Starting a church in Dodge City. September 24, 1850. Ormond W. Wright is born in New Hampshire. When he moves west in his early 20s, he decides to...
The Wright Stuff
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Dodge City
A Frontier Pastor
Ormond Wright served the good people of Dodge City. In 1877, Rev. Ormond Wright served the Union Church in Dodge City, Kansas. (a replica of which...
The Myth of the Murderous West
Killings were relatively rare. Dodge City, 1878 had five killings during its most homicidal year. Deadwood’s most violent year had four killed....
Gunfight in the Long Branch
Frank Loving vs. Levi Richardson April 5, 1879. Frank Loving and Levi Richardson go at it in the Long Branch Saloon in Dodge City. The cause? A...
Rawhide!
Gettin’ along little dogies up the Western Trail is still a fun road trip today. By the 1880s, time was catching up with the Western Trail—the...
Frontier Cuisine
Western towns liked to show the Easterners that they were as up to date as Kansas City, New York, or Boston. For example, prosperous towns like...
A Pastor for Dodge
Ormond Wright takes on the Wickedest Little City. September 24, 1850. Ormond W. Wright is born in New Hampshire. When he moves west in his early...
Bat Masterson
The deadly and dangerous life of the man who invented Wyatt Earp. Thanks to a 1960s television show starring Gene Barry, Bat Masterson was called a...
Get Out of Dodge!
Since Dodge City was founded 150 years ago, the Kansas cowtown is still the reigning queen of the West. “Queen of the Cowtowns” was the...
Kansas’s Santa Fe Trail
Traversing the Sunflower State from Leavenworth to Dodge City Timing, as they say, is everything and that certainly proved true for Missouri trader...
Trailing Them North
Follow the Western Cattle Trail from Bandera, Texas, to Miles City, Montana. All Images by Johnny D. Boggs Unless Otherwise Indicated Blame...
Ending a Feud
Mather vs. Nixon came to a sudden end. Dodge City stalwarts Tom Nixon (photo) and “Mysterious” Dave Mather had a beef with one another. It started...