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Dodge City Convention & Visitor's Bureau
P. O. Box 1474
400 West Wyatt Earp Blvd.
Dodge City, Kansas 67801
Phone: (316) 225-8186 or (800) OLD WEST
Boot Hill Museum and Front Street
Front Street & Fifth Street
Dodge City, Kansas
Phone: (316) 227-8188
Located on the original site of the Boot Hill Cemetery. Many features are available, and includes: living history displays, stagecoach rides, gunfight re-enactments, chuck-wagon dinners, Saloon variety shows and more.
Please call for details and hours. Fee for admission
Sycamore and Minneola Rd.
Dodge City, Kansas
Phone: (316) 225-3232
16 miles round trip through the "old west". The ride includes on-board entertainment. Snacks and gifts may also be purchased. Dinner service is also offered on specific days. Please call for details and hours of operation
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1 mile east of Dodge City on US Hwy 50
This park commemorates the cattle drive and maintains a small herd of longhorns. Free admission.
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701 Second
Dodge City, Kansas
Phone: (316) 225-6388
This center is listed on the National Register of Historic Sites. This restored library features many art exhibits. Please call for hours and details.
112 E. Vine
Dodge City, Kansas
Phone: (316) 227-6791
Built in 1881, this three-story limestone house is open June through August or by appointment during the rest of the year. Many of the original furnishings are displayed here. Free admission
East Hwy. U.S. 154
Dodge City, Kansas
Phone: (316) 227-2121
Fort Dodge is only five miles east of Dodge City. It was a supply depot and base of operation against warring Indians from 1865 - 1882. It is still utilized today as a Kansas Soldier's Home. There are self-guided walking tours on the grounds. Open daily 1-4 pm. Free admission.
Kansas
Teachers' Hall of Fame
603 Fifth
Dodge City, Kansas
Phone: (316) 225-7311
This facility is dedicated to teachers - both past and present and the first of its kind in the United States. Please call for hours and details.
In the Kansas Teachers' Hall of
Fame
See life-size wax figures of famous western cowboys and the like. Fee for admission
located in Wright Park
Open daily, except in bad weather. Free admission
Departures from Third and W. Wyatt
Earp
Dodge City, Kansas
Call the Convention & Visitors' Bureau for more information about the trolley at: (316) 225-8186. Visit Fort Dodge, cattle stockyards, other "old west" locations, as well as historic sections of the Santa Fe Trail. Admission fee charged
W. Hwy. 50
Dodge City, Kansas
See the original wagon trail tracks about nine miles west of Dodge City. The
area is on the National Register of Historic Sites. The trail was used from
1821 to 1872.
E Hwy. 154
Dodge City, Kansas
This cross stands 38 feet tall and marks the spot where Francisco Vasques de Coronado crossed the Arkansas River while searching for the "Cities of Gold" in 1541. Free admission
East of Dodge City on US Hwy 50
You can view the largest operations in the Southwest from this vantage point, 2 ½ miles east of Dodge City.
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