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This is a podcast from our Wednesday evening service at Abundant Life Family Church in Dodge City, Kansas. Join us to listen to Pastor Lydia Ames, Co-Pastor and founder of Abundant Life Family Church.

Send a textA county can be born without a single shot fired. We travel back to February 26, 1867, when lawmakers in Topeka drew the first boundaries of Ford County and set a quiet revolution in motion. Out on the wind-cut Kansas prairie, the scene looked unchanged—buffalo grass, open sky, no fences—but a pen stroke had already begun to rearrange lives, routes, and destinies.We unpack why the county took the name of Colonel James H. Ford, a 2nd Colorado Cavalry veteran whose influence stretched beyond the Civil War. The story pivots on Fort Dodge, the hard-won foothold guarding the Santa Fe Trail. That fort didn't just symbolize order; it created the conditions for settlement, trade, and a sense of safety that maps alone could not provide. For years, Ford County existed in a strange in-between—boundaries on paper, no functioning local government—until growth and grit pushed the region toward structure.Everything changes in 1873 when Governor Thomas Osborne formally organizes the county and Dodge City becomes the seat. Overnight, a rough hunting camp begins its transformation into an administrative and judicial hub. We explore how that shift redefined power from rifles and rumors to records and rulings—and how lines drawn in quiet rooms can ripple into courthouses, classrooms, and communities. Along the way, we reflect on the hidden engines of the American West: boundary-making, fort-building, and the steady work of turning space into a place.If stories like this spark your curiosity, subscribe, share the show with a history-loving friend, and leave a quick review to help more listeners find our deep dives into Ford County's past.Support the showIf you'd like to buy one or more of our fully illustrated dime novel publications, you can click the link I've included.

Send a textA county's name hides a better story than any barroom legend. We pull back the curtain on Colonel James Hobart Ford—the Union officer whose grit, speed, and stubborn discipline shaped the ground beneath Dodge City long before gunfighters made it famous. From Ohio roots to the Colorado Territory, Ford rose fast, helped raise the 2nd Colorado Infantry, and proved himself at Glorieta Pass, where Union forces stopped Confederate designs on the Southwest. Then came the crucible: the Kansas–Missouri border, where guerrilla raids and burned homes defined the fight and where Ford's aggressive command went head-to-head with bushwhackers like Quantrill.We follow Ford into the decisive sweep of 1864, where his leadership mattered at the Battle of Westport and across the pursuit of Sterling Price, driving Confederate hopes out of Kansas and back into Arkansas. As the Civil War shifted to the plains, Ford took command of the District of the Upper Arkansas, often working from a tent under open sky. Here the mission changed: protect the Santa Fe Trail, balance settler pressure against Cheyenne, Arapaho, and Kiowa resistance, and hold a fragile peace along a corridor that powered trade and migration. Out of this work rose a modest sod outpost that later became Fort Dodge, a linchpin for the region and a seed for Dodge City's explosive future.Ford died at 38, never seeing the cowboy capital take shape. Yet five years later, Kansas named Ford County in his honor—a recognition not of legend, but of logistics, patrols, and hard choices made along a dangerous border. We share archival insights from the Ford County Historical Society and the Ford County Legacy Center to bring his story to life: a portrait of a commander who traded romance for results and left a county that still bears his name. If you're ready to rethink Dodge City's origin story through the eyes of the soldier who secured it, press play, subscribe for more frontier deep dives, and leave a review sharing the detail that surprised you most.Support the showIf you'd like to buy one or more of our fully illustrated dime novel publications, you can click the link I've included.

This is a podcast from our Sunday morning service at Abundant Life Family Church in Dodge City, Kansas. Join us to listen to Dr. Jim Ames, Pastor and founder of Abundant Life Family Church.

