Inktober 2023 day 4: Dodge
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Of course I had to do Dodge City. Who do you take me for?
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Oh my god. Write an article about your own crime for the newspaper to print so they don’t have to write it.
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Great Western Cattle Trail - Kerrville, Texas
The trail herded longhorn cattle (see Western Trail below), eventually becoming one of the most traveled and famous routes in U.S. history.
Founded by Captain John T. Lytle in 1874, traffic along the trail began to decline in 1885. This decline was attributed to the increasing use of barbed wire fences and legislative measures enforcing a quarantine of Texas cattle due to the “Texas…
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Bless ao3 writers - there's even fanfics for Gunsmoke
They also had a Tv show running from 1955 - 1975.
Super niche, these old cowboy tales. Yet, ao3 has nearly 300 fanfics with Marshall Dillon, Kitty, Doc, Chester and the other memorable characters. I wasn't expecting it, but I know exactly what I'll be reading while I wait to get over this damn cough.
The Devil works hard, but ao3 writers work harder
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AT&SF locomotive, engine number 3433, engine type 4-6-2
Train #3, California Limited; 11 cars. Photographed: at Dodge City, Kan., February 21, 1937.
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Errol Flynn
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Errol Flynn in "Dodge City" 1939
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Huh…….learn something new.
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It's 12:30am and I'm on a cross-country train to a Doctor Who convention, but nerd me checked the nearest Pokestops to see where we are and, well...
Looks like we're gettin' our butt out of dodge. THE Dodge City, Kansas. And there's memorials to Doc Holliday and Wyatt Earp next to the station. 😁
(Not quite the right gif, but I'm not sure how long the signal will hold as we are pulling out of the station and heading across the plains)
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Along the Santa Fe Trail
The Santa Fe trail stretches from Independence, Missouri to Santa Fe, New Mexico. The trail is almost 900 miles and crosses parts of five states. I have not traveled all along it’s length but I have been to a number of neat locations and I hope to visit more.
Dodge City
When those traveling the Santa Fe Trail reached Fort Dodge, east of current day Dodge City, they had a choice to make. They…
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