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Dodge City, Kansas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dodge City is a city and county seat of Ford County, Kansas. Dodge City is served by two commercial airlines at Dodge City Regional Airport. In the city the population is spread out with 31.2% under the age of 18, 12.3% from 18 to 24, 30.0% from 25 to 44, 16.5% from 45 to 64, and 10.0% who are 65 years of age or older. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dodge_City,_Kansas   (495 words)

Facts about topic: (Dodge City, Kansas)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) Dodge City is a city (A large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts) and county seat (The town or city that is the seat of government for a county) of Ford County (additional info and facts about Ford County), Kansas (A state in midwestern United States). As of the census (A period count of the population) of 2000, there are 25,176 people, 8,395 households, and 5,968 families residing in the city. The per capita income (The total national income divided by the number of people in the nation) for the city is $15,538. www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/d/do/dodge_city,_kansas.htm   (554 words)

Encyclopedia: Dodge City, Kansas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) Dodge City was a town that persisted and grew, and still honors its western heritage. Dodge City seems to be just right for the market mix for Wash Guys, we knew it when we drove into town to park the big horse, and were pleasantly surprised to find inexpensive labor, non-competitive car wash market, 24 trucking companies, Santa Fe Rail yard, regional airport, and tour bus companies. Dodge City one of the oldest Midwest towns still carries on the tradition, and it is about time we rolled into town with Team Yellow. www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Dodge-City,-Kansas   (433 words)

Dodge City, Kansas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) 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. Dodge City was founded the next year, 1872, just five miles west of Fort Dodge on the edge of the military reservation, with the Sitler's home as the first building. Dodge City was the Buffalo capital for three years until mass slaughter destroyed the huge herds and left the Prairie littered with decaying carcasses. www.angelfire.com /apes/westlegends/Dodge.htm   (976 words)

Dodge City Kansas History: Cowboy Capital: Ford County KS Historical Soc., Dodge City, KS: The Cowboy Capital, Queen of ... Fort Dodge, Kansas, was established in 1859, and opened in 1865 on the Santa Fe Trail near the present site of Dodge City, offering protection to wagon trains, the U.S. mail service and serving as a supply base for troops engaged in the Indian Wars. Never in the history of Dodge was a stranger mistreated, but, on the contrary, the utmost courtesy was always and under all circumstances extended to him, and never was there a frontier town whose liberality exceeded that of Dodge.      Dodge City was the buffalo capital until mass slaughter destroyed the huge herds and left the prairie littered with decaying carcasses. www.skyways.org /orgs/fordco/dodgecity.html   (1867 words)

Fort Dodge Ford County Kansas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) Major General Grenville Dodge was placed in command of the 11th and 16th Kansas Calvary Regiments and began work during the harsh winter of 1865, to repair telegraph lines and reopen travel routes. With the coming of the railroad to Dodge City in 1872, and the threat of extinction of the buffalo, the Indians conducted a final outburst of violence in an attempt to preserve their livelihood. Dodge City's famed "Peace Commission" was formed during the Saloon Wars of 1883, with the help of Col. Richard Dodge, who was furious when his personal servant, a young fl, was shot and left to die in the street. www.stjohnks.net /santafetrail/research/fortdodge.html   (2240 words)

Dodge City Kansas Dodge City is located in Ford County, KS. Dodge City also has Oil under it, that is right "Black Gold" and lots of it. Many of you have heard of the Dodge City Days a 10 day event and official PRCA Rodeo http://www.prorodeo.com. www.carwashguys.com /tour_dodgecity.shtml   (343 words)

Settlement Agreement - Between The United States of America and The City of Dodge City, Kansas The City conducted a self-evaluation in 1984 to comply with § 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. The City adopted its ADA grievance procedure by resolution of the City Council on July 20, 1992. Should the City or the Department determine that the toilet rooms do not fully comply with the Standards, the City will complete any physical modifications to the toilet rooms as directed by the Department within a time frame to be negotiated by the parties. www.ada.gov /dodgecty.htm   (5058 words)

Dodge City Chapter DAR, Dodge City, Kansas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) Dodge City Chapter DAR was organized December 15, 1925, and is named for the chapter's historic hometown, Dodge City. The Kansas DAR Library has also been a priority with the chapter and the chapter has provided leadership and many, many volunteer hours to help better the fine collection of genealogical holdings and make it publicly available. Dodge City Chapter actively pursues entrants to the DAR Good Citizen Contest, the American History Essay Contest, and the Junior American Citizens Contest, believing that these activities foster patriotism in our youth. kansasdar.org /chapters/DodgeCity   (424 words)