Dodge City didn't just earn its reputation with gunfights... it earned it with rot, whiskey, and the routine logistics of death. In the 1870s, buffalo hides piled up like decaying monuments, tempers flared faster than matches, and Boot Hill filled with people who never got a proper ending. And if a town is built on that much residue, the question isn't whether it leaves a mark, it's what still echoes when the streets go quiet. YouTube -  https://www.youtube.com/@HauntedAmericanHistory   hauntedamericanhistory.com   Patreon- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/hauntedamericanhistory⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   LINKS FOR MY DEBUT NOVEL, THE FORGOTTEN BOROUGH   Barnes and Noble -   https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-forgotten-borough-christopher-feinstein/1148274794?ean=9798319693334   AMAZON: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FQPQD68S   Ebook   GOOGLE: https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=S5WCEQAAQBAJ&pli=1   KOBO: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-forgotten-borough-2?sId=a10cf8af-5fbd-475e-97c4-76966ec87994&ssId=DX3jihH_5_2bUeP1xoje_   SMASHWORD: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1853316   !! DISTURB ME !!   APPLE - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/disturb-me/id1841532090   SPOTIFY - https://open.spotify.com/show/3eFv2CKKGwdQa3X2CkwkZ5?si=faOUZ54fT_KG-BaZOBiTiQ   YOUTUBE - https://www.youtube.com/@DisturbMePodcast www.disturbmepodcast.com TikTok- @roadside.chris LEAVE A VOICEMAIL - 609-891-8658 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Send a textWelcome to part two and the final chapter with Dan! The guy has served our Nation, and locally, in so many capacities! Like many of my guest, he continues to serve throughout his life...In this episode, we go back and touch on a few stories from his past before we discuss his service to the Pima County Sheriff's Department! From Patrol in the San Xavier District to Motors and search and rescue!He's been a great guest, and I plan to see him in the future at Task Force Red gun shop here in Tucson.Turn him up and enjoy the episode!!! Come see me on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/choir.practice.94 or on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/cp_sfaf/

This is a podcast from our special Monday evening service at Abundant Life Family Church in Dodge City, Kansas. Join us to listen to guest speaker Pastor Scott Webb of Birmingham, Alabama.

This is a podcast from our Sunday Night service at Abundant Life Family Church in Dodge City, Kansas. Join us to listen to guest speaker Pastor Scott Webb of Birmingham, Alabama.

This is a podcast from our Sunday morning service at Abundant Life Family Church in Dodge City, Kansas. Join us to listen to guest speaker Pastor Scott Webb of Birmingham, Alabama.

This is a podcast from our Wednesday evening service at Abundant Life Family Church in Dodge City, Kansas. Join us to listen to Pastor Lydia Ames, Co-Pastor and founder of Abundant Life Family Church.

This is a podcast from our Sunday morning service at Abundant Life Family Church in Dodge City, Kansas. Join us to listen to Dr. Jim Ames, Pastor and founder of Abundant Life Family Church.

This is a podcast from our Wednesday evening service at Abundant Life Family Church in Dodge City, Kansas. Join us to listen to Pastor Lydia Ames, Co-Pastor and founder of Abundant Life Family Church.

This is a podcast from our Sunday morning service at Abundant Life Family Church in Dodge City, Kansas. Join us to listen to Dr. Jim Ames, Pastor and founder of Abundant Life Family Church.

This is a podcast from our Wednesday evening service at Abundant Life Family Church in Dodge City, Kansas. Join us to listen to Pastor Lydia Ames, Co-Pastor and founder of Abundant Life Family Church.

