Dodge City, KS--May 7-10,2010

This is called the Cowboy Capital, the Buffalo Capital of the World, Queen of the Cowtowns,Wickedest Little City in America among other things. It was founded in 1872 near Ft. Dodge on the Santa Fe Trail. By 1875 the buffalo were gone as a source of revenue. They were also killed off to chase away the Indians. Then the longhorn cattle of Texas were driven up. The town was a wild place. Wyatt Earp and his brothers and Bat Masterson and others were residents and peacekeepers at one time or another. We visited Boot Hill Cemetery and a recreation of a strip of the town and its buildings including the Longbranch Saloon, Church, Outhouse, School, etc. They have 16miles of brick streets thru town, an old Stone House and lots of churches. We visited huge cattle feed lots which is a big deal in the area and went out to the prarie to see the ruts in the ground from the wagons on the Santa Fe Trail. We enjoyed the area.