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Citation: 220.1255.1-5 (Full image size: 29Kb)
Panoramic photograph of Camp Dodge, Iowa, a World War I installation, looking from the west to the east, shows the sweep of the camp. Located northwest of Des Moines, Camp Dodge was an important U.S. Army training camp. Thousands of soldiers from midwestern states were trained here in 1917 and 1918. Two thousand buldings and miles of concrete streets were built. Today [2004], it is the headquarters of the Iowa National Guard. (See also: 220.1256.1-5 and 220.1257.1)
Citation: 220.1257.2 (Full image size: 78Kb)
The extreme left part of a panoramic of Camp Dodge, a World War I training venue located northwest of Des Moines, directly north of the small town of Johnston, and later directly north of interstate highway 80. In this detail can be seen on the left the building of the Lutheran Brotherhood; in the center, the administration building of the YMCA; and on the right, the YMCA auditorium. The interurban railroad brought thousands of midwestern soldiers in and out of this camp. During the influenza pandemic of 1918, hundreds of those soldiers died here. The railroad helped to spread the disease to Europe when unknowingly the army shipped out infected soldiers to the theaters of the war.
Citation: 220.1257.3 (Full image size: 82Kb)
This detail of a panarama of Camp Dodge, a World War I army training venue. Located northwest of Des Moines near the small town of Johnston, Iowa, the camp was the gathering point for thousands of soldiers from midwestern states. Some of the administrative buildings still stand today [2004] and Camp Dodge is now the headquarters for the Iowa National Guard.
Citation: 220.1257.4-5 (Full image size: 64Kb)
A detail from a panorama of Camp Dodge, a World War I installation northwest of Des Moines. Railraod tracks ran through the camp and the interurban railroad brought soldiers to and from Camp Dodge. Today [2004], the site is the headquarters for the Iowa National Guard.
Citation: 220.1258.1 (Full image size: 59Kb)
This detail from a panorama of Camp Dodge, a World War I installation northwest of Des Moines, shows soldiers' living quarters. After the war these barracks were torn down and the wood was used to build residences, some of them in Ames. Specifically, several small houses on the south side of Lincoln Way, about two blocks west of the Iowa Department of Transportation, were built using that lumber. Camp Dodge was an important U.S. Army training venue for soldiers from the Midwest in 1917 and 1918. Today [2004], it is the headquarters of the Iowa National Guard.
Citation: 220.1258.2 (Full image size: 59Kb)
A segment of a panoramic of Camp Dodge showing the many barracks in the camp. Farwell Brown remembers taking a Sunday drive when he was around eight years old with two carloads of his extended family to see the camp. His prevailing memory was how dusty the roads were--those leading to the installation and those in the camp. Camp Dodge was often a destination for recreational drives in central Iowa during the camp's active days during World War I. Farwell Brown also remembers that two African-Americans were rounded up by a mob in camp and hanged, without benefit of a trial, for supposedly raping a woman who resided in the area.
Citation: 220.1258.3 (Full image size: 61Kb)
Segment of a panorama of Camp Dodge, Iowa, a World War I installation north of the little town of Johnston. This part shows service buildings and barracks that sheltered the thousands of soldiers trained here. The camp had around two thousand buildings during the time it was in use as an army training facility.
Citation: 61.309.1-2 (Full image size: 62Kb)
Panoramic photograph of Camp Dodge during World War I, showing the railroad right-of-way with the barracks in the background. The inscription on the picture reads "Thirteenth National Army Cantonment. Camp Dodge, Iowa." [See also: 61.310.1-2]
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