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A Watery Grave
A Watery Grave...is again the resting place of the Steamboat Bertrand. Work on the artifacts from the ship will be increasing this summer at DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge. A new staff member will arrive at DeSoto Monday to work with preservation…
Model steamship Iowa man's legacy
Opening A Hatch...on the three-foot scale model of the steamship Bertrand is John Carrier, park service employee at the DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge near Missouri Valley. The steamer model, which the Bertrand museum just purchased for $300, was…
Famed Black Angel to the Bluffs park board
Work of art . . . the Black Angel, by Daniel Chester French, was built as a memorial to Mrs. Grenville M. Dodge. --Nonpareil Photo.
Look homeward, angel? Move still a possibility
Looking as it did . . .when placed in 1919, file photo shows memorial statue with water running from bowl. Fountain may be repaired this year. Sculptor Daniel Chester French once said the sculpture was his finest work. --Nonpareil Photo.
Will 'Black Angel' finally be moved?
The 'Black Angel'
Big Scoop for J student
The Black Angel . . . may be turning a little green with age but it sure didn't need a coat of paint by vandals.
Cost approximately $12,000, park board may move famous Black Angel to Dodge House
Moving the Black Angel . . .from the top of Lafayette Avenue would cost about $12,000. --Nonpareil Photo.
Black Angel at Dodge Memorial Park
Black Angel
Black Angel at Dodge Memorial Park
Black Angel with snow.
Black Angel at Dodge Memorial Park
Black Angel
Black Angel at Dodge Memorial Park
Dodge Memorial Park with snow.
Black Angel at Dodge Memorial Park
Black Angel
Black Angel re-dedication at Dodge Memorial park
Black Angel re-dedication at Dodge Memorial Park
Black Angel re-dedication at Dodge Memorial park
Black Angel re-dedication at Dodge Memorial Park
Higher taxes probable. City plans to start sewer line to annexed area soon.
New street signs . . . have been installed by the city and are the first visual signs of annexation in the Manawa community. Wes Clausen, assistant superintendent of traffic, views on such sign marking Navajo Street and a private (Pickard Lane)…
Fish thriving on 'Donia farm'
Working headquarters of Aqua-Farms Inc. near Macedonia is this uncompleted building that houses big fish tanks, processing shop and offices. Leaving the building are Steve Hansen, president, and Larry Vorse of Council Bluffs, board chairman.
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Small fish
Small fish . . . are fed by Hansen. The fish are kept in a wire holding cages in one of the quarries. Eager eaters, the small fish gain fast on the commercial feed, are later turned loose in the lake.
Fish thriving on 'Donia farm'
Fish hauling transport . . used for bringing in stock from Wisconsin and southern states is checked by Hansen, a graduate fisheries biologist who manages the farm.
Fish thriving on 'Donia farm'
One of two . . . former rock quarries contains about 35 feet of clean, cool water which is used for circulation through a series of holding tanks for commercial fish while the primitive area around the lakes provide ideal sites for 50-75 camping…
Ancient society being uncovered near Glenwood
Supervising the project . . . is Shirley Schermer of Maquoketa. Volunteers work on a trench investigation of an earthquake, east of county road L-31 in Mills County. --Nonpareil photo by Abbie Jones.