Council Bluffs' First High School

Описание: The first structure built to house a school in Council Bluffs was all about better education-- and about making a bold statement. The pretentious edifice atop one of the city's highest bluffs proved difficult to get to and even harder to heat. Though it was abandoned a short time later, the fact it got built at all speaks to the ingenuity and exuberant feeling of the time. In this episode of History Happened Here past school board member Michael Winchester describes the school and the challenges of building it.

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