Hoff Family Art and Culture Center in Council Bluffs

 The Hoff Family Art and Culture Center is o block west of Main Street.  I didn't venture insie.

Council Bluffs Veterans Plaza at Bayliss Park

 On the east side of Bayliss Park is the veterans memorial.

Bayliss Park Council Bluffs

Bayliss Park includes a fountain, black squirrel statues, a gazebo and park benches.

unsculpture is in front of the old library, Union Pacific museum

                                                    

Rabbit Garden with Fountain and Murals Mainstreet Council Bluffs, Iowa

 There is a unique display in the middle of Main Street and Pearl Street in Council Bluffs.  There is a flower garden with strange rabbit statues mixed in.  There is also a fountain as part of the display.  

 

Scross the street there are a couple murals in the same area.

Council Bluffs Golden Spike

 When Omaha was celebrating the release of the movie Union Pacific, Council Bluffs erected a large golden spike for their part.  The golden spike represents the starting point of the Union Pacific Railroad.  It is 59 feet high and weighs 243,000 pounds.  In 1877 a passenger station and transfer station was located on this site.  In 1939 Omaha hosted a large celebration for the 70 year anniversary of the golden spike and the premier of the Cecil B. Demille movie Union Pacific.  Council Bluffs city engineer Jack Boyne suggested building the spike at this location marking the eastern terminus of the Union Pacific.  It took 14 men ten days to build it.  The spike is on 9th Avenue by lots of railroad tracks between 20th and 21st streets.  

   

Omaha Area Parks: Council Bluffs Recreational Area

 Owen plays his pitching machine baseball at the Council Bluffs Recreational Complex.  This is a complex with many baseball, ten, and soccer fields.\, ten with another six smaller fields.  There is a large playground and a community/picnic area.  There is also a Lewis and Clark informational panel.  

  

Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County Rest Area, West Bound.

 This rest area is at mile marker 17 on the I80 in Iowa.  It appears to be an older and smaller rest area.  There is no theme that I could see. 

Durham History Museum: Green Book, 1939 Golden Spike celebration and Legos.

 We prevued some history, but the kids have more fun playing.  They had a hands-on Lego exhibit.  The also regularly have a wall to put Legos and spell something.  History was the Green Book for the Black motorist which was necessary due to Jim Crow and racial discrimination.  The 1939 celebration of the Union Pacific Movie and the Golden Spike.  

Council Bluffs Visitors Center

 Returning home from the Kanesville Visitor Center I noticed the Council Bluffs Visitor Center so decided to stop.  I loaded up on lots of pamphlets about places to see in Council Bluffs.  It is on the corner of S Exprressway St. and 23rd Ave., not far from the freeway entrance to the 80.  It is called Unleash Council Bluffs, Iowa--Convention and Visitors Bureau.  

Historic Oakland Avenue in Council Bluffs, Iowa

On my way to visit the Lafayette Lincoln Memorial I drove through Oakland Avenue and was impressed with the murals and houses.

murals on a building, corner of Oakland and Kanesville

Fairview Cemetery is at the end of Oakland Avenue.