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20110611_9999_65 by iowarocky1971 on Flickr.
Whoever said Iowans don’t have a sense of humor… #false
20110916_9999_64bb by iowarocky1971 on Flickr.
Via Flickr:
Ruth Ann Dodge Memorial
Lafayette Avenue & N 2nd Street
Council Bluffs, IA
Known locally as the “Black Angel,” this solid bronze statue was inspired by three visions experienced by Mrs. Dodge in the fall of 1916, before her death. This prominent Council Bluffs resident was the wife of Gen. Grenville M. Dodge, chief construction engineer of the Union Pacific Railroad.
After her death, two of Mrs. Dodge’s daughters commissioned Daniel Chester French to sculpt a likeness of the angel in their mother’s vision. The statue took approximately two years to complete, at the cost of $40,000. French created the seated statue of Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
He subsequently said he felt the “Angel” was his best work. It is signed and dated by him on the bottom of the statue. The monument was dedicated in 1920 and has three Biblical inscriptions.
In June 1984, restoration of the monument, along with additional landscaping began. Corrosion was cleaned off the statue and water began to flow again from the Angel’s vessel. The stone aggregate basin was rebuilt and the original steps were reset. Lighting, walkways and wrought iron fencing were also added around the monument.
Many feel this angel is haunted or supernatural and it is not unusual to catch people holding or trying to hold some sort of ritual or look for paranormal activity.
0418121024 by rrileycom on Flickr.
That proud sign, announcing you are now in a place people call home.
River Road Barn by TumblingRun on Flickr.
Locust Street
Looking north from Carter Lake, Iowa, toward Omaha, Nebraska. The borderline lies between the parking lot and the strip of green grass, with Nebraska on the left and Iowa on the right. The parking lot is on the property of VFW Post 9661 of Carter Lake.Most of the borderline between Nebraska and Iowa is set by the Missouri River. However, a flood in 1877 altered the path of the river, separating the land now claimed by Carter Lake from the rest of Iowa.
Legal battles pitted the two states against each other for years over who claimed the property. In 1892, fifteen years after the flood, the United States Supreme Court decided the land still belonged to Iowa.
However, it wouldn’t be until 1930 that the community would incorporate itself as Carter Lake. It is the only municipality in Iowa located west of the Missouri River, the only place where you can walk from Nebraska to Iowa and not get your feet wet.
You can learn much more about Carter Lake and its unusual boundary by going to Carter Lake: A River Runs Through It.
Crazy!
As the storm rolls in…
