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The citizens of Dodge City worked to have a soldiers' home established on the old post. In 1889 President Grover Cleveland signed a bill allowing part of the military reservation to be used as a soldiers' home. [1] The home opened in early 1890, one source claiming on January 1 and another claiming on February 7.
Dodge City residents worked to have the old fort used for a retired soldiers' home, since most of the buildings were still functional. After much work toward that goal, a federal law was enacted in 1889 authorizing the use of the post as a soldiers' home by the State of Kansas. In early 1890 the Kansas Soldiers' Home was opened on the site. The ...
Fort Dodge is a census-designated place (CDP) in Grandview Township, Ford County, Kansas, United States. [1] As of the 2020 census, the population was 97. [2] It is located on U.S. Route 400 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Dodge City. Fort Dodge has a post office with ZIP code 67843. [3]
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
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Dodge City Army Airfield, Dodge City, Kansas. This facility, located 6 miles (9.7 km) northwest of town, was a training base. It originally trained Royal Air Force and Free French pilots. It then trained American men and women (Women Air Force Service Pilots). The field closed in July 1945 and it was listed as an inactive reserve facility.
Before "A Hallowed Home for Heroes'" TV debut, the documentary will be shown in two in-person screenings, at 5:30 p.m. Oct. 30 at the Oriental Theatre, 2230 N. Farwell Ave., and at 7 p.m. Nov. 2 ...