Dodge City, city, seat of Ford County, southern Kansas, on the Arkansas River; incorporated 1875. It is the market and shipping center of a rich wheat-growing and cattle-raising area. Industries include the manufacture of farm machinery and livestock-handling equipment, and beef processing. Saint Mary of the Plains College (1952) and a junior college are here, as well as Boot Hill Cemetery (in use 1872-8), preserved as a reminder of the community's turbulent early years, and a reconstruction of Dodge City as it was in 1876. The city, founded in 1872 with the arrival of the railroad, is named for both Colonel Richard I. Dodge, a leading member of the Dodge City Town Company founders, and for Fort Dodge (built in 1864; now a veterans' home), due to its proximity to the newly formed city. Dodge City soon developed into a major shipping point for trail herds. Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson were among its early law officers. Population 18,001 (1980); 21,129 (1990); 22,456 (1998 estimate).Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2001
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