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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 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.
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 ...
Dora Hand, stage name Fannie Keenan, Kelley's friend and singer, was killed at his home on October 4, 1878 As mayor Kelley worked with the Dodge City Peace Commission (photo) Dodge City in 1875. Beatty and Kelley Restaurant at the corner of First Avenue and Front Street. James H. "Dog" Kelley was the Dodge City, Kansas, mayor from
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.
Photo of the interior of the Long Branch Saloon in Dodge City, Kansas, taken between 1870 and 1885. After about a month in Fort Griffin, Earp returned to Fort Clark [21] and in early 1878, he went to Dodge City, where he became the assistant city marshal, serving under Charlie Bassett. During the summer of 1878, Holliday and Horony also arrived ...
On June 1, 1883, Mather was hired as an Assistant City Marshal in Dodge City. [20] He served only nine months and was replaced on April 10, 1884, by Tom Nixon, [21] [22] sparking a feud between the two. The feud was further stoked when Dodge City passed "Ordinance No. 83", which outlawed dance halls. The ordinance was enforced against Mather's ...
Dodge City, Kansas, Ford County, Kansas, Ingalls, Kansas, Deputy U.S. Marshal Andrew "Andy" Mather No image available: 1851–1929 Texas Ranger, Williamson County, Texas, Co. E, Frontier Battalion, under Captain Maltby Mysterious Dave Mather: 1851–? 1880–1885 Assistant Marshal Dodge City Kansas; Town Marshal New Kiowa Kansas Joseph McNulty