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County flag will be a combination; Three winners announced
A 'Peace Symbol"...containing elements of the county's history is the winning entry in the Pottawattamie County Bicentennial Flag contest. It was submitted by Kenny King of Bloomer School.
County flag will be a combination; Three winners announced
An Outline...of Iowa with a silhouetted farm scene won second place. It was entered by Bonnie Bingel of Woodrow Wilson Junior High School.
County flag will be a combination; Three winners announced
The Mormon Trail...serves as the focus of the design drawn by Diane Husz of Carson-Macedonia School. The entry won third place.
County Funds Water Study
Michael Platt, Green Valley Cemetery sexton, gave Pottawattamie County Supervisors a tour of less desirable places in the cemetery Monday in hopes of gaining support to clean up trash and make needed improvements at the county-owned cemetery.…
County GOP Committee Names Mrs. Beno New Vice Chariman
Mrs. Robert Beno
County Jail Toes Mark In Inspection
Watching The Monitor . . . at the Pottawattamie County Jail on the fifth floor of the courthouse is Ralph L. Miner, corrections specialist. Each part of the arrest and booking proceedings is videotaped.
County Treasurers & Assistants, Council Bluffs, Iowa
Group photograph of the County Treasurer and assistants, Council Bluffs, Iowa. October 22, 1927.
Couple gets boost for Wickham house restoration
O.P. Wickham house, 616. S. Seventh St.
Couple Leaves On Trip To Holy Land
Pastor and Mrs. Richard D. Hogan . . . of First Christian Church.
Couple Likes State Lawmaking
Lawmakers Joan and Jack Hester
Couple must get state permit, bite was just part of getting 'bear' facts
Accepting a friendly nibble . . . is Humane Officer Jerry Archibald from one of two black bears on a farm near Crescent. The officer and several county and state officials checked the condition of the bears Thursday afternoon. --Nonpareil Photo,
Couple rescuing homes from years of neglect
Posing With...an old organ in one of the Victorian homes they own on South Seventh Street are Maurice and Carole Bergquist, 616 S. Seventh. They plan to christen the street Victorian Row, a group of houses that will have apartments, shops and a…
Court House, Council Bluffs, IA
Photograph of the second Courthouse in Council Bluffs, 1866.
Courthouse Time Capsule To Be Opened
A Celebration Marking The Centennial Of The Shelby County Courthouse Will Be Held Aug. 1
Courthouses Have Colorful Histories
Concealing Its Age . . . is the Pottawattamie County Sub-Courthouse in Avoca. The brick building's construction predates the county's earliest records of it from 1885.
Covalt's Concert Band
Photograph of Covalt's Concert Band at Lake Manawa.
Cover-Up Job Keeps Lids On
Pouring Molten Steel . . . into manhole cover forms are M.L. McMiller, Omaha, at the ladle handle and three other Katelman Foundry steelworkers. The liquid reaches 2800 degrees before the men fill their 35 to 40 daily molds. When completed, the rings…
Cover-Up Job Keeps Lids On
Plans Are Created . . . by company draftsmen for a variety of manhole covers. This sketch is part of a two-inch thick book of cover designs.
Cover-Up Job Keeps Lids On
After It Is Molded . . . this is how the design above looks. This cover is at Mynster and Seventh Streets.