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Dodge City became a boomtown, with thousands of cattle passing annually through its stockyards. The peak years of the cattle trade in Dodge City were from 1883 to 1884, and during that time the town grew tremendously. In 1880, Dodge City got a new competitor for the cattle trade from the border town of Caldwell. For a few years, the competition ...
The Long Branch Saloon was a well-known saloon in Dodge City, Kansas, from about 1874 to 1885.It had several owners, most notably Chalk Beeson and gunfighter Luke Short.The establishment provided gambling and live entertainment, including Beeson's five-person orchestra.
The Dodge City War was a bloodless conflict that took place between Luke Short and the Dodge City mayor, who tried to force Short to close the Long Branch Saloon and leave town. Luke called on several friends, including Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson , who supported him during his confrontation from April 28 to June 7, 1883.
Photograph of the interior of the Long Branch Saloon in Dodge City, Kansas, taken between 1870 and 1885. Masterson spent the remainder of 1880 in Kansas City and Dodge. On February 8, 1881, he left Dodge City and joined Wyatt Earp in Tombstone, Arizona Territory, where he met Luke Short for the first time.
The Long Branch Variety Show is a western saloon show presented in the Long Branch Saloon located at Boot Hill Museum, a non-profit entertainment and museum theme park in Dodge City, Kansas. The exterior of the new Long Branch Saloon was built in 1958 and modeled on period photographs of the original Long Branch Saloon building , which burned ...
Short returned to Kansas City and was joined there by Bat Masterson. Wyatt Earp arrived in Dodge City, along with several gunfighters, on May 31. Short, Earp, and Petillon met in Kinsley, Kansas, on June 3, 1883, and took the afternoon train to Dodge City. Deger issued a proclamation the following day ordering the closing of all gambling places ...
Boot Hill Museum is an American historical museum located in Dodge City, Kansas. [1] A non-profit entity, the mission of the museum is to preserve the history of the Old West with emphasis on Dodge City. There are over 20,000 artifacts in the complex, including more than 200 original guns.
Dodge City, Kansas in 1875. On the right Beatty and Kelley Restaurant at the corner of First Avenue and Front Street, owned by P.L. Beatty and James H. “Dog” Kelley. Next to the Beatty and Kelley Restaurant was the Alhambra Saloon. In 1885 a fire destroyed the Beatty and Kelley Restaurant and Alhambra Saloon.