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Today...the site is occupied by St. Bernard's Hospital. using the Geise residence as a starting point, the hospital has grown steadily since it was founded in 1887. The center section and old main entrance of the hospital consist of the old Geise…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene: This was the residence of Conrad Geise, some 73 years ago. The picture appeared in the Illustrated Atlas of Pottawattamie County, published in 1885. Geise, a bottler and brewer, lived on Frank Street, near Harmony. …
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Today...a new Bloomer School stands on the site and it stretches much farther west along Willow Avenue than the old building. The playground was extended to take in property formerly occupied by homes. The Eighteenth Amendment has been repealed,…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene: Activities of prohibitionists on Willow Avenue, between Seventh and Eighth Streets, are shown on this postcard picture published in 1919. The demonstration against the sale of liquor was made in front of Bloomer…
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Today...the southwest corner of the intersection is the site of the Council Bluffs Free Public Library. It was built in 1904 on the location of the old Pusey home. The cornerstone laying ceremony was combined with the centennial observance of the…
SWI Courthouses Added To List
Showing The Signs . . . of its sandblasting in the late 1970s, Harrison County Courthouse looks like new. The concrete and steel building is faced with Bedford limestone and topped with a 78-foot dome.
Courthouses Have Colorful Histories
Concealing Its Age . . . is the Pottawattamie County Sub-Courthouse in Avoca. The brick building's construction predates the county's earliest records of it from 1885.
Area History Takes Trek To New Spot For Safe-Keeping
An Old Marshal's Book . . . from 1869 makes interesting reading for Tim Mathisen, 8, son of Mr. and Mrs. Don Mathisen of Crescent. Tim helped move 300 such books while his father and other men hefted many more to save the history of Pottawattamie…
Missing Plaque Returned
The Old And The New . . . is displayed by Myron Allerton, past president of the Historical Society of Pottawattamie County. The original DeSmet plaque was dedicated in 1934 but was lost during the 1940s. Suddenly last week, the old plaque reappeared…
Historical Emblem Contest Winner Told
Contest Chairman Steve Purington . . . presents a metal detector to Tim Peterson, 13, who designed the winning historical emblem for the Historical Society of Pottawattamie County.
Vagabond Rocks Look For A Home
Earl Williams . . . director of Walnut Hill Cemetery, looks at one of two boulders in the cemetery for safekeeping. They are historical monuments looking for a home.
Six Parlor Chairs From Dodge's Old Home To Historical Society - Donated By Grandchildren
Checking Historic Chairs . . . are R.B. Graeme and Mrs. Laverne Tollinger.
Historical Society Begins Campaign To Pinpoint City's Oldest Buildings - Seeking Old Homes, Business Sites
Hunting History . . . David Hall and Robert Kennedy check notes on the Sylvester home with Mrs. John Crookham.
Historical Cabin May Be Razed Soon -- Log By Log - Unless Some Group Claims It . . .
Fated For Destruction . . . is the old historical cabin in Lincoln Park.
Big-Hearted Woman Wanted Home for Soldiers' Orphans
The Founding . . . of a home for Iowa soldiers' orphans was one of the goals of Mrs. Annie Wittenmyer of Keokuk. She was known as a "battlefield angel" during the Civil War.
Big-Hearted Woman Wanted Home for Soldiers' Orphans
Celebrating Its Centennial . . . in 1965, this is how the Iowa Annie Wittenmyer Home in Davenport appeared. The home was founded in 1865 as a home for Civil Wal soldiers' orphans. Two of its famous graduates included Billy Sunday and Wayne King. The…
Suffrage Effort Benefitted From Carrie Chapman Catt
Carrie Chapman Catt
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene: The return of the 51st Regiment of Iowa Volunteers in November 1899, was photographed at the corner of Willow Avenue and Pearl Street. Residences in the background, from left to right, were the homes of W.H.M. Pusey,…
Today
Today...the building is the garage and storeroom for the Council Bluffs district of the Iowa Power and Light Co. Within the last half century, the front of the building has been faced with concrete, windows modernized, and many other changes made.
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene: In the early 1900s, this building at 612-18 S. Main St. housed the local warehouse of the Minneapolis Threshing Machine Comp. At that time it was one of many farm implement companies housed along South Main Street. …