Fort Dodge, Iowa
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Fort Dodge (pop. 25,000) is located atop a gypsum bed on the Des Moines River. Originally established as Fort Clarke, the name was changed in 1851 in honor of Henry Dodge, the US senator who fought in the Black Hawk and other Indian wars. The town was laid out in 1854.
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