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Dodge City Zoo - Come to Wright Park Zoo for a relaxing, laid
back day with your family and friends. The beginnings of the
Dodge City
Zoo are said to have been two bear cubs that were kept to entertain
tourists. We now have over 45 mammals and birds on display. Open year-round • 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Daily. Free Admission. Wright Park - South of Wyatt Earp Boulevard on Second Ave.
620-225-8163
Fort Dodge
- Long before
Dodge City
was a hustling, bustling cattle town, Fort Dodge was established to
protect railroad workers and travelers on the Santa Fe Trail from the
Plains Indians. Today the Fort is utilized as a retirement community and
nursing facility for retired
Kansas
veterans. A historic library and self-guided walking tour tell the fort's
history to visitors. Many of the original buildings are still in use. The location also includes the Ford Dodge
Kansas
Veteran's Cemetery. East Highway 400, 620-227-2121
Gunfighter's Wax Museum - Visit the Gunfighters Wax museum
and see the life-size wax figurines of famous western personalities like
Wyatt Earp, Bat Matserson, Doc Holliday, Belle Starr, Davey Crockett,
Buffalo Bill, Calamity Jane, Frank and Jesse James, Billy the Kid, Doc,
Miss Kitty, Festus and many, many more! Open May-September,
Admission Charged, 603 Fifth Ave, 620-225-7311
Historic Trolley Tours - Hop on the
Dodge City
Trolley for a one-hour, narrated tour of our historic sites. The trolley
runs several times throughout the day. Admission
Charged. Also available for rent for special occasions.400 W. Wyatt Earp Boulevard, 620-225-8186 • 800-OLD-WEST
Historic Walking Tours - Walk
the streets of
Dodge City and see where history was made. Brochure/map available at
Visitor Information Center. Nineteen historic stops on tour. Audio
cassette available for rental or purchase. Begins at 400 W. Wyatt Earp Boulevard, 620-225-8186 • 800-OLD-WEST
Immaculate Heart of Mary Church -
Windthorst - Listed on the National Register of Historic Places -
Constructed in 1913. Open daily from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m, Free Admission -
Donations appreciated. Windthorst (Southeast of
Dodge City)
Kansas Heritage Center
- A resource library dedicated to preserving the heritage of
Kansas and
Old West
history, the
Kansas Heritage Center, has microfilm collections of all
Dodge City
newspapers dating back into the 1870's, Ford County birth and death
records, historic photographs and a great staff to assist you in your
search. 1000 N. Second Avenue, 620-227-1616.
Longhorn Park -
A small herd of longhorn cattle graze on prairie grass in a 40
acre park located at the
Dodge City
Municipal Airport entrance. dedicated to the millions of wild
Texas
longhorns driven to
Dodge City
during the 1870s and 1880s, the park setting includes corrals for the
longhorns and commemorative signs relaying the history of the famous
cattle drives. Open year-round. E. Wyatt Earp Boulevard -
Dodge City
Municipal Airport entrance, 620-227-8188
Santa Fe
Trail - Tracks of the original wagon trail used
by pioneers from 1821 to 1872 are located nine miles west of town. This
site, which contains the largest continuous stretch of clearly defined
tracks along the entire route of the trail, is easy to reach. It is nine
miles west of
Dodge City on US 50 -- watch for the "Historic Marker" signs. The site
is listed on the National Register of Historic Sites. Also contained on
the site are remnants of the Eureka Irrigating Canal, known also as the "Soule
Ditch", which was begun in 1883 by Asa T. Soule. The canal was intended to
divert water from the Arkansas River at what is now Ingalls,
Kansas, 96
miles across gray and Ford counties, to Coon Creek in Edwards County. The
canal reached Spearville in 1888, but the project failed when similar
irrigation projects upstream and a prolonged drought during these years
lowered the river's bed. 9 miles west of
Dodge City
on Highway 50/400, 620-225-8186 • 800-OLD-WEST
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