5 December 2010

Dodge City

By icefogger

Faced a nasty headwind across much of Kansas which the Rover did not like at all. Stopped at Dodge City simply because I had never been there before.
Founded on the Santa Fe Trail in 1865, over 3 million bison were slaughtered from the surrounding plains between 1872 & 1875, and an estimated 850,000 hides were shipped out of the future cowtown. Favorite adopted sons, Bat Masterson & Wyatt Earp were both lawmen in Dodge.
Wyatt even has a statue today.

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Just a basic, down to Earth, laid back type of guy here, who loves the outdoors, the indoors, jazz on the turntable, a fire in the woodstove, the northern lights blazing across the sky, and the company of good friends. View all posts by icefogger

This entry was posted on Sunday, December 5th, 2010 at 4:13 AM and tagged with kansas and posted in travel. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

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2 responses to “Dodge City”

• sprintcarlawyer
  December 5th, 2010 at 5:13 PM

  Ya know Wyatt’s boyhood home was in Pella….with that, you both left Marion County and found your way to Dodge City! May the road rise up to meet you.
  May the wind always be at your back…

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  • icefogger
    December 9th, 2010 at 12:23 AM

    Thanks Speed Lawyer, I had no idea Wyatt was from Pella.

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