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Title: Boat landing, Mississippi River, Clinton, Iowa
Description: People gathered to board a steamer for a cruise. The Clinton Bridge is in the background. In the first quarter of a century after Clinton county was entered for settlement, it had to depend upon the river and the freight wagon, with an occasional stage coach, or horse mail-carrier, for all that it received from the outside world. 1908 postmark. Number 2553.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:14436

Title: Bulger's Hollow near Clinton, Iowa, Bulger's Hollow Recreation Area
Description: Serene picture of Bulger's Hollow located at 4686 170th Street, Clinton, Clinton County, Iowa, just north of Clinton at the point where the Mississippi River stretches 3.5 miles from bank to bank. 1910 postmark.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:14434

Title: Chicago & North Western Train Wreck, April 23, 1908, De_Witt, Iowa, Silver Creek
Description: Several men are standing in front of a train wreck. On April 23, 1908, southwest of DeWitt, Iowa, at Silver Creek, flooding weakened a bridge and gave way to stock train 132 where an engine and 17 cars of cattle fell into the water. Three crewmen perished in the wreck.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:16184

Title: Chicago and North Western Train Wreck, April 23, 1908, De Witt, Iowa, Silver Creek
Description: View of the wrecked train. On April 23, 1908, southwest of DeWitt, Iowa, at Silver Creek, flooding weakened a bridge and gave way to stock train 132 where an engine and 17 cars of cattle fell into the water. Three crewmen perished in the wreck.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:16950

Title: Church, Elwood, Iowa, Elwood Methodist Episcopal Church
Description: Looking at a wooden church with bell tower which was erected in 1904. Elwood, Iowa was named in honor of Kinsey Elwood, who platted the town in 1873. 1907 postmark.
PID: grinnell:15998

Title: Clinton County Court House, Clinton, Iowa, Clinton County Courthouse
Description: Looking southwest at the Clinton County Courthouse is a Richardsonian Romanesque style structure constructed from 1892-1897 by architects Stanley Mansfield and Josiah Rice at a cost of $168,000. Located at 612 North 2nd Street, Clinton, Clinton County, Iowa, and listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Date Created: 1904
PID: grinnell:13879

Title: Clinton County Court House, Clinton, Iowa, Clinton County Courthouse
Description: Looking southwest at the Clinton County Courthouse is a Richardsonian Romanesque style structure constructed from 1892-1897 by architects Stanley Mansfield and Josiah Rice at a cost of $168,000. Located at 612 North 2nd Street, Clinton, Clinton County, Iowa, and Listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Number 21954.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13880

Title: Clinton Free Library, Clinton, Iowa, Clinton Public Library
Description: Funded by Andrew Carnegie for $45,000, the Clinton Free Library was constructed in 1904 by architects Patton and Miller, Chicago. The building is located at 306 8th Avenue South, Clinton, Clinton County, Iowa, and listed in the National Register of Historic Places. 1905 postmark.
Date Created: 1905
PID: grinnell:13878

Title: Clinton High School, Clinton, Iowa
Description: Three-story brick building built in 1922. Number 8164N. Series 8.
Date Created: 1933
PID: grinnell:13659

Title: Clinton Park, Clinton, Iowa
Description: Flowers are in bloom at Clinton Park. The original plat of Clinton set aside square blocks as the city parks named Clinton Park to the north and DeWitt Park to the south with each corner anchored by a significant church. 1918 postmark. Number R-63617.
Date Created: 1918
PID: grinnell:14430