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ID: 2034574
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/2034574
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Council Bluffs (inhabited place)  Council Bluffs (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 41 15 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 41.2500  decimal degrees
Long: 095 51 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -95.8500  decimal degrees

Note: Famed as site of conference between Lewis & Clark expedition & Native Americans in 1804; Mormons settled here in mid-19th cen.; flourished as supply station for gold rush from 1849; named by Abraham Lincoln as starting point for Union Pacific Railroad.

Names:
Council Bluffs (preferred,C,V)
Council Hill (H,V)
Kanesville (H,V)
Miller's Hollow (H,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of United States (nation)  ........  United States (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Iowa (state)  ............  Iowa (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Pottawattamie (county)  ................  Pottawattamie (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Council Bluffs (inhabited place)  ....................  Council Bluffs (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  settled between 1846-1852 on site already frequented by Native Americans
city (C)
commercial center (C)
manufacturing center (C)  ............  produces farm machinery, plastics & grain elevators
transportation center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Council Bluffs..........  [VP Preferred]
.............................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS19001730
.............................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 296
Council Hill..........  [VP]
.......................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 208
Kanesville..........  [VP]
.......................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 208
Miller's Hollow..........  [VP]
.............................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 208
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 208
..................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS19001730
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 296
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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