Fort Dodge, Iowa - Fort Museum and Frontier Village - Cardiff Giant
- Address:
- South Kenyon Rd., Fort Dodge, IA
- Directions:
- 1/4 mile East (towards town) of the intersection of Business Hwy 20 & Hwy 169. South Kenyon and Museum Road.
- Admission:
- $6 adult; $3 (6-18); 5 and under free.
- Hours:
- M-Sa: 9 am - 5 am, Su 11 am - 5 pm May-Oct. (Call to verify)
- Phone:
- 515-573-4231
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Fort Dodge, Iowa - Cardiff Giant Replica The Cardiff Giant replica is still located at the Fort Museum and Frontier Village in Fort Dodge. Made from Fort Dodge gypsum like the "real" Cardiff Giant, this fella has been stashed away in a lonely little building just outside the Frontier Village.
It's impressive in its own way, but the Cardiff Giant looks like one of those attractions that will fade away if its owners can't come up with a more interesting plan to draw visitors. [Jeff Hoskinson, 07/03/2008]
Fort Dodge, Iowa - Fort Museum and Frontier Village - Cardiff Giant A great replica of a 19th Century stockade with oodles of artifacts. Everything from a mammoth tusk and many Indian artifacts to Paris Hilton's great-great grandmother's doll furniture. There is a wonderful collection of carriages in the livery barn. A stroll up Front Street gets you an original log cabin, a log church, Border Plains school house, a cabinet shop with a large collection of tools, a tinker's shop, general store (loads of neat stuff), jail, blacksmith shop. The exhibit of the "Greatest Hoax of the 19th Century" -- the Cardiff Giant -- is well worth the trip. Their trading post has some hard-to-find things like pop guns. They also sell art by Iowa artists. [Al Nelson, 07/02/2005]
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