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20210709-OSEC-LSC-RUSTIC CUTS (51301662158)
Meat cutting operations and the visit of U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Congresswoman Cindy Axne, for the USDA announcement of $500 million for expanded meat and poultry processing capacity as part of efforts to increase competition, level the playing field for family farmers and ranchers, and build a better food system, while at Rustic Cuts in Council Bluffs, IA, on July 9, 2021. For more information please go to usda.gov/media/press-releases/2021/07/09/usda-announces-
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Agriculture Secretary Vilsack at Rustic Cuts growing in Iowa (20210709-OSEC-LSC-0024)
Delivery of beef hind quarters to Rustic Cuts in Council Bluffs, IA, on July 9, 2021. For more information please go to usda.gov/media/press-releases/2021/07/09/usda-announces-500-million-expanded-meat-poultry-processing. USDA Multimedia photo by Lance Cheung.
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Agriculture Secretary Vilsack at Rustic Cuts growing in Iowa (20210709-OSEC-LSC-0051)
Meat cutter Brock Laber, weighs a container of beef quarters at Rustic Cuts butcher shop in Council Bluffs, IA, on July 9, 2021. For more information please go to usda.gov/media/press-releases/2021/07/09/usda-announces-500-million-expanded-meat-poultry-processing. USDA Multimedia photo by Lance Cheung.
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Agriculture Secretary Vilsack at Rustic Cuts growing in Iowa (20210709-OSEC-LSC-0054)
Meat cutter Joshua Thielen pushes in a container of beef hind quarters at Rustic Cuts, in Council Bluffs, IA, on July 9, 2021. For more information please go to usda.gov/media/press-releases/2021/07/09/usda-announces-500-million-expanded-meat-poultry-processing. USDA Multimedia photo by Lance Cheung.
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Agriculture Secretary Vilsack at Rustic Cuts growing in Iowa (20210709-OSEC-LSC-0076)
From right, meat cutters Charlie Stedman, Brock Laber, and Marty Smith wheel beef quarters from the weigh room to cold storage for aging and breaking down at Rustic Cuts butcher shop in Council Bluffs, IA, on July 9, 2021. For more information please go to usda.gov/media/press-releases/2021/07/09/usda-announces-500-million-expanded-meat-poultry-processing. USDA Multimedia photo by Lance Cheung.
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Agriculture Secretary Vilsack at Rustic Cuts growing in Iowa (20210709-OSEC-LSC-0095)
Beef hind quarters with U.S. Department of Agriculture inspection stamp, arrive at Rustic Cuts, in Council Bluffs, IA, on July 9, 2021. For more information please go to usda.gov/media/press-releases/2021/07/09/usda-announces-500-million-expanded-meat-poultry-processing. USDA Multimedia photo by Lance Cheung.
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Agriculture Secretary Vilsack at Rustic Cuts growing in Iowa (20210709-OSEC-LSC-0103)
Beef hind quarters with U.S. Department of Agriculture inspection stamp, arrive at Rustic Cuts, in Council Bluffs, IA, on July 9, 2021. For more information please go to usda.gov/media/press-releases/2021/07/09/usda-announces-500-million-expanded-meat-poultry-processing. USDA Multimedia photo by Lance Cheung.
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Agriculture Secretary Vilsack at Rustic Cuts growing in Iowa (20210709-OSEC-LSC-0104)
Beef hind quarters with U.S. Department of Agriculture inspection stamp, arrive at Rustic Cuts and will soon be hung for dry-aging in this cooler, in Council Bluffs, IA, on July 9, 2021. For more information please go to usda.gov/media/press-releases/2021/07/09/usda-announces-500-million-expanded-meat-poultry-processing. USDA Multimedia photo by Lance Cheung.
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Agriculture Secretary Vilsack at Rustic Cuts growing in Iowa (20210709-OSEC-LSC-0233)
Butcher shop operations includes removing debris left after band saw cuts at Rustic Cuts in Council Bluffs, IA, on July 9, 2021. For more information please go to usda.gov/media/press-releases/2021/07/09/usda-announces-500-million-expanded-meat-poultry-processing. USDA Multimedia photo by Lance Cheung.
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Agriculture Secretary Vilsack at Rustic Cuts growing in Iowa (20210709-OSEC-LSC-0238)
Butcher shop operations includes removing debris left after band saw cuts at Rustic Cuts in Council Bluffs, IA, on July 9, 2021. For more information please go to usda.gov/media/press-releases/2021/07/09/usda-announces-500-million-expanded-meat-poultry-processing. USDA Multimedia photo by Lance Cheung.
