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Bushnell's Business and Resident Directory of Council Bluffs, 1868.

Containing a history and general review of the city and what it contains. Also a map of city and railroads. July 1, 1868. Compiled and published by Joseph P. Bushnell.

Tobolsk Mayor Arcady G. Yelfimov (left) shares a few private moments with Council Bluffs Mayor Thomas P. Hanafan and interpreter Sergei M. Ageyev after the Sister City charter signing ceremony held at Community Hall this morning as part of a visit by…

Motorists driving east on West Broadway have watched the mural painted on the side of the Hite Center by Michael Brannigan slowly disappearing, row by row. By now, it is just a pile of colorful bricks. Jim Myers of Anderson Excavation and Wrecking…

R.H. Fanders (left) and Sergei Ageyev greet Tobolsk Petrochemical General Director Vladimir Judin and Tobolsk Mayor Arcady Yelfimov.

At the Sister Cities charter signing ceremony, toasts were made by Council Bluffs Mayor Thomas P. Hanafan (left in photo) Tobolsk Mayor Arcady Yelfimov, interpreter Sergei Ageyev and Jan Sutherland, president of the Sisiter Cities Association board.

Leroy Latiker, an employee of Andersen Construction of Council Bluffs, was on top of things Tuesday as he chipped old plaster off the south of the American Legion building on Pearl Street. The wall will be replastered and repainted.

Council Bluffs mime, Jay Cady, entertained the crowd at the Sixth and Broadway Balloon mural dedication ceremony.

Signing Her Name... to the balloon mural at Sixth Street and Broadway Saturday is Council Bluffs artist Marcia Joffe-Bouska. She won the $500 for the best design in the contest, which was sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce.

Henry Nissen
Henry Nissen, a guidance counselor at Missouri Valley High School, will retire July 1 after nearly four decades as guidance counselor and coach. He spent 31 years at Missouri Valley High School.

Sketch of creeks.
(top) Silver Creek Dam . . . south of Treynor would provide a reservoir with 2,400 surface-acres of water, if approved by the Board of Review for Rivers and Harbors in Washington, D.C.

(bottom) Graybill Creek . . . near Macedonia would be…

FLood waters surrounding trees.
Flood Waters . . . from the Nishnabotna River north of Hamburg rolled over thousands of acres of cropland before the waters began to recede Saturday. In the center along the grove of trees is the normal path of the Nishnabotna but the waters…

A group of men.
Gov. Robert Ray . . . flew to Oakland Thursday to view firsthand the damage caused by flooding early this week. He talked with one homeowner, Bob Cleveland (foreground), about damage to his home. Later Ray flew to Red Oak and Corning to view flood…

Watching The Water . . . as it slowly rises in their front yard at Oakland are Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Smith.

Bridge surrounded by flood waters.
A Local Traffic Bridge . . . over the West Nishnabotna River at the east edge of Harlan is covered by flood waters. The bridge sustained similar punishment from the Nishnabotna in 1947 but continued to stand. City officials didn't feel the steel…

pencil drawing of a two story house, with sidewalk, grass and bushes in front
Dolph Homestead...is shown in this drawing by Miss Ellen Dolph. Home was built nearly 80 years ago. The cement walk across the front yard was the first of its kind in Mills County. Some of the original shrubs and bushes still grown in the yard.

Woman in a suit stands behind microphones, speaking
Elizabeth Dole stands/speaks behind microphones

Woman stands behind microphone, gesturing with hands
Elizabeth Dole: Gave Bush high marks in Thursday's debate with Geraldine Ferraro.

Man in suit at podium, in front of a crowd of people
Senator Robert Dole behind podium, in front of crowd, with large "President Ford" sign on the curtain behind him, and "Ford Dole" sign on front of podium.

Gavriil Khazov holds bone carving created in Tobolsk. Khazov is a master artist there.

Susan B Anthony silver dollars are tossed into the fountain in the Midlands Mall at the dedication of The Boy With the Leaking Boot Statue. Wishing for good luck are from left Mayor William Ballenger, Twila Craig, and Joe Kirshenbaum owner of the…
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