Dodge City, the cowboy capital, and the great Southwest in the days of the wild Indian, the buffalo, the cowboy, dance halls, gambling halls and bad men . R. M. Wright, 1875 Dodge Cit})^ /^^^^^l^^ .Trie Cowbo:y Capital AND niie Great SoutKNvest IN TKe Days of TKe Wild Indian, the Buffalo, the Cowboi?, Dance Halls, Gambling Halls and Bad Men ^6^ XAJ^ BY ROBERT M. WRIGHT Plainsnxan, Explorer, Scout, Pioneer, Trader and Settler PREFACE J 1954G1 TjUHETHER a preface is explanatory or apologetic, is immaterial, in the use we make of this one. Localhistory is both personal and public; but the narrati
Dodge City, the cowboy capital, and the great Southwest in the days of the wild Indian, the buffalo, the cowboy, dance halls, gambling halls and bad men . R. M. Wright, 1875 Dodge Cit})^ /^^^^^l^^ .Trie Cowbo:y Capital AND niie Great SoutKNvest IN TKe Days of TKe Wild Indian, the Buffalo, the Cowboi?, Dance Halls, Gambling Halls and Bad Men ^6^ XAJ^ BY ROBERT M. WRIGHT Plainsnxan, Explorer, Scout, Pioneer, Trader and Settler PREFACE J 1954G1 TjUHETHER a preface is explanatory or apologetic, is immaterial, in the use we make of this one. Localhistory is both personal and public; but the narrativesof a border life or from conspicuous events, having anorigin and a purpose similar to the discovery of a newcountry. Local history is the result of development andprogress; and each city or state history is the example ofthe whole country. The history of Dodge City, however,includes a wider environment than the ordinary city ortown, because it was the focus of a range of country twohundred miles, north, south, east, and west. Therefore,its center of gravitation was equal in extent to that of astate. Upon this axis revolved and oscillated the bul
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