numbers Show Boats How Much Clearance
These numbers...on supports underneath the I-480 bridge don't show the depth of the Missouri River.
Mynster Spring postcard
Postcard depicting the Mynster Spring Valley on Rainbow Drive.
Music at Lake Manawa
Photograph of a band of musicians at Lake Manawa.
Museum Restoration Sought
Standing Silent . . . in the museum is a cylinder phonograph, part of a largely-loaned collection ranging from toys to guns. Restorers hope to preserve building's patterned ceiling, a leftover from its days as a bank.
Museum Restoration Sought
Checking The Collection . . . of items at Griswold's Cass County Museum are historical society members Velma Powers (left) and Helene Forsythe. Museum's collection, mostly of old-time everyday items, is now available for inspection only by…
Museum Restoration Sought
Drumming Up Interest . . . in revitalizing the Cass County Museum, historical society members Velma Powers (left) and Helene Forsythe check a visitors' roster. At top is an old farm forge bellows; on wall a drum once used by Civil War veterans of the…
Museum Is Park Feature - At Glenwood Lake
(top) Room For The Family . . . in this little 1900 bedroom. At night the trundle bed was pulled out for the children while mom and pop had the big feather bed to themselves. Baby was placed in the 190-year-old cradle which can ingeniously be rocked…
Mural is dedicated at C.B. care center
Brightening the activities room of the Council Bluffs Care Center, 2452 N. Broadway, is "Rural Iowa," one of two new 24-foot-long murals created by residents during a 16-week-long Living Arts Program. The murals, painted on Masonite panels, were…
Mural Future Uncertain At Soon-To-Be Mini Mall
With Plans In Hand . . . Fred and Dee Hite are turning the old J.C. Penney building into a mini shopping mall. The owners of O.G.Craft Shop, 540 W. Broadway, are doing much of the work themselves.
Municipal airport is paying its own way
Airport commission members. . .Nick Sulentic, Howard Shortley Sr. and David Stuart discuss the new hangar planned here. -- Nonapreil Photos
Municipal Airport
The Council Bluffs Municipal Airport has kept pace with the progress of the city. Some 55 airplanes are kept at the airport now, compared with about a dozen in 1950. Two new hangars have been constructed in the past five years and new tie-down…
Multiple Benefits From Fort Peck Reservoir - Beautiful Montana Project Helped Save Council Bluffs . . .
Fort Peck's Power Plant . . . is one of the highest buildings in Montana. A height of 271 feet is needed to enclose surge tanks that prevent water from reservoir tunnels damaging generator turbines. Four 24-foot tunnels, each about 1.25 miles long,…