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Dodge City is the kansas city that began as a lawless old-west town along the Santa Fe Trail.http://wiki.answers.com/The_kansas_city_that_began_as_a_lawless_old-west_town_along_the_Santa_Fe_Trail_is#ixzz18EuFreQ2
Thurgood Marshal.
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I am reading a collection of short stories entitled BOOT HILL and a few authors refer to the Santa Fe railroad track running through Dodge as the dead line. I would like to know how the name came about.
Hamilton (Ham) Bell was one of the first Marshals of Dodge City, and lived to be the oldest Federal Marshal on record.
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp - 1955 Dodge City Gets a New Marshal 2-2 was released on: USA: 4 September 1956
The motto of Lafayette City Marshal - Louisiana - is 'Holding Accountable'.
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When Wyat Earp became marshal of Dodge City, he began to clean up the town and quickly got the reputation that he was one of the toughest lawmen in the Wild West. Naturally, any outlaw who was in Dodge City wanted to "get out of Dodge" before he was either killed or locked up by Earp. So it really means : get out of a dangerous situation before it is too late.
Dodge City, Kansas, sits just west of Fort Dodge. The city was named after the fort.
Dodge City, Kansas was named after nearby Fort Dodge.
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The address of the Dodge City Public Library is: 1001 N. Second Ave, Dodge City, 67801 4416
Virgil Earp
I believe it was named after Fort Dodge, nearby, which in turn, was named after Henry Dodge, a US senator.
Dodge City War happened in 1883.