As of 4/1/25, the library has run out of zoo passes. We will announce in the future if there is another giveaway. Those who were able to receive a pass have until 5/22/25 to use them!
William Henry Mills Pusey was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania in 1826. He graduated from college in 1847 and then studied law in Pittsburg and Springfield, IL.
Henry H. and Lavinia Oberholtzer were both born in Pennsylvania. Henry in 1825 and Lavinia Reist in 1834. When Lavinia was 20 years old she married Henry and a year later they were in Council Bluffs.
William Wirt Maynard came to Council Bluffs in 1854 along with Jeremiah Folsom. The two men walked from Michigan and brought a large herd of sheep with them.
