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Highway_64_03_24_1961_001.jpg
Pondering Plans . . . for a modernized Highway 64 are Clarence Russell of Weston, Raymond Kassell of Ames, Ralph Beck of Underwood and R.M. Terry of Weston.

Dodge, G G636a.tif
Postcard photograph of General G. M. Dodge's funeral procession.

Dodge, G G636b.tif
Postcard photograph of General G. M. Dodge's funeral procession.

Dodge, G G636c.tif
Postcard photograph of General G. M. Dodge's funeral procession.

1-Simons Print -G.M. Dodge's engineer party on Coon River.tif
Consists of drawings made by Simons during railroad survey projects in Iowa and Nebraska beginning in 1853.

1-Simons Print - G.M. Dodge's engineering camp near Crescent City.tif
Consists of drawings made by Simons during railroad survey projects in Iowa and Nebraska beginning in 1853.

GM Dodge Engineer Camp in Missouri River bottom near Crescent City Iowa. Sept 1853. Rock Island RR Survey. Sketched by George Simons, cook…

Kirn_Gerald_Ida_04_03_1953_001.jpg
G.W. Kirn graduated from North Central College; received his Master's Degree from the University of Chicago; came to Council Bluffs in 1919 as principal of Abraham Lincoln High School; was appointed Superintendent of Schools in 1946. In 1948 he left…

Hog_Ranch_02_10_1974_001.jpg
The Historic Log House . . . south of Council Bluffs between 1907 and 1918 sported a small herd of elk (almost hidden in this photo in clump of trees at left). The house, a left-over from the Trans Mississippi Exposition, has a colorful background.

ISD_1_03_13_1958_001.jpg
Three-Dimensional Tick-Tack-Toe . . . is being played with the aid of microphone and amplifier by Dale Peak, Allen Love, Ross Weaver and Michael Whaley.

Bluffs_Run_File2_12_1989_01.jpg
John Nelson (left), president of the Iowa West Racing Association, and Paul Bryant, Jr., president of Alabama-Iowa Management Inc., attended Thursday's meeting of the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission at Bluffs Run. Iowa West owns Bluffs Run, which…

Garbage_Removal_05_1973_001.jpg
Mechanical Bag Retriever (MBR) used to collect trash in Council Bluffs, May 1973

Gasoline 1979-1990, Shortage, Trucker Strike, Gas

Gavins Point Dam, Yankton, South Dakota

Geddes_Judy_Hall_07_21_1957_001.jpg
Naval Air Station Los Alamitos, Long Beach, California. 21 July 1957
A good time was had by all at the Grand Coronation Ball ending the "Miss Universe Pageant" in Long Beach, California, last night . . . especially by Naval Aviation Cadet John W.…
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