Harry L. Dodge Biography This biography appears on page 825 in "History of Dakota Territory" by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. V (1915) and was scanned, OCRed and edited by Maurice Krueger, mkrueger@iw.net. This file may be freely copied by individuals and non-profit organizations for their private use. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. This file is part of the SDGENWEB Archives. If you arrived here inside a frame or from a link from somewhere else, our front door is at http://usgwarchives.org/sd/sdfiles.htm HARRY L. DODGE. Harry L. Dodge, well known as senior partner in the firm of Dodge & Crocker, proprietors of the Carpenter Hotel in Sioux Falls, was born in Merrillan, Wisconsin, July 14, 1887. He is a son of Dudley and Emma (Blenco) Dodge, the former of whom was born at Unity, Maine, in 1853, and died at Merrillan, Wisconsin, in 1907. He was a stock-raiser by occupation and prominently and widely known in public affairs, serving for three terms as sheriff of Jackson county and for two terms as mayor of Merrillan. His wife was a native of Lancastershire, England. Harry L. Dodge acquired his education in the public schools of Merrillan, Wisconsin, graduating from high school in 1905. Since that time he has been engaged in business and he is now senior partner in the firm of Dodge & Crocker, proprietors of the Carpenter Hotel in Sioux Falls. This is a fine modern hostelry, well equipped in every particular and managed in a progressive and intelligent way. It is popular with the traveling public and the owners are well known in hotel circles. Mr. Dodge is a member of the Episcopal church and belongs to the blue lodge Masons, the Elks, the Northwestern Hotel Men's Association and the Greeters of America. In all relations of life his has been a creditable record and he has a wide and growing circle of friends.