DodgeCity.net, presented by Hubris Communications - Internet That Works Dodge City is famous for its rich history as a frontier cowtown. Dodge City became a rowdy town famous for its saloons, outlaws, and Boot Hill Cemetery. Dodge City is a marketing center for livestock, wheat, and sorghums. www.dodgecity.net /info/history.html   (272 words)

Dodge City still provides glimpse of Old West | LJWorld.com Dodge City — It's a scene familiar to "Gunsmoke" fans -- Marshal Dillon faces the gunslinger in the middle of a Dodge City street. Killed in a drunken brawl, Edward Hurley is remembered by a wooden marker at the old cemetery at the Boot Hill Museum in Dodge City. Dodge City has a lot of history, but ‘Gunsmoke' brought it into their living rooms," Barngrover said. www.ljworld.com /section/travel/story/139386   (1330 words)

Tough Daisies "Dole was born in Kansas, raised in Kansas, educated at the University of Kansas. Investigating an array of rib-tickling facets of Kansas life, Haywood also illuminates the wit, sarcasm, and satire generated by grasshoppers, flat land, farmers and their daughters, war, bootleggers, school teachers, preachers, droughts, tornadoes--and Toto too. He chronicles Kansas humor from frontier days, when people struggling to survive made fun about it, to modern times when Kansans joke about keeping what passes for civilization at arm's length. www.kansaspress.ku.edu /haytou.html   (419 words)

Topics in Kansas History: Transportation, Essay Chartered in 1885, the Kansas City, Wyandotte & Northwestern operated independently until it was purchased by the Missouri Pacific in 1910. The Kansas City, Mexico & Orient projected a route southwestward across the United States and Mexico from Kansas City to Topolobampo on the Pacific Ocean. The Kansas Pacific Railroad built in Victoria a combined depot, hotel, and temporary residence for George Grant, the founder of Victoria. www.kshs.org /research/topics/transportation/essay.htm   (3070 words)

AllRefer.com - Dodge City, Kansas (KS) (Ford County) - (city) - Facts and Information Laid out in 1872 near Fort Dodge (1864) on the old Santa Fe Trail, it flourished as the Santa Fe RR head and became a wild cow town; Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson were among those who helped to curb lawlessness. The city hall, formerly located on Boot Hill, an early cowboy burial ground, has been removed to permit enlargement of that tourist attraction. Capital city or county seat is shown by the symbol reference.allrefer.com /gazetteer/D/D03450-dodge-city.html   (229 words)

WebSearch - Dodge City Kansas Dodge City Area Chamber of Commerce - Poised for Progress - Enhancing the business climate and improving the quality of life in Dodge City... Dodge City Kansas History: Cowboy Capital: Ford County KS Historical Soc., Dodge C... Dodge City history, Queen of the Cowtowns, and the Cowboy Capital, Ford County, Kansas KS. www.websearch.com /pages/TE12/Dodge+City+Kansas.html   (416 words)

ipedia.com: Dodge City, Kansas Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) As of the census of 2000, there are 25,176 people, 8,395 households, and 5,968 families residing in the city. Out of the total people living in poverty, 17.4% are under the age of 18 and 9.1% are 65 or older. See also: Michael Curtiz's 1939 western movie Dodge City. www.ipedia.com /dodge_city__kansas.html   (446 words)

Welcome to Dodge City Public Schools USD 443 As educators and overseers of our public school system, and as fellow taxpayers in the community, the Board of Education and the administrators of Dodge City Public Schools feel it is important to provide the school district’s perspective regarding the expansion of the early childhood center and the building of a new elementary school. First, when National Beef received tax abatements from the city and county, a cash donation from National Beef to the district was negotiated. Dodge City Public Schools’ Board of Education Resolution 912005H approving the lease-purchase financing of the www.usd443.org   (1347 words)

Santa Fe Historic Trail Maps Page - Map 4 - Dodge City, Kansas and vicinity It is one mile north on Kansas 154, across the Arkansas River, 3.5 east on the first gravel road and then 0.5 mile south to a pasture. Fort Dodge troops were charged with protection of stagecoaches, mail and railroad construction crews. This excellent set of ruts is 9 miles west of Dodge City on the north side of Highway 50. www.nps.gov /safe/fnl-sft/maps/map4/dodgetbl.htm   (575 words)

Kansas Commission on Veterans Affairs - Soldier's Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) The Kansas Soldiers' Home at Fort Dodge, Kansas is located approximately 5 miles East of Dodge City, Kansas, on Highway 400 (formerly 154). Fort Dodge dates back to 1865 when Fort Dodge was ordered to be built as a supply post for people and wagon trains traveling the Santa Fe Trail. Fort Dodge was strategically located to the wet and dry routes of the Santa Fe Trail. www.kcva.org /soldiers.html   (742 words)

