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Chicago_&_North_Western_Transportation_Co_2_5_1967_012.jpg
Freight office, left...rebuilt by north Western Railroad in 1953 is now the Railway Inn, a tavern at Eleventh Street and First Avenue. The old passenger depot, right, was torn down shortly after the freight office as completed.

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Freight Office, left...rebuilt by the North Western Railroad in 1953 is now the Railway Inn, a tavern at Eleventh Street and First Avenue. The old passenger depot, right, was torn down shortly after the freight office was completed.

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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.

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Captain J. Cockran and Driver R. Gates

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Capt H. Keegan - D. Baxley

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Photograph of Fire Department Captain Oamek and Fire Department Mike Kilbane.

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Acting Refuge Manager...Wayne Chord looks over the supply of Bertrand relics stored in a remodeled garage. The temperature and humidity are controlled to prevent the items from deteriorating.

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The Final Day ...of removing cargo from the Bertrand was Wednesday. Workers will wash and photograph the remains of the boat to prepare it for winter "storage."

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Washing Down...artifacts recovered from the sunken steamer and recording them are the jobs of Fish and Wildlife Service personnel Bill Berns of Guttenburg and Nancy Osborne of Ames.

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Photograph of police officer Carolyn Cates

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The Only Remaining Log Cabin . . . in Carroll County has been moved to Graham Park in Carroll, where it has been restored and will serve as a museum of pioneer history.

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Clearing Right Of Way . . . at the scene of the Illinois Central derailment Sunday 12 miles north of Council Bluffs, work crews ready the grade for laying new rails. Empty boxcars have been dozed to either side of torn-out track section.

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Wrecked Freight Cars . . . ditched in the derailment were thrown and pushed from the right-of-way. The accident occurred just south of the Honey Creek interchange of I-29.

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One more gap in the Interstate Highway system around Council Bluffs was eliminated Friday as I-29 between Ninth Avenue and North Sixteenth Street was opened to traffic. Traffic may now skirt by Council Bluffs on the north and proceed to the East…

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Religious Functions...are observed on a community basis in the Carter Lake Presbyterian Church.

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The Largest Industry...and the biggest taxpayer in Carter Lake is the Paxton and Vierling Steel Co.
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