Small Train on Its Way to Fort Des Moines, Iowa

ID: 156 ~ Source: National Archives ~ Creator: War Department. 1789-9/18/1947 ~ Date: Received 1918

This file appears in: Fort Des Moines: Chronology

Dort Motor Truck Co. Waterloo, Iowa. A small train on its way to Fort Des Moines, Iowa. Vehicle cover has Kratzer Coe Co. USQMC on back.

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This file appears in: Fort Des Moines: Chronology

Fort Des Moines: Chronology

By Fort Des Moines Museum & Education Center

1901 Construction begins on the 400-acre base Fort Des Moines on Des Moines’ South Side.1903-1904 Two companies of the all-black U.S. Army 25th Infantry surprise Des Moines’ local citizens by arriving instead of white cavalry. The 25th had been…