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KANSAS
HISTORICAL MARKER
FORT DODGE
FORT DODGE WAS ESTABLISHED HERE IN 1864 BY MAJ. GEN.
GRENVILLE M. DODGE. IT WAS A SUPPLY DEPOT AND BASE OF
Cannon
18 pounder
of 1863
OPERATIONS AGAINST WARRING PLAINS TRIBES. CUSTER,
SHERIDAN, MILES, HANCOCK, "WILD BILL" HICKOK AND
"BUFFALO Bill" CODY ARE FIGURES IN ITS HISTORY. THE
Gen.
Dodge
SITE WAS AN OLD CAMPING GROUND FOR WAGON TRAINS AT THE
WESTERN JUNCTION OF THE "DRY" AND "WVET" ROUTES OF
THE SANTA FE TRAIL. THE FIRST BUILDINGS WERE OF SOD
AND ADOBE ALTHOUCGH SOME OF THE TROOPS LIVED IN DUG-
OUTS. SEVERAL OF THE STONE BUILDINGS ERECTED LATER ARE
IN USE TODAY. THE FORT WAS ABANDONED IN 1882 AND IS
NOW A STATE SOLDIERS’ HOME.
THE SPANISSH EXPLORER, CORONADO, iS BELIEVED TO HAVE
CROSSED THE ARKANSAS RIVER A FEW MILES EAST OF HERE IN
1541.
US-154, at State Soldiers' Home,
four miles southeast of Dodge City,
Ford county.
Along the Santa Fe Trail
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