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Council Bluffs in 1858 Looking South
Consists of drawings made by Simons during railroad survey projects in Iowa and Nebraska beginning in 1853.
Looking South. Council Bluffs in 1858. View taken from hill where Hospital now stands.
Looking South. Council Bluffs in 1858. View taken from hill where Hospital now stands.
Council Bluffs in 1858 Looking North
Consists of drawings made by Simons during railroad survey projects in Iowa and Nebraska beginning in 1853.
Claims of Sylvanus Dodge and G.M. Dodge
Consists of drawings made by Simons during railroad survey projects in Iowa and Nebraska beginning in 1853.
Looking South over the claims of Sylvanus Dodge and G. M. Dodge to Ferry across Elkhorn River. 1854-1858.
Looking South over the claims of Sylvanus Dodge and G. M. Dodge to Ferry across Elkhorn River. 1854-1858.
Captain Carlisle's California Train
Consists of drawings made by Simons during railroad survey projects in Iowa and Nebraska beginning in 1853.
Captain Carlisle's California Train on the Platte Valley 1859.
Captain Carlisle's California Train on the Platte Valley 1859.
Arkansas Traveler
Consists of drawings made by Simons during railroad survey projects in Iowa and Nebraska beginning in 1853.
1st temp bridge between C.B. and Omaha
Consists of drawings made by Simons during railroad survey projects in Iowa and Nebraska beginning in 1853.
First temporary bridge between Council Bluffs and Omaha and the first train of cars crossing, Winter 1867.
First temporary bridge between Council Bluffs and Omaha and the first train of cars crossing, Winter 1867.
1st Grist Mill
First Grist Mill in Pott County built by S E ... for Pott tribe of Indians, located on Mosquito Creek, afterwards known as Parks Mill. Sketches in 1854. Rebuilt in 1852.
1st Claim Cabin in Nebraska
The first Claim Cabin built in Nebraska by Dan Norton in 1853 between Omaha & Bellevue.
Twenty-ninth Iowa Infantry
Twenty Ninth Iowa Infantry in Winter Quarters. Little Rock, AK. Winter 1864 & 65.
Sioux City
Drawing of Sioux City Iowa, 1856.
Indian skinning a buffalo on the plains
Consists of drawings made by Simons during railroad survey projects in Iowa and Nebraska beginning in 1853.
Home of Sylvanus Dodge
Drawing of the home of Sylvanus Dodge. Caption:
NE Corner 4th St. & North St.
Home of Sylvanus Dodge (D 1871) and his widow Julia Dodge (D 1888) and of N. P. Dodge 1858-1864. Erected in 1858 & occupied by Mrs. J. T. Dodge.
NE Corner 4th St. & North St.
Home of Sylvanus Dodge (D 1871) and his widow Julia Dodge (D 1888) and of N. P. Dodge 1858-1864. Erected in 1858 & occupied by Mrs. J. T. Dodge.
Congregational Church
Caption: Congregational Church erected in 1854 & 1855 on Pearl St. ground now occupied by [...] block begun in Aug 1854 and finished in Spring of 1855. Vacated Sept. 12, 1869.
Bellevue, Nebraska
Notes written on drawing:
3. Indian Mission
2. Sarpy's new home
1. Sarpy's old home
P. Sarpy Indian Agent, "Omaha" tribe of Indiana whose village was near Bellevue
3. Indian Mission
2. Sarpy's new home
1. Sarpy's old home
P. Sarpy Indian Agent, "Omaha" tribe of Indiana whose village was near Bellevue
Julia Dodge Beard's home in Mapleton, IA
Julia Dodge Beard's home in Mapleton, IA where her mother Mrs. Julia T. Dodge died December 11, 1888.
Dodge hunting.
Photograph of GM and NP Dodge on their return from a hunting trip on "JWJ" Ranch. Edwards Co. Texas, 1896
Texas Ranger
Photograph of a Texas Ranger
The Rites Of Spring?
It was Ground-Hog-Day Eve and the temperature was a balmy 51 in Council Bluffs. Atop a hill in Fairmount Park, four Creighton University students and their friends cavorted while on a picnic, becoming silhouettes against the setting sun. It was a…
It Was A Cold Day
It Was A Cold Day...when the Rock Island Railroad's Cornbelt Rocket pulled into the station to take on a load of passengers for Chicago. Steam rising from the waiting cars turned two rail employees into bundled silhouettes backlighted by a bright…