DODGE CITY Dodge City is a pure definition of the West... For ten more years, over five million head were driven up the western branch of the Chisholm and Western Trails to Dodge City. Dodge City - Insteresting facts from the Lawrence Journal-World www.americanwest.com /pages/dodge.htm   (1133 words)

Ford County (KS) Historical Soc., Dodge City, Kansas, Old Dodge City history: Mueller-Schmidt House (1881) Museum Tours ... Jim Sherer, Kansas Heritage Center director (l.) and George Laughead Jr., FCHS president, are shown with Robert; wife, Marie Haywood; son, Ray Haywood; and daughter, Sandy Jarvis. Dodge City, The Cowboy Capital and the Great Southwest in The Days of The Wild Indian, the Buffalo, the Cowboy, Dance Halls, Gambling Halls, and Bad Men; by Robert M. Wright, Plainsman, Explorer, Scout, Pioneer, Trader and Settler John Mueller's bootshop, the first in Dodge City, with fl boot in front, is third building from right. skyways.lib.ks.us /orgs/fordco   (934 words)

Dodge City Area Chamber of Commerce Dodge City is known world wide for tourism and the famous Boot Hill Museum and most recently for its top notch entertainment facilities. Dodge City is a thriving community of 25,000 people located in Southwest Kansas. On behalf of the members of the Dodge City Area Chamber of Commerce, we encourage you to experience our city on the web, or better yet, come see us in person! www.dodgechamber.com   (129 words)

Dodge City, Kansas (KS) Detailed Profile - travel and real estate info, jobs, hotels, hospitals, weather, schools, ... Back to Kansas big cities, KS smaller cities, KS small cities, All Cities. Dodge City, KS residents, houses, and apartments details Dodge City, Kansas business data: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants... www.city-data.com /city/Dodge-City-Kansas.html   (952 words)

DODGE CITY, KANSAS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) Dodge City, home of Boot Hill and Wyatt Earp and modern western myth. The Dodge City depot is a beauty even in its deteriorating state on this cold day in the spring of 1992. The Santa Fe gave this depot to the city of Dodge City in the mid 1990's. members.aol.com /danas123/westdiv/dodge.htm   (416 words)

The Western: The Greatest Texas Cattle Trail The extensive bibliography shows the depth of research that the authors have done to bring to the reader an account of the trail-driving days from 1874 to 1886. Gary and Margaret Kraisinger are both descendants of western Kansas homesteaders. Today the parents of three grown children and grandparents to four grandchildren reside in Halstead, Kansas, where Margaret owns the Old Hardware Store which is a historic building. www.westerncattletrail.com   (307 words)

Ford County (KS) Historical Soc., Dodge City, Kansas | Abridged   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) Dodge City, The Cowboy Capital and the Great Southwest by Robert M. Wright Samuel J. Crumbine Dodge City Doctor; Kansas State Board of Health; with photograph; from KSHS Dodge House Hotel, 1873, from Reminiscences of a Soldier's Wife, by E. Biddle, 1907 - Only known inside description of the most famous Dodge City Old West hotel www.ku.edu /kansas/ford   (383 words)

Dodge City Legend It was a year of milestones: our 100th victory in five short seasons, a USBL record setting 34 consecutive wins on our home court, a phenomenal unbeaten at home record for the second straight year, our third division championship, and the best regular season record in the league for the second straight season. The Dodge City Legend is gearing up for another exciting year of USBL action. With an entire eight months to prepare, we hope to shake things up and have many new things to offer our longtime fans and some things to get a few more people to see what a night with the Legend can mean. www.dodgecitylegend.com   (267 words)

Dodge City Local Guide, Dodge City Hotels, Dodge City Real Estate-Areaguides.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) A Dodge City man who escaped a trio of kidnappers almost three years ago isn't happy the only surviving one could get as little as ten years in prison. You then will be able to view Relocation Information in Dodge City, Kansas by category which include Dodge City real estate, find a realtor, Dodge City, Kansas mortgages, title companies, Dodge City apartments, find a roommate, appraisal, Dodge City home builders and property management. If you're looking for Dodge City Information you may want to visit the community info section, Dodge City newspapers, libraries, religion, school section and the social service link for Dodge City Kansas. dodgecity.areaguides.net   (640 words)

City of Dodge City, KS | Kansas Community Network | Cowboy Capital, Wild West Country, Cowboy, Mueller-Schmidt House ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) Dodge City Carnegie Library History from The Carnegie Legacy in Kansas, by Allen Gardiner Kansas Sampler Festival, Don't Miss the Sights, the Sounds, the Food, the Fun, of the Kansas Sampler Festival at the beautiful Lee Richardson Zoo, May 6 and 7, 2006, Garden City Dodge City, the Cowboy Capital, by Robert M. Wright (1913), Dodge City Town President/Founder www.ku.edu /heritage/towns/dodgecity.html   (980 words)

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