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Museum Gets A New Addition - In Glenwood Lake Park
The Brick Exterior . . . of the new two-story addition to the Mills County Historical Museum is a perfect match for the main museum building. Members of the county historical society are busy cleaning up the new addition and unpacking Indian…
Old One-Room Rural School A Part Of Glenwood Museum
Old West Liberty . . . rural school will become part of the Glenwood museum park.
For Posterity:
The history of Mills County and Southwest Iowa will be depicted in the items which will be housed in this building by the Mills County Historical Society. The building, erected by the Mintle family, of Glenwood, was formally presented to the Society…
Early History:
Historical events of more than a century ago provide the topic of conversation for Albert Wabaunsee, Raymond Mintle and William Rathke as they discuss a painting of Chief Waubonsie, done by artist Charles Bird King in 1835. The painting was on…
Dodge Was Key Figure in Making City A Railroad Center
The transit, target pole, and level used by Gen. Grenville M. Dodge in surveying the Union Pacific track sites after the civil war are shown here. The surveying instruments are now housed in the railroad's museum in Omaha.
Dodge Was Key Figure in Making City A Railroad Center
Maj. Gen. Grenville M. Dodge
Dodge, Gen. Grenville
[on reverse of photo: "Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, State Capitol grounds, Des Moines, Iowa. Looking northly, with capitol in background. Gen. Grenville M. Dodge of CB is astride a horse (one persons on each of four corners) on the northeast side…
Dodge, Gen. Grenville
[Note with photo: "This is reproduction of life-sized painting of Gen. G.M. Dodge as Gran Marshal of Gen. Grant memorial dedication in NYC April 27, 1897.
This approx 8x12 foot painting hung in lobby of Waldorf Hotel N.Y. City for many years; now…
This approx 8x12 foot painting hung in lobby of Waldorf Hotel N.Y. City for many years; now…
Dodge, Gen. Grenville
[on reverse of photo: Gen. Grenville Dodge on his 82nd birthday in his office in Co. Bluffs Savings Bank at Pearl & Broadway."]
Dodge, Gen Grenville
portrait of Cadet Grenville M. Dodge [on revers of photo: "Grenville Mellon Dodge as a Norwich Cadet"]
Council Bluffs Lost Union Pacific Headquarters in a Fight Over Railroad Bridge
Here is an early day view of a Union Pacific train crossing the Missouri river between Council Bluffs and Omaha on tracks laid on the ice. In the spring the flood waters from the Missouri would seep the temporary ties away, and the trains returned…
Mills Landmark Being Razed - Old County Home, State School Building
Mill's County's . . . poor house is being razed after 50 years of housing the county's needy and ailing.
Dedication Address:
Whitney Gilliland, Washington D.C., former Glenwood resident, delivers the dedication address at the new Mills County Courthouse in ceremonies there Saturday. The new structure replaces the 102-year-old courthouse which stood in the same square.
Mills County Residents To Vote On Courthouse - For Third Time In Recent Years . . .
Fate . . . of Mills County's 100-year-old courthouse may be decided in a special election Tuesday.
Miller One Of Eight Finalists For D.M. Post
Michael Miller: Council Bluffs city manager said "Des Moines is a career opportunity for me."
Let's Chat . . . With Jan Miller
Jan Miller
Life Pretty Good For Kids Of Council Bluffs Leaders
City Manager Michael Miller . . . treats his children, Carrie and Tony, like individuals, they said. That makes having a prominent father much easier, Carrie said.