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City and county seat in Kansas, United States
Photo: Gerald B. Keane, Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Dodge City is a town of 27,000 people (2019) in the Western region of Kansas. In and around the city, there are historical sites, museums, and landmarks dedicated to Dodge City's Old West heritage.
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The Boot Hill Museum contains a reconstruction of 1876 Dodge City and Boot Hill Cemetery, so named because most of the deceased were buried with their boots on. Between Memorial Day and the end of August, visitors can see gunfight re-enactments, a variety show, and have a chuckwagon dinner.
Art gallery in the historic Carnegie Library building. Listed on the National Register of Historic Sites.
38-ft-tall cross marking the spot where Spanish explorer Francisco Vasques de Coronado crossed the Arkansas River in search of the fabled "Seven Cities of Gold" in 1541.
Fort Dodge served as a supply depot and a base of operation while fighting the Indians from 1865-1882.
Home of Stone
The 1881 house of a bootmaker with original furnishings and a gallery dedicated to local pioneer women.
Dodge City Days are held in late July to early August. Events include a barbeque contest, the Dodge City Days Rodeo, an arts and crafts show, a parade, and a classic car show.
Run by the Kansas Lottery. Adults only (minimum age of 21).
Professional Indoor Football
United Wireless Arena in West Dodge City is home to the town's professional indoor football team, the Southwest Kansas Storm, replacing the Dodge City Law.
Tuesday nights in June and July only. The oldest municipal band west of the Mississippi River.
A historic Santa Fe Depot theater with dinner theater productions. Typically five shows a year, each running for three weekends. Dinner tickets must be bought at least 24 hours in advance, but show-only tickets are sometimes available at the last minute.
Fun water park with slides, lazy river, and shaded areas. Hours vary, but generally open in the afternoons and early evenings during the summer. Open daily when school isn't in session (June to mid-August), and then weekends only until early September.
Out on the western side of Dodge, this RV park offers full hookups, gravel lots, wifi at no extra charge. Outdoor swimming pool during the summer. Coin-operated laundry.
An RV park right where you want to be for summer-time fun: next door to the dog park, a few minutes' walk to a big water park in town, and a half mile from the historic downtown area. Also offers 10 two-bedroom cabins ($170–250/night) and tent camping sites ($35/night).
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By train
Arriving by rail is less common, but fully possible via Amtrak and its daily Chicago–Los Angeles Southwest Chief train, which has five other stops within Kansas and many more outside it.
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