9. DODGE CITY, KANSAS The Queen of the Cowtowns, Dodge City, Kansas—population 28,500—boomed thanks to the opening of the Santa Fe Trail, but although the cattle drives ended by 1886, the cowtown legend lives on here. The year 2009 proved to be a hardworking one for those toiling to keep the legend of Dodge City alive. The city commissioned a Heritage Master Plan that demonstrates its earnestness to correct its mistakes and move forward with its successes. The Kansas Chapter of the Great Wes


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