Реферат: Ford County Kansas Essay Research Paper FORD

officers as Bat Masterson, Bill Tilghman, Doc Holliday, and Charlie Bassett.

Out of these personalities evolved the famous fictional character of Marshall

Matt Dillion.

Too soon, however, the ultimate fate that swallowed up all the cattle

towns: in 1885 the state legislature passed a new quarantine law that closed

all of Kansas to the tick-infested cattle that were being driven up from

Texas. By the end of that year the trails were blocked by lines of barbed-

wire fence.

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Finally, and ironically, the very railroads that provided the original impetus

for the cattle towns also helped to make them anachronisms. They did this

by simply extending their lines into Texas.

Dodge City is world famous for “Boot Hill”, and “Front Street”, which

is located in the heart of Dodge City. In western lore Dodge City holds a

unique place as, one of the wildest and roughest towns on the frontier, its

reputation as, “the wickedest little city in America” was well founded. Front

Street with the Long Branch Saloon and Rath and Wright Store, is as much

a part of its legend as the names of Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday and Bat

Masterson. There are deeds on file in the Register of Deeds Office with Bat

Masterson’s signature on them. The Historical Lora Locke Hotel, built in

1928, was purchased by Ford County in 1989. All six floors renovated with

the Lobby and Mezzanine areas staying in its original design. County

offices moved to the “Ford County Government in May of 1991.

Dodge City is served by two colleges, Dodge City Community College

and St. Mary of the Plains College. Dodge City Community College

prepares over 2,300 students for further training in every field from

accounting to pre-veterinary medicine and hands-on technical training for

everything from communication technology to wastewater technology. A

computer laboratory of 65 IBM and Macintosh computers prepares students