Fort Dodge (2): Difference between revisions

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Fort Dodge (2) (1850-1853) - A U.S. Army post established in 1850 as Fort Clarke by Captain Samuel Wood, 6th U.S. Infantry in Webster County, Iowa. First named for Colonel Newman S. Clarke and renamed Fort Dodge 25 Jun 1851 after Colonel Henry Dodge, 1st U.S. Dragoons. Abandoned in 1853, when its garrison was transferred to Fort Ridgely.

Established 2 Aug 1850 by Captain Samuel Wood, 6th U.S. Infantry as an open plan post.

Abandoned 1 Jun 1853 and sold in 1854 to the former post sutler William Williams who then laid out the town of Fort Dodge.

Unknown in Fort Dodge, Webster County, Iowa

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Location: Fort Dodge, Webster County, Iowa.

Maps & Images

Lat: 42.50583 Long: -94.19278

GPS Locations:

Sources:

Roberts, Robert B., Encyclopedia of Historic Forts: The Military, Pioneer, and Trading Posts of the United States, Macmillan, New York, 1988, 10th printing, ISBN 0-02-926880-X, page 285
Frazer, Robert W., Forts of the West, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman OK, 1965, ISBN 0-8061-1250-6, page 49
USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) Database Entry: 1996648

Links:

Visited: 29 Jul 2020

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