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Today...the Abraham Lincoln High School Gymnasium stands on the site of the former Stewart residence. It is at the southwest corner of Fifth Ave. and Bluff St. The A.L. Gym was built in 1926. It is across the street from the high school.
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--This picture of the J.T. Stewart residence at 306 Bluff St. appears in an old book, Council Bluffs Illustrated, published in 1887. The book belongs to Ole A. Hill of 919 Avenue H. The old house was known as the…
Today
Today...the building at left is back in the grocery business. Sam's New Super Market is at 215 S. Main St., the same address as Max Mohn's old store. The Creston House, now double in size, has not been used as a hotel for many years. In the former…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--About 70 years ago, Max Mohn took much pride in this section of the 200 block of South Main St. At left was the Max Mohn Grocery and Provisions; center was his Creston House and at right, his saloon. This old photo…
Crosswalks Are Established - For St. Pat's, Hoover
Pedestrian Crossings . . . and the sidewalks leading to them at the recently opened intersection of Broadway and Relocated Highway 6 are shown by the heavy black lines in this map prepared by the Police Department. All crossings are controlled by…
Open New Highway 6
Relocated Highway 6 between Nicholas Street In Council Bluffs to Quick was to be opened about 2 p.m. Tuesday. Past the barricades are two bridges over Indian Creek. Interstate 80 crosses over the new highway at a point just over the horizon. Related…
Open New Highway 6 In Bluffs
Discussing Pedestrians . . . at the Oak and Broadway intersection is Harold Krogh, assistant public works director, Police Chief Nick Sulentic and City Manager Don Harmon.
Straighter, Wider
Relocated Highway 6, straighter and wider than its predecessor, stretches from the Interstate 80 overpass into the distant Iowa prairie in this view. The highway between I-80 and Quick was opened to traffic during the past week. The new road…
Relocated Highway 6 Project To Be Done In Four Phases - Traffic Problems Are Seen
Planned Intersection . . . of Broadway, Relocated Highway 6 and a new Pierce Street connection - as yet unnamed - is shown in this drawing. Construction of the intersection and Highway 6 to near Dutch Hollow Road should be completed this November.
Highway 6-64 Relocation Plan Here Wins Support
Route Of Relocation . . . of Highways 6 and 64 is pointed out by C.B. Anderson to F.W. (Pete) Mann and William Mott, spectators at the public hearing.
Hearing Set For Thursday Night On Proposed Hwy. 6 Relocation
Proposed Relocation . . . of Highway 6 and partial relocation of Highway 64 is shown by the dotted lines. The solid lines are the present highways. The proposed 8-mile project will cost more than $4 million. The numbered squares are section of land.
C.B. Shoe Salesman Returns, But Now He's A Millionaire
Reminiscing . . . George S. Hiddleston was in town visiting high school friends.
His Universal Food Service Now Dishes Out 34,000 Meals A Day To Alaskan Workers - Do You Remember George Hiddleston?
George S. Hiddleston . . . a local boy makes good.
Sen. Bourke B. Hickenlooper - 'A Giant Iowan' - Served Under Five Presidents
Bourke B. Hickenlooper . . . former Republican senator from Iowa who had spent 24 years in the Senate, died Saturday in New York.
Hester Joins Husband In State Legislature
Joan Hester: The election demonstrates that voters in Western Iowa have been forgotten.
Hester: Legislative Residency Continues As Campaign Issue
Joan Hester: "I believe our government was built on the fact that a legislator lives in the area he represents."
Couple Likes State Lawmaking
Lawmakers Joan and Jack Hester
Housewife Ousts Schroeder - SW Iowa Legislative Races
Joan Hester . . . and her husband, Jack, embrace at the Pottawattamie County Courthouse Tuesday night as election returns indicate she leads the race for the Republican nomination for the Iowa House in the 98th District.
State Budget Key In District 41 Race
Iowa Senate District 41
Jack W. Hester, Honey Creek
Republican
Jack W. Hester, Honey Creek
Republican