Showing posts with label Kansas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kansas. Show all posts

Friday, June 20, 2025

Dodge City, Kansas ~ February 2025

The entire town is itself a historic roadside attraction and these are some of the things we found during our brief visit. The 1898 Santa Fe Depot, Dodge City Station, is now used by Amtrak.
The Boot Hill Special No. 1139 Steam Engine.

Doc Holliday.
James Arness as Marshal Matt Dillon.
La Salsa Man.
Boot Hill Monument Park is next to the Cowboy, a plaster casting of Marshal Joe Saghrue, the making of which almost killed the Marshal.
The 100th Meridian Marker.
The famous Wyatt Earp.
Our last stop as we headed out was the old Fort Dodge, built in 1865. It was abandoned in 1882 and became a soldier's home. It currently serves as a retirement and nursing facility for retired Kansas veterans.

So long, Dodge!

Tuesday, May 27, 2025

World's Largest Ball of Sisal Twine, 719 Wisconsin Street, Cawker City KS

There are some competing claims but Cawker City stands by its twine ball claim.
And it continues to grow. You may bring your own sisal twine and there are official twine days in the town.
We were on our way to the Geographic Center of the Contiguous United States in Lebanon and this was a quick detour. It's a quirky and fun roadside attraction, and kudos to Cawker City for keeping it up 😊

Geographic Center of Contiguous United States