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Today...the same site reveals the fruits of Mr. Hansen's plans. Within the last nine years, more than 100 homes have been constructed in the area. The houses in center front on Midland Drive. Those in the upper portion front on Highland Drive.

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Council Bluffs Changing Scene

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Today...on the same corner at South Seventh St. and Sixth Ave. Stands [sic] the remodeled version of the same old house. In recent years it has been known as the Charles Test Stewart home. Note that the trees in the parking appear to be the same as…

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Council Bluffs Changing Scene: Another old Council Bluffs home was the residence of C.B. Waite pictured in a book called 'Council Bluffs Illustrated," which was published in 1887. At that time the address was listed as 634 Sixth Ave. Stewart…

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Today...The Kimball home has vanished. At left is an apartment house, 808 Seventh Ave., which was constructed in 1890. On the right is 802 Seventh Ave., the residence of Joseph Meis. The Kimball home was apparently razed or moved shortly before…

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Today...the site at Franklin Ave. and Pierce St. serves as a summer playground for the City Recreation Department. Title to the land has been retained by the School Board for possible future construction. Several theories for use of the old school…

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Council Bluffs Changing Scene: Old Pierce Street School is shown as it appeared on a postal card printed about 1910. The original portion of the structure was erected in 1884. Two later additions almost tripled its size. The building was…

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Today...the southwest corner of Thirteenth Ave. and Main St. is occupied by a new cafe and salvage automobile lot. The Union Transfer and Peru Plow buildings burned to the ground about 50 years ago.

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Council Bluffs Changing Scene: In 1903, these three and four-story buildings stood on the southwest corner of Main St. and Thirteenth Ave. They housed the Union Transfer Co. and the Peru Plow and Implement Co. This picture is from an Illustrated…

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Today...the streetcars have vanished from Avenue A and building sites in the vicinity are few and far between. Newer homes have filled in the vacant lots. And the original house on the corner has been remodeled. Both Avenue A and Twentieth Street…

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Council Bluffs Changing Scene: This is the northwest corner of Twentieth Street and Avenue A as it appeared in 1910. Streetcars clattered along Avenue A and building sites were readily available. This old picture is from the album of Mr. and Mrs.…

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Council Bluffs Changing Scene: This brick residence at 140 Benton St. belonged originally to John Hammer, a contractor, who constructed many downtown buildings including the Ogden Hotel. The picture taken about 1906 is from an album belonging to…

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Lighting a candle . . . in one of the Hebron blue glass candlesticks in her blue collection is Dorothy Hogan. The large bottle was what started it all. It is of blue glass and was a gift from her husband and children. Ever since she received it, Mrs.…

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Reminiscing About His Trip To The Holy Land . . . the Rev. Richard Hogan said he felt a sense of "belonging" during his visit. Here he displays mementos of his trip, including an olive wood plaque depicting the Western or Wailing Wall in Jerusalem; a…
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