About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 26. Chapters: People from Webster County, Iowa, Badger, Iowa, Gowrie, Iowa, Harcourt, Iowa, Callender, Iowa, Moorland, Iowa, Fort Dodge, Iowa, Coalville, Iowa, Clare, Iowa, Barnum, Iowa, Farnhamville, Iowa, Duncombe, Iowa, Vincent, Iowa, Lehigh, Iowa, Dayton, Iowa, Otho, Iowa, Stratford, Iowa, Illinois Central Railroad, Vic Eliason, Iowa Highway 175, Nick Collison, Woodman Hollow State Preserve, Robert Schliske, St. Edmond High School, United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa, Fort Dodge Senior High School, National Register of Historic Places listings in Webster County, Iowa, Lanyon, Iowa, Brushy Creek State Recreation Area, Dolliver Memorial State Park, Cyrus C. Carpenter, Webster County Courthouse, Boone River, Corpus Christi Catholic Church, Clark R. Mollenhoff, Deer Creek Township, Webster County, Iowa, Prairie Valley High School, Burnside, Iowa, Helen Miller, Benjamin F. Gue, Fort Dodge Correctional Facility, Wahkonsa Hotel. Excerpt: Fort Dodge is a city and county seat of Webster County, Iowa, United States, along the Des Moines River. The population was 25,206 in the 2010 census, an increase from 25,136 in the 2000 census. Fort Dodge is a major commercial center for North Central and Northwest Iowa. It is located on U.S. Routes 20 and 169. Fort Dodge, illustrated by William Williams, 1852.Fort Dodge traces its beginnings to 1850 when soldiers from the United States Army erected a fort at the junction of the Des Moines River and Lizard Creek. It was named after Henry Dodge, a U.S. senator from Wisconsin. The fort was abandoned in 1853 and the next year William Willams, a civilian storekeeper in Fort Dodge, purchased the land and buildings of the old fort. The town of Fort Dodge was founded in 1869. In 1872 the long and continuing history of gypsum production in Iowa started when George Ringland, Webb ...
