Kanesville is also the northernmost anchor town of the other emigrant trails because there was a steam-powered boat which ferried the settlers' wagons and cattle across the Missouri River. Kanesville was the historic starting point of the Mormon Trail. Until about 1853 Council Bluffs was known as Kanesville. It is located on the east bank of the Missouri River, across from Omaha, Nebraska. It is the most populous city in Southwest Iowa, as well as the third largest and a primary city of the Omaha-Council Bluffs Metropolitan Area. Satellite photo showing Council Bluffs and Omaha, Nebraska Courthouse, 1915Ĭouncil Bluffs is a city in and the county seat of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States.
