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

January/February 2010
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- Did cowboys on the trail prefer to smoke cigarettes, pipes or cigars?
- What is the Bascom Affair?
- An old man who died in San Diego in 1948 claimed on his deathbed to be gunman “Buckskin” Frank Leslie.
- Why did Gene Autry wear a double buscadero rig with only one holster?
- When did regular bathing become the norm in the Old West?
- Did Teddy Roosevelt’s Rough Riders include any outlaws or lawmen?
- Got Gold … In Your Closet?
- Following Calamity Jane
- The “New” Old Ancestors
- The Original Boot Hill
- How to Own a Dixon on a Low Budget
- Auld Lang Syne
- An Insane Treatment
- Choose the Right Felt Hat
- Happy 400th Birthday, Santa Fe
- Horsey Adventures in Fort Worth
- Cactus Camp
- Lynda A. Sanchez
- Glenwood Springs, Colorado
- Top 10 True Western Towns of 2010