Doc Holliday arrived in Dodge City in 1878, fresh from Texas and already tied to the hip to Big Nose Kate. He advertised as a dentist, gambled heavily, and quietly built a reputation in one of the most dangerous towns in the Old West before moving on, first to Colorado, then New Mexico, and finally, Tombstone, Arizona. Join me today as we examine Doc's road to the O.K. Corral. Also discussed are Curly Bill Brocius, Johnny Tyler, Holliday's volatile relationship with Kate Elder, and his unflinching devotion to Wyatt Earp. Doc Holliday Part 1 - https://www.wildwestextra.com/doc-holliday-the-early-years-part-1/ This is NOT Doc Holliday - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvIDvi5NdMo Legends & Outlaws Calendar! https://wildwestcalendar.com/ Merch! https://wildwestextramerch.com/ Buy Me A Coffee! https://buymeacoffee.com/wildwest Check out the website! https://www.wildwestextra.com/ Email me! https://www.wildwestextra.com/contact/ Free Newsletter! https://wildwestjosh.substack.com/ Join Patreon for ad-free bonus content! https://www.patreon.com/wildwestextra Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on Ron's Amazing Stories, we saddle up for a classic Gunsmoke double feature, featuring two gripping radio dramas that show danger wearing very different disguises. Set in and around Dodge City—a real town and proudly known as the Cowboy Capital of the World—these stories highlight why Gunsmoke became one of the most important series in radio and television history. At the center stands Marshal Matt Dillon, facing threats born of desperation, ambition, and the belief that violence creates legends. One story traps Matt in a snowbound cabin with killers who have already crossed the line. The other brings danger directly into Dodge City, carried by a man eager to make a name for himself at the wrong end of a gun. Two stories. Two kinds of danger. One lawman. In This Episode An introduction to Gunsmoke and its lasting place in American fictional history The real Dodge City and why it matters to the legend "The Cabin" (December 27, 1952): A blizzard, a remote cabin, and fugitives who leave no room for mercy "There Never Was a Horse" (September 19, 1953): A gunman seeks reputation by challenging the wrong man How both stories explore violence, justice, and the true cost of reputation in the Old West As always, thank you for listening and keeping the spirit of classic radio alive. Ron's Amazing Stories Is Sponsored by: Audible - You can get a free audiobook and a 30 day free trial at audibletrial.com/ronsamazingstories. Your Stories: Do you have a story that you would like to share on the podcast or the blog? Head to the main website, click on Story Submission, leave your story, give it a title, and please tell me where you're from. I will read it if I can. Links are below. Music Used In This Podcast: Most of the music you hear on Ron's Amazing Stories has been composed by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) and is Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0. Other pieces are in the public domain. You can find great free music at FreePd.com which is a site owned by Kevin. Program Info: Ron's Amazing Stories is published each Thursday. You can download it from Apple Podcasts, stream it on Stitcher Radio or on the mobile version of Spotify. Do you prefer the radio? We are heard every Thursday at 10:00 pm and Sunday Night at 11:00 PM (EST) on AMFM247.COM. Check your local listing or find the station closest to you at this link. Social Links: Main Podcast Site by LibSynThe Blog Site by WordPressFacebook LinkTwitter Link Contact Links: EmailStory Submissions Contact Ron

This is a podcast from our Sunday morning service at Abundant Life Family Church in Dodge City, Kansas. Join us to listen to Dr. Jim Ames, Pastor and founder of Abundant Life Family Church.

Gordon Boettger discusses an extraordinary gliding adventure that took he and his copilot Bruce Campbell across the Rockies in mountain wave in an Arcus glider from Minden, Nevada to Dodge City, Kansas- 1112 miles on December 19th, 2025. Gordon shares his lifelong dream of soaring high (max altitude was near 28,000 feet!) and downwind in mountain wave and the technical aspects of his wild flight, including the use of night vision goggles (they took off at 0300) and the importance of very specific weather conditions to pull it off.

This is a podcast from our Wednesday evening service at Abundant Life Family Church in Dodge City, Kansas. Join us to listen to Pastor Lydia Ames, Co-Pastor and founder of Abundant Life Family Church.

This is a podcast from our Sunday morning service at Abundant Life Family Church in Dodge City, Kansas. Join us to listen to Dr. Jim Ames, Pastor and founder of Abundant Life Family Church.

Welcome to Episode #65 of The Thermal. On this show… a record Arcus flight from Minden, Nevada to Dodge City, Kansas. Just shy of 1800 kilometers this flight took over 12 hours, and a good portion was flown in the dark with night vision goggles. Pilot Gordon Boettger gives us the full story on this Episode of The Thermal.

This is a podcast from our Wednesday evening service at Abundant Life Family Church in Dodge City, Kansas. Join us to listen to Pastor Lydia Ames, Co-Pastor and founder of Abundant Life Family Church.

This is a podcast from our Sunday morning service at Abundant Life Family Church in Dodge City, Kansas. Join us to listen to Dr. Jim Ames, Pastor and founder of Abundant Life Family Church.

This is a podcast from our Wednesday evening service at Abundant Life Family Church in Dodge City, Kansas. Join us to listen to Pastor Lydia Ames, Co-Pastor and founder of Abundant Life Family Church.

This is a podcast from our Sunday morning service at Abundant Life Family Church in Dodge City, Kansas. Join us to listen to Dr. Jim Ames, Pastor and founder of Abundant Life Family Church.

