Skip to Main Content. Loading Close. Do Not Show Again Close. Sign In. Department History. Dodge City Police. History of Dodge City. Dodge City is located miles west of Wichita in Southwest Kansas. Watch along as the cars zoom by on this huge dirt track and become one with the crowd. It is the perfect place to spend a fun summer night with some snacks and your family.
Essentially established as a walking tour, the Dodge City trail of fame is truly a great tour. Take a look at some major attractions as you put your foot forward. There are a gazillion medallions and statues located on both sides of the trail dedicated to famous people of the city.
They also commemorate a few infamous citizens that used to live in this city. Some of the medallions constructed also honor famous movie and television stars that have portrayed Dodge Citians in a variety of movies, or TV shows. For those interested in exploring more, you can also take a self-guided tour by seeking information at the Visitor Information Center.
Those visiting in groups can also take a guided tour, which are for free. The farmers market hosted on early Saturday mornings in the downtown Dodge City is great for shopping for organic and fresh produce. There are homemade products available made from seasonal organically grown fruits or vegetables. It's also fine if you just want to enjoy an outdoor walk amongst cherry, pineapples and smell of other fresh fruits wafting through the air.
You can then have a mini breakfast by buying some of the homemade baked goodies. And also shop for some cute little art and craft show pieces that sometimes set up shop here. It is open between Junes to fall depending on the weather conditions in the mornings to noon. Wax museums are always a fun place to visit and click some photos with a variety of famous people in the form of their wax statues. It is located in the same area as the Kansas teachers Hall of Fame.
The tickets can be bought together for both these places and they're charged minimally. For those under the age of five, it is free.
It is truly a one of a kind museum that is dedicated to all the famous teachers that made the children who they are today. These include donor plaques, information about the inductees, a Hall of Fame gallery and a memorial book. Educational activities are also conducted inside the facility from time to time. This wonderful waterpark is a relatively new attraction and was opened in May with a new Western theme. Spread over a huge area of 27, square feet it is a storehouse of fun and adventure.
The cowboy Creek is the lazy river where you can just float about, you can then feel the waves inside the Wrangler rapids Wave pool. For those interested in some their devilry.
Children can splash about at foot splash which has a shallow water pool and play area. Some other fun things that you can enjoy are water basketball, diving towers and drop slides as well. So if you're making a plan to visit Dodge City during the summers, then make sure that you take a dip in the waters at Long Branch Lagoon.
An elegant architectural beauty, the Mueller-Schmidt house is built entirely out of stone and remains a pure regal beauty even today. Located atop the hill and surrounded by a huge lawn and garden it seems like the house is placed straight out of a postcard. Built with the simplistic beauty it continues to marvel architects even today.
It is also said to be one of the oldest building in Dodge City which stands tall without any refurbished things even today. The tour also includes a walking tour and you can look at the parlor, the kitchen and bedrooms that had been constructed in The house remains open to the public only from June through August so make sure to schedule your visit accordingly.
But you can also book an appointment if you visit during some other season. At first, the settlement was named Buffalo City until they learned there was already a town by that name, so it was changed to Dodge City after the fort. Adjacent to the railroad tracks, hastily built frame buildings and tents sprang up, housing two grocery and general merchandise stores, a dance hall, a restaurant, a barbershop, and a blacksmith shop.
One of the directors of the Town Company, a man by the name of Robert M. Wright, would say of this time:. Dozens of cars a day were loaded with hides and meat, and dozens of carloads of grain, flour, and provisions arrived each day. The streets of Dodge were lined with wagons, bringing in hides and meat and getting supplies from early morning to late at night… I have been to several mining camps where rich strikes had been made, but I never saw any town to equal Dodge.
There was initially no law enforcement in the burgeoning settlement, and Dodge City quickly acquired its infamous stamp of lawlessness and gunslinging. As many buffalo hunters, railroad workers, drifters, and soldiers streamed into the town after long excursions on the prairie, they quickly found the saloons, and the inevitable fights ensued. With the gunfighters dying with their boots on, Dodge City developed the Boot Hill Cemetery, which was used until Dodge City became the buffalo capital of the west, and buffalo hides towered along Front Street awaiting shipment.
However, when General William Sherman , Army Commander-in-Chief, ordered the slaughter of buffalo in order to drive the Indians onto reservations, the prairie was littered with decaying carcasses. During hard times, farmers gathered the buffalo bones for years and sold them for six to eight dollars a ton. The bones were used in the manufacture of china and fertilizer.
Though the buffalo no longer offered a revenue source for the townspeople, the cattle drives replaced the buffalo hunters. By the spring of , the cattle trade had shifted west from Ellsworth and Wichita , Kansas, to Dodge City.
During the next 10 years, over 5 million head were driven on the trail into Dodge City. Cowboys at the water tank in Dodge City, Kansas. But the cowboys brought even more lawlessness to Dodge City, and soon the mayor contacted Wyatt Earp, who was working as a Wichita lawman. Marshal Larry Deger, the last of a long line of officers who had been run out of town or shot in the back by the lawless forces of Dodge, was overwhelmed and heartily welcomed Wyatt. On the north side, the city passed an ordinance that guns could not be worn or carried.
The gun-toting rule was in effect around the clock, and anyone wearing a gun was immediately jailed. Dodge City Peace Commission Front Row: Charlie E. Bassett, Wyatt Earp, M. McLain, Neal Brown. Back Row: William H.
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