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The Old Santa Fe Trail

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Description: View west of Dodge City, of the Old Santa Fe Trail.
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Men on Stagecoach

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Description: A team of four horses with two men on a stagecoach in front of a house.
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First House in Dodge City

Date: 1871
Description: View of first house built in Dodge City. The sod building has a roof, window openings and a door. The surrounding landscape is barren.
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Pioneer Town

Date: 1872
Description: Distant view of the fledgling town showing a few log cabins, large tent buildings, saddled horses, pedestrians and a horse-drawn wagon.
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Distant View of Town's Beginnings

Date: 1847
Description: Distant view of the early settlement of the town showing a strip of low-slung buildings in a barren expanse.
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Buffalo Hides

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Description: A view of several men working with a large pile of buffalo hides. One man is sitting atop a pile of hides in the right foreground.
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Round-up on C.O.D. Ranch

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Description: View of a round-up on C.O.D. Ranch. In the foreground, cowboys gather around a chuck wagon labeled, "L.N.Y. or K.C.O.D." The members of the Dodge City Band...
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The Original Dodge City Cowboy Band

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Description: Group portrait of the members of the original Dodge City Cowboy Band, organized 1881-1882. Band members hold musical instruments, and a banner stands behin...

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