Three Dodges in Kansas Richard Irving Dodge



plate dodge s hunting grounds of great west, 1877


to protect settlers traveling american west army set camps , forts along favored routes. in kansas in 1851 on santa fe trail colonel i. dodge established fort dodge lasted short time. in 1864, general grenville m. dodge established large fort in same area on north bank of arkansas river. site selected col. james hobart ford whom county later named, , fort named fort dodge in general s honor. fort dodge 1 of important forts on western frontier. commanders @ fort included george custer , col. william h. lewis. in july 1872, richard irving dodge in command @ fort dodge , atchison, topeka , santa fe railway needed station on arkansas river. site selected 5 miles west of fort , town company organized dodge , officers, r.m. wright elected president, , quartermaster, major e. b. kirk, secretary , treasurer. town named dodge city after fort dodge fort dodge (us army post). dodge city later became famous wildness, boot hill cemetery, , gunslinging lawmen wyatt earp , bat masterson.








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