FORT DODGE

a city of Towa, in Webster co., of which it is the county seat. It is on the Minneapolis and St. Louis, the Illinois Central, the Chicag o, Great Western and other railroads, on and the Des Moines River. It is the center of an extensive coal mining region and has large deposits of sand, clay and limestone in the neighborhood. It has important manufactures which includ e the making of clay products, brick and tile, oatmeal, boots and shoes, etc. The city is the seat of Tobin College and St. Joseph’s Mercy Hospital. Other public institutions are a court-house and a public library. The repair shops of four railroads which enter the city are here, Pop. 1920, 19,347.