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.
5 December 2010
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…
December 9th, 2010 at 12:23 AM
Thanks Speed Lawyer, I had no idea Wyatt was from Pella.