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Agriculture Secretary Vilsack at Rustic Cuts growing in Iowa (20210709-OSEC-LSC-0252)
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack and US Congresswoman Cindy Axne, and Ten Corp. Inc. President and CEO Chad Tentinger visit an abandoned farmstead where a meat processing plant will be build and employ approximately 750 people from the local area; this is part of the focus of the USDA announcement of $500 million for expanded meat and poultry processing capacity as part of efforts to increase competition, level the playing field for family farmers and ranchers, and bui
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Agriculture Secretary Vilsack at Rustic Cuts growing in Iowa (20210709-OSEC-LSC-0292)
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack and US Congresswoman Cindy Axne, and Ten Corp. Inc. President and CEO Chad Tentinger visit an abandoned farmstead where a meat processing plant will be build and employ approximately 750 people from the local area; this is part of the focus of the USDA announcement of $500 million for expanded meat and poultry processing capacity as part of efforts to increase competition, level the playing field for family farmers and ranchers, and bui
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Agriculture Secretary Vilsack at Rustic Cuts growing in Iowa (20210709-OSEC-LSC-0324)
Meat cutters breakdown hind quarter sections of beef at Rustic Cuts butcher shop in Council Bluffs, IA, on July 9, 2021. For more information please go to usda.gov/media/press-releases/2021/07/09/usda-announces-500-million-expanded-meat-poultry-processing. USDA Multimedia photo by Lance Cheung.
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Agriculture Secretary Vilsack at Rustic Cuts growing in Iowa (20210709-OSEC-LSC-0335)
Meat cutter Marty Smith uses a band saw to cut quarter sections at Rustic Cuts butcher shop in Council Bluffs, IA, on July 9, 2021. For more information please go to usda.gov/media/press-releases/2021/07/09/usda-announces-500-million-expanded-meat-poultry-processing. USDA Multimedia photo by Lance Cheung.
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Agriculture Secretary Vilsack at Rustic Cuts growing in Iowa (20210709-OSEC-LSC-0343)
From left, meat cutters Charlie Stedman, Brock Laber, Marty Smith and Zach Sales at Rustic Cuts butcher shop in Council Bluffs, IA, on July 9, 2021. For more information please go to usda.gov/media/press-releases/2021/07/09/usda-announces-500-million-expanded-meat-poultry-processing. USDA Multimedia photo by Lance Cheung.
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Agriculture Secretary Vilsack at Rustic Cuts growing in Iowa (20210709-OSEC-LSC-0344)
From left, meat cutters Brock Laber, Charlie Stedman, Zach Sales, and Marty Smith at Rustic Cuts break down the rib section of beef quarters, in Council Bluffs, IA, on July 9, 2021. For more information please go to usda.gov/media/press-releases/2021/07/09/usda-announces-500-million-expanded-meat-poultry-processing. USDA Multimedia photo by Lance Cheung.
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Agriculture Secretary Vilsack at Rustic Cuts growing in Iowa (20210709-OSEC-LSC-0352)
Meat cutter Marty Smith uses a band saw to cut quarter sections of beef, at Rustic Cuts butcher shop in Council Bluffs, IA, on July 9, 2021. For more information please go to usda.gov/media/press-releases/2021/07/09/usda-announces-500-million-expanded-meat-poultry-processing. USDA Multimedia photo by Lance Cheung.
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Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge alt (cropped)
Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge alt
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CouncilBluffsDowntown
View looking west down East Broadway towards downtown Council Bluffs, IA
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Council Bluffs Old Jail
Old Pottawattamie County Jail on the NRHP since March 16, 1972. At 226 Pearl St., Council Bluffs, Iowa
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De Smet Council Bluffs
A small portion of Pierre-Jean De Smet's 1839 map of the Council Bluffs Region, traced by the contributor. The area labeled "Caldwell's Camp" was probably near or just southeast of Broadway, the "Fish Pond" is Big Lake Park, and "St. Joseph's" was the Council Bluffs blockhouse.
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GrenvilleDodgeHouse CouncilBluffsIA
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Iowa - Council Bluffs through Davenport - NARA - 23940077 (cropped)
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UPRR Museum
Union Pacific Railroad Museum, formerly Council Bluffs Free Public Library on the NRHP since January 27, 1999. At 200 Pearl St., Council Bluffs, Iowa
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