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Title: Birds eye view of Bellevue, Iowa, St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Mississippi River
Description: Looking north at a cityscape of Bellevue, Iowa with St. Joseph's Catholic Church in the left background, train passing through in the center, and the Mississippi River in the right background.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:14180

Title: Boone Viaduct over the Des Moines River, Boone, Iowa, Kate Shelley High Bridge, Kate Shelley Memorial High Bridge, Boone High Bridge, Chicago & Northwestern Railroad viaduct, Boone Viaduct
Description: "Boone Viaduct over the Des Moines River, four miles west of Boone, Iowa, on main line of Chicago & Northwestern Railway. Length 2,685 feet. Height 185. 5,600 tons of Steel. Length of center span 300 feet. Largest Double Track Bridge in the World." --t.p. The Pratt deck truss bridge was built in 1899-1901, designed by the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad and constructed by the American Bridge Co. (Ambridge, PA). It is located in the Boone-Ogden Cutoff and crosses the Des Moines River at a point where the bluffs on either side are about 3000 feet apart. The bridge was nicknamed for the Iowa railroad heroine, Kate Shelley, also spelled Shelly. In 1881, when she was 17 years old, Kate Shelley risked her life to warn a passenger train by crossing the Des Moines River Bridge near Moingona at night, during a thunderstorm. Her goal was to warn the passenger train that the next bridge was out. That train had already been stopped. She then led rescuers to two men still in the swollen, flooded Honey Creek near her house, and they were saved. Her bravery was heralded in many newspapersListed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Date Created: 1905
PID: grinnell:13379

Title: C.&N.W. R.R. Yards after tornado, May 21, 1918, Boone, Iowa, Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Yards
Description: Building remains after the May 21, 1918 tornado in Boone, Iowa. Six deaths were reported. Boone sustained the greatest monetary loss, probably $500,000, half of which was caused by the partial destruction of the Chicago & Northwestern's division shops. The storm area at Boone was confined to the extreme eastern edge of the city, about three blocks in width and nearly 10 blocks long. The storm was confined to the poorer section of the city and among those injured were railroad laborers living in box car bunk houses. 1919 postmark. Number 5.
Date Created: 1919
PID: grinnell:13886

Title: Carlson's Cabins, Blencoe, Iowa, Carlson's Cottages
Description: "On Highway 75, 45 miles south of Sioux City, Iowa. 60 miles north of Omaha, Nebraska. Located out in the open, away from the city; where you may rest or play on large lawn areas and enjoy the quiet and fresh air of the country with every city convenience for your comfort. Cottages are heated in winter and cooled in summer with many large open windows. Friendly service and every comfort is assured our guests." --t.p. verso. 1950 postmark. Number 79163.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:13949

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: Cityscape of Bronson, Iowa, M.F. Copenhaver, Blacksmith
Description: An event with tents set up in Bronson, Iowa. M.F. Copenhaver, Blacksmith, can be seen on the roof of a building towards the left center of the photo. The town of Bronson, Iowa, was laid out by the Western Town Lot Company in 1901, and was named for Ira D. Bronson, an emigrant from Fort Scott, Kansas. 1909 postmark. Title supplied by cataloger.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:14163

Title: Creamery, Bridgewater, Iowa, Bridgewater Creamery Company
Description: Looking at a two-story brick building with smoke stack on left and child standing in front of the building. This is the first Bridgewater Creamery building built in the late 1800's.
Date Created: 1905
PID: grinnell:14168

Title: Cross Roads Motel, De Witt, Iowa, Cross Roads Tourist Court, Best Western, Duncan Hines, AAA
Description: Looking north at the Cross Roads Motel located at 326 Eleventh Street, De Witt, Clinton County, Iowa. Verso says 'Phone 107, 35 units, U.S. Highways 30 and 61, Best Western, AAA, Duncan Hines'. The motel was named for the crossroads of Highways 30 and 61 and is part of the historic Lincoln Highway. Number 2C-H427.
Date Created: 1952
PID: grinnell:16949

Title: Depot scene, Bremer, Iowa, Bremer Station
Description: Looking at a train pulling in to Bremer Depot with several men waiting on the platform with their bags. Bremer was a stop along the Chicago, St. Paul & Kansas City Railroad and the small community was never incorporated.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:14169

Title: Donahue [sic] or Cutler Bridge spans North River and completed 1871, Bevington, Iowa, Cutler-Donahoe Bridge
Description: Wooden covered bridge over the North River near Bevington, Iowa. Built in 1870 by Eli Cox of Ohio, the Cutler-Donahoe Bridge is a covered lattice through truss, 79 feet in length, and features a pitched roof. Originally located over the North River, it was moved to the Winterset City Park in 1970. Number 206-B.
Date Created: 1965
PID: grinnell:13873