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Paperback Fort Dodge: 1850 to 1970 Book

ISBN: 0738561827

ISBN13: 9780738561820

Fort Dodge: 1850 to 1970

(Part of the Images of America: Iowa Series)

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Fort Dodge was founded in 1850 as a military post to police the Iowa frontier. A subsequent land boom created fortunes that were reinvested in the local economy. The town soon earned the nickname "Mineral City" because of the extensive deposits of coal, gypsum, limestone, and clay. By 1900, the city was a rail center and the world's largest producer of gypsum products. With a highly diversified economy, the city prospered and by World War I was able...

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