Council Bluffs Changing Scene--In the 1880s, Broadway and Pearl Street looked like this copy of an old picture in the files of the City Water Works. On the corner was the Burlington Railroad ticket office in the Everett building. Real Estate…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--Broadway, looking east from Fourth St., is shown as it appeared about the turn of the century. The Nonpareil was published in the IOOF Building at that time, street cars rumbled up and down the main street, among the…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--Back in 1895 the first double truck streetcar was built in Omaha and Council Bluffs Railway and Bridge Company Shops at 28th Street and Avenue A. Made from two horse drawn cars, the new unit was No. 51. The picture…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--Back in 1903 Fairmount Park was a popular spot in Council Bluffs, but had no paved roads. And most persons reached it by way of street car. This photo from Park Superintendent John Christensen, shows a public pavilion…
photo on Broadway looking west (from Pearl Street?) with Council Bluffs Savings bank on the left. Man in bowler hat crossing the street, where people are boarding a streetcar. Horsedrawn carriage in front of the bank.