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City in Iowa, United States
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Fort Dodge is a city of 25,000 people (2020) in North Central Iowa on the Des Moines River. Fort Dodge is a major commercial center for North Central and Northwest Iowa.
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It is a full-scale recreation of a military outpost on the prairie from the 19th century. It also features a reconstructed village from the same time period. It has a replica of the Cardiff Giant, an archaeological hoax sculpted from gypsum mined at Fort Dodge. A "Frontier Days" event is held annually on the Fort Museum grounds. It features a parade, beauty pageant, historical re-enactments, a buckskinner camp, and live entertainment.
The first public museum of art in the state of Iowa is in the historic Oak Hill district of Fort Dodge. The permanent collection on display includes European and American artists prints, sculptures and paintings.
The preserve features several deep, forested ravines, which combine into a larger ravine with a small creek that empties into the Des Moines River.
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DART (Dodger Area Rapid Transit) maintains six local bus routes that connect to most commercial, medical, and educational locations on weekdays only.
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