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Memorial Fountain

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Memorial Fountain

Fort Dodge, KS | Ford County

A refreshing spot on the Fort Dodge campus is a circular fountain presented to the Kansas Soldiers' Home by Elizabeth Jackson in memory of her son James Wagnor, who lost his life in 1942 while a Japanese prisoner of war.

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