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Fort Dodge, illustrated by William Williams, 1852. Girls Rally Day parade on Central Avenue. Fort Dodge traces its beginnings to 1850 when Capt. Samuel Woods, with his E Company of the 6th Infantry were sent from Fort Snelling to erect and garrison a fort at the junction of the Des Moines River and Lizard Creek, they arrived August 2, 1850.
In 1860, the name changed to The Fort Dodge Republican and increased its size to eight pages. In 1864, the name was changed to Iowa North West to reflect the expanded coverage of the newspaper. In fact, the publication at the time was the only newspaper between Sioux City, Iowa, and Fort Dodge. In 1884, the newspaper went daily as the ...
Don Graham, Set 72157638014912296, ID 11033900283, Original title Graham Homestead, Hull, IA 7-26-13: File usage. The following 2 pages use this file:
The Oakland Cemetery is a 40-acre (16 ha) public cemetery maintained by the city of Fort Dodge, Iowa, United States. Property for the cemetery was set aside in 1859. It was laid out the same year by Egbert Bagg, an architect and civil engineer from Utica, New York. The graves and monuments are arranged around the natural contours of the hills ...
The exceptions are the Bennett Carriage House (1890) and the Blanden Art Gallery (1930). The houses were built in various styles from 1866 to 1916. Three apartment buildings, a funeral hone, and Grace Lutheran Church (1955) are the non-contributing buildings.
Bruce Township is one of twenty townships in Benton County, Iowa, United States. As of the 2000 census , its population was 319. As of 2018, the population is 298.
After the county was organized in 1852, the community of Homer was designated the county seat. At the time it was the largest town in the region. [2] Fort Dodge almost immediately sought to have the county seat moved there, and an election to decide the issue was held on April 7, 1856, with Fort Dodge coming out victorious.
Fort Dodge Downtown Historic District is a nationally recognized historic district located in Fort Dodge, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010. [1] Additional documentation for the district was approved by the National Park Service on January 4, 2019. [2]