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Hastings Notes Its History - Past Recounted For Centennial
Rodeo Activities . . . will be a big part of the celebration of Hastings' 100th year. Planning for the annual Little Britches Rodeo, a three-performance event in conjunction with the centennial, are Wayne Crawford, the first president of the rodeo…
Ridin' High In Hastings
Mitzi Sue, 6, and Timmie, 4, children of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Howell of Malvern, do their part to depict the spirit of the frontier during Hastings' Centennial Celebration, which began Friday and winds up Sunday. The miniature covered wagon is one of…
Church That Could Honored By Peale
Presenting The Plaque . . . to Rev. John Crosswhite is Dr. Norman Vincent Peale. the plaque, symbolic of the Hastings United Methodist Church's winning the 1979 Award from Guideposts Magazine, is engraved with the words: "Presented to the…
Rural Church Addition To Be Dedicated
New Addition Of A Narthex . . . at St. John's Lutheran Church of rural Hastings is to be featured in special services there Sunday. The Rev. R.E. Bloemker, the church's pastor, is standing in the foreground.
USS Hazard Heads Home
Passing Council Bluffs, the USS Hazard made its way up the Missouri River Friday afternoon, headed for its berth at NP Dodge Memorial Park North of Omaha. The Hazard was in the tow of Sioux City and New Orleans tugs to Omaha, escorted by several…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--Taken from a postcard, dated 1908, this scene looks north on Pearl Street. At left is the Free Public Library. At right is the old Merriam block. Beno's store is in the distant center and a streetcar is midway up the…
Tags: Beno's, Merriam Block, Pearl Street, Public Library, streetcars
Today
Today...the same area reveals a lot of changes. The Public Library is surrounded with nice shade trees and automobiles replace the streetcars and horse drawn wagon. And new buildings have been added. The five-story structure is the Park building. …
Tags: Beno's, city hall, Park Building, Pearl Street, Public Library
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--Around the turn of the century, this is how the Fifth Avenue Methodist Church looked at the corner of Eighteenth St. and Fifth Avenue. The church was originally built in 1889 on a site fronted with a dirt street, and a…
Today
Today...after two remodeling jobs, the Fifth Avenue Methodist Church looks like this. The church was first remodeled about 1906; then again in 1924, when the brickwork was added. And today, both streets are smoothly paved.
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--This is how the Iowa School for the Deaf looked before a fire in 1902 destroyed the administration building far left. Note the windmill in the foreground. This picture recently was uncovered among other old…
Tags: Iowa School for the Deaf, schools
Today
Today...a shot from the same position as that used in the old photo gives this view of Iowa School for the Deaf. The academic building occupies about the same position as the old windmill and blocks the view of many of the other buildings on the…
Tags: Iowa School for the Deaf, ISD, schools
Golden Anniversary For 'New' Hazel Dell Methodist Church - Open House Set Next Sunday
Their Church Home . . . for a total of 208 years has been Hazel Dell Methodist Church. The women are Mrs. George Osborn, Mrs. George Clausen and Mrs. Walter Cleary.
Hospitals Work Together On New Health-Care Unit
Sketch of proposed Health Center - West, a joint venture by Jennie Edmundson and Mercy Hospitals.
Harrison County Historical Village and Jail
A teepee on site at the Harrison County Historical Village and Jail.
Future Looking Brighter For Niles' Museum At Missouri Valley
Preston Niles . . . talks to visitors while standing in front of his "Stage Depot," a log cabin built in 1856 near Ames which he later had moved to form part of his museum at Missouri Valley.
Future Looking Brighter For Niles' Museum At Missouri Valley
Niles and Kenneth Acrea . . . chairman of a group to form a county historical society to preserve the museum, discuss plans inside the old cabin amid such relics as a spinning wheel, ancient guns and household items.
Historical Past Has Future
Stoking The Fire . . . in appropriate costume is Allene Latta of Logan, secretary of the Historical Society. The one-room school is the West Boyer Valley School, open from 1868 to 1959. One of the most popular buildings, the school is equipped with…
Historical Past Has Future
A Small Covered Wagon . . . is examined by Historical Society member Mrs. Herbert Herman of Magnolia and Allene Latta, secretary. This small wagon was probably used for business rather than travel, the women said.
Historical Past Has Future
Little Wagon Wheels Chapel . . . contains small pulpit pews from a Linwood country church and the huge bell in front belonged to the old Loveland Methodist Church. In the background stands the post office building with a horse-head hitching post…
Harrison Co. Display Open
Pioneer Buildings . . . including a stage depot and a county school house are part of the collection at the Harrison County Museum on Highway 30 between Missouri Valley and Logan.