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This cabin was an original structure of the Military Fort
established in 1850. It was first owned by Christopher
Arnold, who added rooms to expand the cabin. In 1912, the
Fort Dodge School Board discovered the cabin in the center
of a house being removed for the Wahkonsa School.
The School Board
offered it to any organization that would preserve it. The
Fort Dodge Chapter DAR members acquired the cabin and had
it moved to Oleson Park and restored. The cabin remained in
the park until 1962 when approval was given by the members
to move it once again to the newly constructed Fort Museum.
This cabin typifies an adjutant’s office of the 1850 era. |
