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NORTHERN PLAINS

KANSAS

Dodging a Bullet

Dodge City re-creates the Old West

I

f your tour is motoring west on U.S. 50 or 400 to
Colorado, or U.S. 56 toward New Mexico, Dodge
City is a fine place to spend the night and give your
guests a taste of the Old West before they actually
reach states more traditionally associated with a Western atmosphere and scenery.
Originally Fort Dodge, a stopover point on the Santa
Fe Trail established in 1865, the town became a stop on
the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad in 1872. By
the late 1800s, Dodge City had become the notorious
"Wickedest Little City in the West," filled with saloons
and brothels, and populated by gamblers, drifters, gunfighters, buffalo hunters, railroad men, and soldiers. Law
enforcement was minimal, although Wyatt Earp and Bat
Masterson did their best, many whose roads came to an
end here in a hail of bullets were buried with their boots
on, in the famed Boot Hill Cemetery. Today, in addition to
a modern casino, visitors will find a re-created and much
more placid Front Street and Boot Hill Museum located
on the site of the original cemetery.

■ Dodge City Convention & Visitors Bureau
www.visitdodgecity.org, (620) 225-8186
■ Boot Hill Casino & Resort
|
www.boothillcasino.com, (620) 682-7777

Today, Dodge
City has a
modern casino.

Dodge City will
give groups a
taste of the Old
West.

|

FORT SCOTT NATIONAL
HISTORIC SITE

Fort Scott
National
Historic
Site.

VISITDODGECITY.ORG; BOB HOELSCHER.

America grows up

The constant violence of "Bleeding Kansas" made it necessary for the U.S. Army to build a frontier outpost in 1842
near the Missouri border in an often-futile attempt to keep
the peace between local factions warring over the issue of
slavery. The conflict is long gone, but the original buildings
and parade ground are preserved as the Fort Scott National
Historic Site, and today remain as a testimonial to an era
when a nation united from Atlantic to Pacific was being
forged from relative chaos.
■ Fort Scott National Historic Site | www.nps.gov/fosc,
(620) 223-0310
■ Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks, & Tourism
| www.travelks.com, (785) 296-4922

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Fun on the Farm
Gems of the Hudson Valley
Rolling Strong … and Healthy
Stones River National Battlefield
Traveling Together Is More Fun!
#ABACharlotte Action Items
Shop for a Great Cause!
Be Ahead of the Curve!
Snow ’n Sun Fun
It’s Never Too Late to Learn!
ELDer Care
Tour Stop: Temple Square
City Guide// MONTRÉAL
Travel Resource
Receptive Operators
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