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Fort Dodge, city (1990 pop. 25,894), seat of Webster co., central Iowa, on the Des Moines River; settled c.1846; inc. 1869. Fort Clarke was built on the site in 1850 and renamed Fort Dodge the following year. In a mining and agricultural area, Fort Dodge is a rail and distribution center. Industries in the city pack meat and make farm equipment and fertilizers. Gypsum mills are in Fort Dodge, and the outlying region has extensive gypsum beds. The city has the Fort Dodge Historical Museum. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The facility combines research herds from Land O'Lakes' Answer Farm near Fort Dodge, Iowa, and the Purina herd at the LongView Animal Nutrition Center at Gray Summit into one, 300-cow herd. Fort Dodge, Iowa, announces that its rural lifestyle magazine, Acreage, increased circulation from 40,000 to 75,000. Horans' partner in the pharmaceutical business, Meristem Therapeutics of Clermont-Ferrand, France, doesn't want to risk planting the corn on the Fort Dodge, Iowa, farm. |
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