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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18HP_commanding-officers-quarters_Fort-Dodge-KS.html
The commanding officer's quarters was one of the last stone structures to be built. In the years before it was completed the officer and his family lived near the river in a four-room dugout, three feet below ground and four feet above.
The hou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18HJ_hospital_Fort-Dodge-KS.html
The first post hospital was built in 1865 of sod with a flat [illegible] and no floor. Poor drainage, damp conditions, and rodent infestation [illegible] the building unsatisfactory. This one-story stone building was begun [illegible] and was comp…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18HG_storehouse_Fort-Dodge-KS.html
Twin storehouses, each 130 ft. by 30 ft., and a bakery were the first stone buildings to be completed in 1867. The second storehouse stood a few yards to the east. The north ends of each building were partitioned to provide offices for post headqu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18HE_enlisted-mens-barracks_Fort-Dodge-KS.html
Three barracks were completed in 1867, two built of stone and one of adobe. For about eighteen months, until the permanent buildings were finished, the men lived in seventy dugouts at the river bank. Each dugout accommodated four men, had bunks ca…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18HD_fort-dodge_Fort-Dodge-KS.html
In the fall of 1867, the Fort Hays-Fort Dodge Road was developed to transport merchandise, mail and passengers from the newly founded railhead at Hays City to Fort Dodge and on to Santa Fe via the established route of the Santa Fe Trail. Thus, the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18H0_sutler-store_Fort-Dodge-KS.html
The Fort Dodge "sutler" store and buildings stood near this location. The civilian who kept a store in connection with a fort was known as the "sutler." He paid a fee for a monopoly to conduct all buying and selling on the military reservation. He…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18GZ_wagnor-memorial-fountain_Fort-Dodge-KS.html
This fountain was presented tothe Kansas Soldiers Home byElizabeth Jacksonin memory of her son,James S. Wagnor,who lost his life Oct. 8, 1942while a Japanese prisoner of war.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18GX_fort-dodge_Fort-Dodge-KS.html
Fort Dodge, named for Maj. Gen. Grenville M. Dodge, was established here in 1865. It was a supply depot and base of operations against warring Plains Tribes. Custer, Sheridan, Miles, Hancock, "Wild Bill" Hickok and "Buffalo Bill" Cody are figures …