Yahoo Web Search

Search results

  1. People also ask

  2. The town of Dodge City can trace its origins to 1871, when rancher Henry J. Sitler built a sod house west of Fort Dodge to oversee his cattle operations in the region, conveniently located near the Santa Fe Trail and Arkansas River, and Sitler's house quickly became a stopping point for travelers.

    • 2,559 ft (780 m)
    • Ford
  3. Jan 23, 2018 · The metaphor is thought to have originated among U.S. troops during the Vietnam War, but it anchors the idea that early Dodge City, Kansas, was an epic, world-class theater of...

  4. Famous for its rich history as a frontier cowtown, Dodge City offers travelers a wide array of legends, lore, and history in western Kansas. Once called home or visited by such notables as Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday , Big Nose Kate , and Clay Allison , this old town had a reputation for being the most wicked town in the Old West .

    • dodge city kansas history1
    • dodge city kansas history2
    • dodge city kansas history3
    • dodge city kansas history4
    • dodge city kansas history5
  5. Dodge City, city, seat (1873) of Ford county, southwestern Kansas, U.S., on the Arkansas River. Fort Dodge, 5 miles (8 km) east, was established in 1864 and named for Colonel Henry I. Dodge. Settled in 1872 with the arrival of the Santa Fe Railway, Dodge City attained notoriety as a frontier town.

    • The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
  6. History. Dodge City is a pure definition of the West, a gateway to history that began with the opening of the Santa Fe Trail by William Becknell in 1821 and became a great commercial route between Franklin, Missouri, and Santa Fe, New Mexico, until 1880. Thousands of wagons traveled the Mountain Branch of the trail which went west from Dodge ...

  7. Aug 3, 2017 · According to Paul Trachtman, author of The Old West: The Gunfighters, Dodge City quickly acquired the reputation as one of the wickedest cities in America. The famous Masterson brothers and close friend, Wyatt Earp, were believed by the townspeople to be in complete control of the town.

  8. Dodge City history is a pure definition of the West–a historical gateway that began with Francisco Vasquez de Coronado crossing the Arkansas River in 1541, leading to the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 — Dodge City is on the 100th meridian 1824 adjusted border — and the 1821 opening of the Santa Fe Trail (“Santa Fe Road”) by William ...

  1. People also search for