#2 Dodge City, Kansas Dodge City is among the best-known towns of the Old West, thanks in no small part to the popularity of Gunsmoke. But the rugged cattle town was far more than just a convenient setting for a TV show. Dodge City was the real deal, alive with all the elements we associate with the era—cattle and cowboys, outlaws and lawmen, saloons and shady ladies. Legions of local preservationists ensure that the Old West lives on in the “Queen of the Cow Towns.” Dodge City today h


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