Santa Fe Trail Tracks & Soule Canal - Dodge City, Kansas
The Santa Fe Trail was the major trade route to the southwest from 1821 to 1872. Nine miles west of Dodge City, Kansas you can see the most clearly defined rut trails, still visible after over 150 years. The site is nestled among the gently rolling hills of the Kansas plains, where the breeze moves the grasses and the peace of nature accompanies this enduring piece of unique history.
The Soule Canal, listed on the National Register of Historic Sites, includes the Eureka Irrigating Canal. This ditch and canal were put under construction in 1883, by Asa T. Soule, a prominent Dodge resident, and is nothing less than an engineering marvel from the 19th century.
Dodge City
Dodge City is a pure definition of the Westa gateway to history that began with the opening of the Santa Fe Trail by William Becknell in 1821 and became a great commercial route between Franklin, Missouri and Santa Fe, New Mexico until 1880. Thousands of wagons traveled the Mountain Branch of the trail which went west from Dodge City along the north bank of the Arkansas River into Colorado. For those willing to risk the dangers of waterless sand hills, a shorter route called the Cimarron Cutoff crossed the river near Dodge City and went southwest to the Cimarron River. Fort Dodge was established in 1865 on the Santa Fe Trail, midway between two major Indian crossings on the Arkansas River. It was an important outpost on the western frontier, offering protection to wagon trains and serving as a supply base for troops engaged in Indian wars. Wild game was abundant, including vast herds of buffalo. Dodge City was founded in 1872, just five miles west of Fort Dodge. It quickly became a trade center for travelers and buffalo hunters. The same year, the railroad reached Dodge City, assuring its continued existence and making it a major shipping point. The town thrived and its populace of buffalo hunters, railroad workers, soldiers, and drifters settled their differences in shoot-outs. Lawlessness reigned, creating the need for a burial placeBoot Hill Cemetery. Dodge City was known as the wickedest little city in the west during the 1870s and 1880s. Notable lawmen such as Bat Masterson and Wyatt Earp became legends in their own time as they fought to establish law and order on the streets of Dodge City.
Relive the wild west as you stroll along the old Dodge Citys boardwalk. Tour Dodge City, Fort Dodge, and the Santa Fe Trail on the Dodge City Trolley.
For more information about Dodge City, contact the Dodge City Convention & Visitors Bureau, (620) 225-8186, 1-800-653-9378, e-mail cvb@dodgecity.org, or visit visitdodgecity.org.
Top 12. Tourist Attractions & Things to Do in Dodge City, Kansas
Top 12. Tourist Attractions & Things to Do in Dodge City, Kansas: Boot Hill Museum, Boothill Casino and Resort, Santa Fe Trail Tracks, Cattle Feedlot Overlook, Dodge City Trail of Fame, Kansas Teachers' Hall of Fame, Fort Dodge, Home of Stone, Dodge City Zoo, El Capitan, United Wireless Arena, Gunfighters Wax Museum
Santa Fe Trail Natl Scenic Byway
This historic route takes several paths across northeastern New Mexico. Each leg of the journey posed hazards and challenges in the 1800s, and offers sightseeing and education today.
Cooper's Fort on The Santa Fe Trail
Cooper's Fort was a settlers' stockaded fort with cabins for roughly 20 families from 1812 - 1815. It once was a part of the Boone's Lick Trail system, a road spanning from St. Louis, MO to Arrow Rock. This trail would later become part of the Santa Fe Trail that William Becknell, Father of The Santa Fe Trail, would use in 1821 leaving from his home in Franklin, MO.
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Boot Hill Dodge City Kansas
Dodge City, KS - A unique story of early western Dodge City is told daily along Front Street at Boot Hill Museum. Boot Hill Museum is located on the original site of Boot Hill Cemetery and highlights the glory days of the Queen of the Cow towns with creative, lively, interactions. Boot Hill Museum is open all year long, you can have a cold sarsaparilla, or enjoy some homemade fudge in the General Store or take home a memento of your old west experience from the Boot Hill gift shop. A great family destination.
Kansas Ready-Made Adventures - Santa Fe Trail
Kansas has a rich history of travelers who once dared to tame the Kansas prairie. Follow those explorers on the Santa Fe Trail in this Ready-Made Adventure and learn how this important historic route helped to form our great nation!
Santa Fe Trail
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Rice County Santa Fe Trail sites - 1/20/2018
In this short trip I visit Fry's Ruts, the site of Camp Grierson, and Swanson's Swales. These sites are only a mile or two from each other in extreme eastern Rice County. Later I visit Ralph's Ruts, just west of Chase.
Pop Evil - Dodge City, Kansas
Pop Evil performing at Dodge City Raceway Park in Dodge City, Kansas
Dodge City, Kansas
Farming area south of Dodge City, Kansas
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Dodge City Kansas Road Tour driveLapse 4K
Garden City to Dodge City Kansas 4K.
This Road Tour picks up in Garden City heading to Dodge City Kansas! Dodge City is a famous Frontier town in the American Old West culture. It's named after Fort Dodge and was a cattle town. It's probably most noted for it's Assistant Marshal Wyatt Earp.
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Boot Hill Museum, Dodge City Kansas
Explore the Boot Hill Museum with me in Dodge City, Kansas. Check out my blog for additional details on the museum and the wonderful, wild history that is stored there. Let's go relive the legend!
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-Laci
Santa Fe Trail - Schumacher Park
A visit to Schumacher Park which was once a part of the Santa Fe, Oregon, and California National Historic Trails. Located in Kansas City, Missouri.
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Westward on the Santa Fe Trail (1821)
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Kansas Adventures near the Sante Fe Trail
Metal detecting and relic hunting
Dodge City, KS The Wild West
Dodge City was once known as the Wild, Wild West!
Dodge City Boot Hill Ride and Tour
Day 19 of our Great Ride of 2013 finds Cindy and Mark traveling between Pueblo, CO, and Andover, KS. The highlight of this riding day is a stop and tour of the Dodge City Boot Hill Museum.
The Boot Hill Museum was founded in 1947 by the Dodge City Jaycees. The non-profit organization acquired a section of the original Boot Hill, establishing a small 3,000 sq ft museum. Over the course of time the Jaycees expanded the exhibits with additional buildings such as the original Fort Dodge Jail and period artifacts of clothing, tools and so forth. Visit for further details.
Enjoy the ride!
Cindy and Mark