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…
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…
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…
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.
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.
The Dodge family silver tea service is viewed Monday at Council Bluffs Savings Bank by Penny Chatfield, Dodge House director, Ed Spetman, bank president and chairman of the Dodge House Board of Trustees and Richard Graeme, board treasurer-secretary.…
Pointing out . . . ornate detailing on a clock in the Dodge Library, Mosher notes Victorian penchant for decoration. "They applied decoration to almost anything," she said. "They loved ornament." Library is among the most authentic rooms in house,…
Judging from the expression on Dachsie's face, the treatment is worse than the flu bug. But, like a lot of two-legged specimens these days, the 7-year-old dachshund has to sniffle and bear it. Her owner, Nonpareil photographer Jack Kennedy, 225…