photo of General Grenville M. Dodge house, viewed from slightly north on 3rd Street. Sign in front of the house:
Gen. Dodge House
Now Being Restored As A National
Historical Landmark
on reverse of photo:
"Gen. Grenville M. Dodge, left,
photo taken in 1913 with
a Mr. L. Jester, agent,
Capitol Grounds Extension,
Believed taken in Des Moines
--hm--
Dodge, Grenville M.
Builder of U.P.R.R.
Military Man, etc.
(Ruth Anne)
Born 4/12/1831--Danvers, Mass.
Died 1/3/16
See file: (Historic) Dodge House 3
See book: "History of Norwich University 1819-1911" Vol II pp. 477-487
A bronze identifying plaque added to the Grenville M. Dodge mausoleum in Walnut Hill Cemetery. The photo does not appear in the article, but the text of the plaque is quoted.
Here is a copy of the original message sent by Gen. Dodge to Oliver Ames, president, on the completion of the Union Pacific railroad. It came from Promontory, Utah, date May 10, 1869
The transit, target pole, and level used by Gen. Grenville M. Dodge in surveying the Union Pacific track sites after the civil war are shown here. The surveying instruments are now housed in the railroad's museum in Omaha.
[on reverse of photo: "Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, State Capitol grounds, Des Moines, Iowa. Looking northly, with capitol in background. Gen. Grenville M. Dodge of CB is astride a horse (one persons on each of four corners) on the northeast side…
[Note with photo: "This is reproduction of life-sized painting of Gen. G.M. Dodge as Gran Marshal of Gen. Grant memorial dedication in NYC April 27, 1897.
This approx 8x12 foot painting hung in lobby of Waldorf Hotel N.Y. City for many years; now…
Here is an early day view of a Union Pacific train crossing the Missouri river between Council Bluffs and Omaha on tracks laid on the ice. In the spring the flood waters from the Missouri would seep the temporary ties away, and the trains returned…