Council Bluffs, Iowa - Black Angel of Iowa #2

It is a statue of an angel, on the edge of Fairview cemetery, and the statue is the subject of much local lore. Created by Daniel Chester French, who did the large seated Lincoln, at Lincoln Memorial, in Washington, DC, it turned black after being exposed to the elements. Subsequent attempts to polish it seem to fail, as it always turns black again.

Some locals say the statue jumps off its pedestal, and flies around at night. Ruth Anne Dodge, whose grave the Black Angel Statue watches over, was the wife of Gen. Grenville Dodge, whom Abraham Lincoln chose to be the Chief Engineer of the Transcontinental Railroad. [Donald Fraysier, 11/23/2000]

[RA: Nowhere near as unsettling as the Black Angel in Iowa City. Cleaned in the 1980s and not very black any more. Come back in 2050 if you want a good scare.]