Parking for the Valley View Trail can be found at its southern endpoint at Iowa West Foundation Trailhead Park on E. South Omaha Bridge Road. If you plan on starting your trip in the residential section of Council Bluffs, consider parking at Valley View Park on Franklin Avenue.
Learn about the construction and operation of the first transcontinental railroad at the Union Pacific Railroad Museum, located in the former Council...
The RailsWest Railroad Museum in Council Bluffs, Iowa, preserves the history of the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railroad and other railroads that...
When Rose Blumkin (1893–1998) heard that Creighton University was seeking the City of Omaha, Nebraska’s permission to demolish the old Astro Theater,...
The Great American Rail-Trail promises an all-new American experience. Through 12 states and the District of Columbia, the trail will directly serve nearly 50 million people within 50 miles of the route. Across the nation—and the world—only the limits of imagination will limit its use.
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