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The Historical Society of Pottawattamie County.

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Museums, Monuments, People...
Ruth Anne Dodge Memorial (Black Angel)
History of the Squirrel Cage Jail
History of the Bregant House
History of the Rock Island Depot
Historic Sites of Council Bluffs
History of the Historical Society
General Grenville Dodge
The Mormon Batallion
Inventor Lee DeForest
Fastest Man in the World
Col. Samuel Bayliss
Art and Addison Farmer
Lyle Moraine's Christmas Island
CB's Major League Pitcher

Business and Education...
Council Bluffs Moved the Mail
World Radio Laboratory
Arsonists Brought and End to ALHS/Kirn
Lake Township School
Loess Hills- A Grape Grower's Dream
Woodward Candy Company
Grocery Stores of Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs Under Glass
Kirn Field
Werner Trucking of Council Bluffs

Leisure...
Crystal Pool- Summer in the Sun
Lake Manawa
Fairmount Park
Grace Church and the Temple of Doom
Harry Langdon
CB's Biggest Theater- The Broadway
CB's Sweet 98 Rocked the Metro
Your First Pizza and Taco
Island Park- The Forgotten Oasis
Jazz Music Greats from CB

Law Enforcement...
The "Farmers' Holiday" Strike of 1932
In the Line of Duty
$3,500,000 Mail Robbery

Healthcare...
CB's Mobile #1- The First MASH Unit
Council Bluffs' First Dentist

Railroads...
Railroads in Pottawattamie County
CB WITHOUT the Transcontinental RR
History of CB's Rock Island Depot

Miscellaneous...
Wicked Winds- CB's Tornadoes
Christmas Island
History of the Historical Society
UFO- Close Encounter at Big Lake
The Pepsi Challenge Comes to CB
Bridging the Missouri
Local Sites on National Register

Recordings of Live Programs...
Manuel Lisa- First Fur Trapper in CB
Get Out of Town on the Lincoln Highway
History of CB Through Archeology
The Potawatomi and the Priest
Archeological Site 13PW5, Fr. DeSmet
History of Lake Manawa
Fifty Years the Made the Metro
Etienne Veniard Sieur de Bourgmont
Get Out of Town South to County Line
Mormon Impact on Council Bluffs
Nebraska vs Iowa- Carter Lake, Manawa

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