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Interior of the Dodge Memorial Congregational Church

Dodge Memorial Congregational Church
32nd St. & Ave. C
9/1/83 New pastor--Rev. Walter Simpson
1/20/85 New pastor installed

Dodge Memorial, "Ruth Anne Dodge Memorial" (Black Angel)
Anne Dodge asks publicat[tion of] verse on mother's death. Septembe 4, 1927
Winter's magic artistry touches Dodge Memorial. February 27, 1929
C.B. site of one of finest works of famed…

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The Black Angel . . . located near Lafayette Avenue and North Second Street, was dedicated to the late Mrs. Grenville M. Dodge in 1920. At that time the statue was bronze, but through the years the weather has changed her to black. Now the weather…

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Waiting For The Touch . . . of repair crews is the Ruth Anne Dodge memorial, better known as the Black Angel. Downing said the city will spend about $3,000 to spruce up the memorial, fixing the lights and possibly reconnecting the fountain that once…

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Angel Lights: Colored lights mounted in surrounding tree limbs illuminate the Black Angel, near Lafayette Avenue and North Second Street. The lights were installed by the City Park Board.

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Know Your Scenes: This imposing bronze figure is the city's most famous statue and, appropriately, is associated with one of the best known families in Council Bluffs history. Can you identify it? the answer appears elsewhere on this page.

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A winter view of the Ruth Anne Dodge Memorial at Fairview Cemetery

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The Ruth Anne Dodge Memorial covered in paint by vandals

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landscape photo of Dodge Park in winter

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View of Dodge Park golf course, with clubhouse and greenery sculpted into "COUNCIL BLUFFS" and dates on either side: "1836"[?] and "1936" [?] in midground.

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Evergreens in Dodge Park, surround by drifted snow, and with snow on the branches

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winter landscape in Dodge Park, with trees in background and bare branches of small bushes in the foreground.
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