Fort Dodge, Ia., the capital of Webster County, on Des Moines River, 90 miles northwest of Des Moines. Its railroad connections are furnished by the Mason City and Fort Dodge, Illinois Central and Minneapolis and St. Louis railroads. It has good schools, churches, a college and a Roman Catholic seminary. Its industries include one of the largest oatmeal-mills in the state, besides coal-mines and gypsum-quarries in the vicinity. A former fort here was called Fort Clarke. Population 15,543.