Harvey Girls in Dodge City

After the trail driving cowboys returned to Texas, the buffalo hunters headed back to the plains and the soldiers returned to Fort Hays Dodge City. At night the liquor still flowed, the piano player played and the dealers dealt the cards but during the day school bells church bells rang and ordinary people went about their business of making a living. A visiting reporter from Kokomo, Indiana noted during a visit in the summer of 1878 "I was happily surprised to find the place in the daytime a