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Dodge House 1
color photo of General Dodge House, looking from the south on South 3rd Street
Offer the Beautiful Dodge Home as Historic Memorial
A full view...of the large entrance hall. The library and dining room are on the right. The twin parlors are to the left of the hallway.
Offer the Beautiful Dodge Home as Historic Memorial
The general's soft felt hat, the last he wore...and his cane still hand in "their" place in the downstairs hallway. note portion of winding staircast [sic]0p and the old time light fixture.
Offer the Beautiful Dodge Home as Historic Memorial
The general's desk, right...is shown in the room he used as an upstairs study. It adjoins his bedroom. The glass doorways lead to a sleeping porch on the south side of the home.
Offer the Beautiful Dodge Home as Historic Memorial
One view of the library...where one of the nation's greatest railroad builders kept hundreds of books on history, government, railroading and war.
Moose To Face No Charges Over Pickles
The Moose Lodge, 807 S. 21st St. Authorities say they won't prosecute sale of illegal pickle tickets.
GOP's Mooty A Man Of Boundless Energy - Successful Farmer, Businessman, Politician
Mooty . . . 'one of the boys.'
High School Students Receive Staffer Awards
Mike Moran
Moran Named To Jepsen Staff
Mike Moran
Offer the Beautiful Dodge Home as Historic Memorial
Portions of the twin parlors...in the Dodge home. Much of the furniture and pictures are just as they were in the general's lifetime. Antique beauty is apparent in every section of the spacious home.
'Raising' An Historical Landmark
Designation Ceremonies...at the former home of Gen. Grenville M. Dodge, 605 Third Street, will begin at 3 p.m. today when District Judge Folsom Everest will accept a plaque from the United States Department of the Interior, making the home a National…
Restoration Work Pushed On Historic Dodge House
Installing Fireplace...in the second parlor of the The Historic General Dodge House is Harold Polen. The fireplace was removed from an old home on Glen Avenue. It is slate crafted to look like black marble with a gold inlay. The original Dodge…
Restoration Work Pushed On Historic Dodge House
Fresh Finish...is applied by painter Dick Jones to the interior woodwork in the front entrance hall of the Dodge House. The old finish was completely removed and repairs were made to the fancy moulded walnut woodwork be fore new finish was applied.
French Military Painting Returned to Dodge House
'Le Gal Saussier aux manoeuvres de l'Est"...back to a permanent location in the Gen. Dodge House here.
Independence Day
A Victorian Mansion...will again provide the background for an old-fashioned lawn party today when the Park Board and the board of trustees of the Historic Gen. Dodge House serve ice cream, cake, and pink lemonade. The four young ladies, in cotton…
Carol For An Old-Time Christmas
Official Hostesses...for the holiday tour and tea will be members of the Council Bluffs Business and Professional Women's Club. Mrs. Dorothy Letner (left), Mrs. Grace Gretzer and Miss Evelyn Blyth select costumes of the Victorian age which they will…
Invite Members For House; Drive Opens Monday
The General's Suite...at the Historic Gen. Dodge House, just opened to the public, is viewed by Mrs. John A. Whittaker, Mrs. Andrew Fluetch and Mrs. Clifford Lee
Fifth Generation Visitors
Two great-great-great-grandchildren of Gen. Grenville M. Dodge, Laurel and Lincoln Ferris, and their grandmother, Mrs. Robert Langford Montgovery, were visitors at the Historic General Dodge House on Tuesday. This was the first opportunity for the…
The Historic Dodge House Dressed In Holiday Garb
Ready For A Stroll...with dolls of another era, and the lavish wicker buggy with taffeta sunshade, are Mr. and Mrs. Jack Peters and their children, Denise 7, Brian, 9, and Stephanie, 5. Special guests at the tea will be Mr. and Mrs. Donald K. Ferris…
3 More Dodge Rooms TO Have Spirit Of 1870s
In Newly Restored Room...at the General Dodge House are Mrs. John Whittaker, chairman of the Dodge House Board of Trustees, and J. Frederic Schlott, chairman of the City Park Board.