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This photograph shows R.C. Hill telling a crowd at Hugoton about the upcoming Boot Hill Fiesta in Dodge City.

This photograph was taken as part of a profile article about Mrs. Clarice Main, originally from Beeler, Kansas. Main was a telegrapher for the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad in Dodge City.

Workers load cattle onto an Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway car at Sublette, Kansas, for transport. The Dodge City Daily Globe claims that the workers loaded 23 cars of cattle and three cars of sheep from wheat pasture to market. This…

This photograph shows a demonstration in 1955 of the Dodge City Fire Department at the old Dodge City High School Building.

This photograph shows the demolition of a gas station in South Dodge at South 2nd Avenue and Beech Street. The article in the Dodge City Daily Globe states that the gas station had been closed for about 10 years at the time of its demolition in 1955.

Duane Hennigh is pictured after being honored as an All-Around Champion of the 1959 Dodge City Roundup Rodeo. Hennigh was originally from Ashland, Kansas and won rodeo championships around the country in the 1950s and 1960s, including Best All-Around…

From the Dodge City Daily Globe of August 10, 1959:

"A part of the local Army Reserve unit is shown just before boarding a train for two weeks' training at Fort Carson, Colo. The unit left early yesterday afternoon. The men are members of the…

This photograph was taken to help publicize the Guadalupe Fiesta of 1955 in Dodge City. From left to right, those pictured are Frank Garcia, Linda E. Sanchez, and Louis Sanchez. The trio performed a dance number titled "Too Much Tequila". Louis…

This photograph shows Mayor C.L. Clinton of Dodge City handing certificates of attendance to firemen who attended a state fire fighting school held in Hutchinson in October 1952. Those pictured are identified from left to right: Mayor C.L. Clinton,…

From the Dodge City Daily Globe of April 5, 1952: "Ninety members of the Future Farmers of America from 14 schools of Southwest Kansas and 16 Ford County 4-H Club members were attending a dairy judging school Saturday at the dairy farm at Fort Dodge.…