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Council Bluffs: Broadway (IA) (Images of America)

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Council Bluffs: Broadway (IA) (Images of America)
- Number of Pages: 128
- Published By: Arcadia Publishing Inc
- Imprint: Arcadia Publishing
- Series: Images of America
- Release Date: August 1, 2007
- Location: Iowa
- Illustration: Black and White
- ISBN: 9780738550756
- Book Format: Paperback
During the 1830s, a path appeared where Indian Creek flowed out of the loess hills at Caldwellâ€™s Potawatomi village and led west across the Eight-Mile
Prairie. A decade later, that path became Broadway through Mormon Kanesville where California-bound 49ers found anything for sale. Kanesville became Council Bluffs after 1852 as Broadway spread from Mud Hollow and Old Town past the Fourth Street Angle across a â€œsea of prairie grass and sun-flowersâ€ to the ferries on the Big Muddy, the Missouri River. More changes came with the Northwestern, Union Pacific, and Illinois Central Railroads as Broadway evolved into the route of four U.S. highways. People went to work at World Radio, Woodwardâ€™s, and Omaha Standard, and notorious mobster Meyer Lansky ran greyhounds where stock cars later raced at Playland Park while teenagers cruised for hamburgers and entertainment.
Country USA
Brand Brand: Arcadia Publishing
Manufacturer Arcadia Publishing
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2007-08-01
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9780738550756

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