He wrote "The Black Angel A Centennial History 1913 - 2013," based on oral histories from his family and Czech newspaper archives. He says Teresa found midwife work quickly in Iowa City.

A few days earlier when I decided to investigate the Black Angel, I did a little background reading to prepare. ... Her eyes, black as the statue, connected with mine and she was gone.

Many legends surround the Black Angel statue, which stands near the edge of Fairview Cemetery in Council Bluffs. MEGAN SMITH/THE WORLD-HERALD Ruth Anne Browne married Grenville Dodge in 1854.

New surveillance images were released Wednesday of three teen suspects who cops say smashed an angel statue into bits outside a Queens church, police said. Worshipers at Holy Family Catholic Church… ...

One hundred years ago, Teresa Dolezal Feldevert died, her ashes laid to rest beneath a statue that has since become an icon of dark romance and superstition in Iowa City. The Black Angel of Oakland ...