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1959 City Directory
Polk's Council Bluffs (Pottawattamie County, Iowa) City Directory, 1959.
Containing an alphabetical directory of business concerns and private citizens, a directory of householders, occupants of office buildings and other business places,…
Containing an alphabetical directory of business concerns and private citizens, a directory of householders, occupants of office buildings and other business places,…
[Negatives]
4x5 negatives of various subjects. Most were taken by John "Jack" Kennedy, long-time Nonpareil photographer.
This collection is contained in 9 boxes in Special Collections
This collection is contained in 9 boxes in Special Collections
1957 City Directory
Polk's Council Bluffs (Pottawattamie County, Iowa) City Directory, 1957.
Containing an alphabetical directory of business concerns and private citizens, a directory of householders, occupants of office buildings and other business places,…
Containing an alphabetical directory of business concerns and private citizens, a directory of householders, occupants of office buildings and other business places,…
Monument Faces Testing Before Restoration Work
Moisture seeping into the Lewis and Clark Monument is blamed for extensive damage to the reliefs. A committee working to restore the monument hired a contractor Thursday to conduct tests to determine how the work should proceed.
Monument Restoration Nearing Second Phase
Panels on the Lewis and Clark Monument have deteriorated.
Floyd Monument In Woodbury County - Only Fatality On Expedition
Grave Site . . . and marker in memory of Sgt. Charles Floyd reaches skyward 100 feet above a bluff south of Sioux City.
Monument Is Crumbling
Signs of deterioration are showing on portions of the Lewis and Clark monument as pointed out by Terry Cox, city recreation superintendent. Weather is the apparent culprit. The upper corner of the west side of the monument, one of the favorite…
Lewis & Clark Monument & Trail
Rifle Slugs Mar Stone Carving . . . commemorating the Lewis and Clark expedition at the monument north of Council Bluffs.
Lewis & Clark Medallion
The Lewis & Clark Historical Association of Sioux City has issued a silver or gold medallion honoring Sgt. Charles Floyd, the first American soldier to die west of the Mississippi River and the only fatality of the historic Lewis & Clark expedition…
Early History Abounds On Iowa's Lewis-Clark Trail - From Hamburg To Sioux City
Waubonsie State Park . . . is one of Fremont County's most attractive recreation areas. The 1,129-acre state park is located on Highway 2 midway between Hamburg and Sydney.
Lewis & Clark Monument & Trail
Lewis & Clark Monument at Rainbow Point in Council Bluffs, IA
Schools selling Kirn field despite 284-name petition
Area residents are protesting the sale of the old Kirn Junior High School field which sits on a bluff overlooking Council Bluffs. The school will put the property on the auction block Feb. 3. Area residents want the property turned into a public…
The Media Center
The Media Center...at Kirn provides students with a "wide-open" atmosphere that administrator's hope will invite students to come in. The back wall features the entrance to the original building and picture of the man for whom it was named.
Iowans of future, learn about the Kirn of the past
Over half completed on Jan. 26, 1979 is the new Kirn Junior High School at North Avenue and Highway 6. The facility, which will house up to 900 students, replaced the old Kirn School which was burned by arsonists. The new facility is scheduled to…
Hundreds honor mentor, Mr. Kirn
Speaking With A Guest...at a Sunday birthday party is 89-year-old Gerald Kirn, retired Council Bluffs educator extraordinaire. About 350 past pupils and friends of Mr. Kirn gathered at the old Abraham Lincoln High School gymnasium to celebrate the…
Kirn Views Kirn School
It's a real honor when a school is named for a living person--as this structure is for Gerald W. Kirn. The long time educator in the Council Bluffs school system views the sign erected this week at the former Abraham Lincoln High building. He was a…