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The building is named for Columbia alumnus Marcellus Hartley Dodge, who donated $300,000 for its construction shortly after his graduation. The building was meant as a memorial to his grandfather, Marcellus Hartley , the owner of Remington Arms , who died during Dodge's sophomore year and who bequeathed him the family fortune.
Columbia: 2002 Weekly Sharon Burton [3] Adair Progress: Columbia: 1987 Weekly Donna Hancock [4] ... College Heights Herald – Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green;
Columbia is a home rule-class city [3] just above Russell Creek in Adair County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 4,452 at the 2010 census . Columbia is the seat of its county.
Cleveland E. Dodge Jr. (March 7, 1922 – January 28, 2007) was an industrialist and businessman, and a pioneer of manufacturing temperature-resistant wire coatings using Teflon in the 1950s. He founded Dodge Fibers Corporation in 1955 to manufacture Teflon-coated fabrics.
The John Field House, at 111 E. Fortune St. in Columbia, Kentucky, was built in 1812. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [1] It includes Federal architecture. It was designed and/or built by James McDowell and Benjamin McDowell. [2]
Dodge was born in Niles, Michigan, where his father ran a foundry and machine shop.John and his younger brother, Horace, were inseparable as children and as adults.The origins of the Dodge family was earlier thought to lie in Stockport, England, where a Dodge ancestral home still stands (Halliday Hill Farmhouse in Listed buildings in Stockport), however recent DNA testing conducted by the ...
In the early 1940s, heiress Frances Dodge founded the Dodge Stable. She was the daughter of Michigan automobile pioneer John F. Dodge and a half-sister of Isabel Dodge, owner of the highly successful Brookmeade Stable. In 1945, Frances Dodge, with her husband (polo player and hunter/jumper rider) James B. "Jimmy" Johnson, purchased Castleton ...
Kentucky, coached by Adolph Rupp, won the national title with a 68–58 victory over Kansas State, coached by Jack Gardner. This NCAA tournament was the first with a 16-team field. Only the championship and third place games were held in Minneapolis, while the semifinals were held in the respective regional sites; similar to previous years.