In tonight's show we pick back up on a little “series within a series” I started a couple of years ago entitled “Exploring the Wild, Wild West.” We previously explored Coffeyville and Dodge City, KS as well as the Santa Fe Trail. In tonight's episode, we're going to explore one of the very earliest Wild West towns in America…Fort Smith, Arkansas,  home to “Hell on the Border” - one of the nastiest jails ever to house a baddie. We also happen to be the only place I've ever heard of that someone brought a cannon to a fist fight…so if you enjoy a road trip to a place with a long and colorful history, a weekend adventure to Fort Smith might be right up your alley!   Luckily for me, this is an easy episode…as I am currently a park ranger at Fort Smith National Historic Site…and tonight's episode is sort of just another day at work!   I hope you'll join me tonight to hear all about it!   If you'd like to get in touch with me, just shoot an email to   mywaywardstory@gmail.com   -or-   Head on over to   www.waywardstories.com    

Did PTSD exist in the Old West, and if so, did it contribute to the violence of the frontier? Join me as we explore how trauma affected soldiers and civilians alike long before the condition had a name, from Civil War veterans suffering from what was once called soldiers' heart or Da Costa's syndrome to rising rates of alcoholism, domestic violence, and institutionalization across the United States. Using historical research, homicide statistics from frontier towns like Dodge City and San Francisco, and modern scholarship, we'll examine whether PTSD was a driving force behind Old West violence or one factor among many. And stick around to the end for another listener Q&A! We'll discuss Brushy Bill Roberts, Doc Scurlock, Henry Plummer, and the Montana vigilantes, along with reflections on notable Western films and books.   National Center for PTSD - https://www.ptsd.va.gov/   Legends & Outlaws Calendar!  https://wildwestcalendar.com/   Merch! https://wildwestextramerch.com/   Buy Me A Coffee!  https://buymeacoffee.com/wildwest   Check out the website! https://www.wildwestextra.com/   Email me! https://www.wildwestextra.com/contact/   Free Newsletter! https://wildwestjosh.substack.com/   Join Patreon for ad-free bonus content! https://www.patreon.com/wildwestextra Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is a podcast from our Sunday morning service at Abundant Life Family Church in Dodge City, Kansas. Join us to listen to Dr. Jim Ames, Pastor and founder of Abundant Life Family Church.

This is a podcast from our Sunday morning service at Abundant Life Family Church in Dodge City, Kansas. Join us to listen to Dr. Jim Ames, Pastor and founder of Abundant Life Family Church.

This is a podcast from our Sunday morning service at Abundant Life Family Church in Dodge City, Kansas. Join us to listen to Dr. Jim Ames, Pastor and founder of Abundant Life Family Church.

This is a podcast from our Wednesday evening service at Abundant Life Family Church in Dodge City, Kansas. Join us to listen to Pastor Lydia Ames, Co-Pastor and founder of Abundant Life Family Church.

This is a podcast from our Sunday morning service at Abundant Life Family Church in Dodge City, Kansas. Join us to listen to Dr. Jim Ames, Pastor and founder of Abundant Life Family Church.

Send us a textA single word—fire—ripped through a quiet winter night and changed Dodge City forever. We travel back to late 1885 as flames burst from the Junction Saloon, raced down Front Street, and turned landmark businesses into a corridor of embers. With no pressurized water system and winter winds pushing the blaze, neighbors hacked at ice for bucket brigades while heat made even brick buildings fail. The Long Branch Saloon, Delmonico's, Zinnerman's hardware, and more fell in hours, and embers leapt the tracks to ignite warehouses and strain the town's last defenses.Amid chaos, Marshal Bill Tilghman and the fire brigade made a stark choice: blast a firebreak with gunpowder to stop the advance. By dawn, roughly 14 businesses were gone and losses neared $150,000—staggering in 1885. Yet the ashes carried a blueprint. The second major fire of that year forced Dodge City to abandon the fragile speed of wood construction and invest in brick, stone, and a modern waterworks. What began as catastrophe became a civic turning point, ending the bucket brigade era and setting the foundation for a safer, more durable city.We unpack how disasters reshape policy and place, why fireproof materials and infrastructure mark the shift from boomtown myth to municipal staying power, and how memory and rebuilding can coexist in the same streets. If you're drawn to Western history, urban resilience, or the untold decisions behind a city's survival, this story offers vivid detail and lasting lessons. Subscribe, share with a history-loving friend, and send us a local event from Ford County we should investigate next—your story might be the next page we bring to life.Support the showIf you'd like to buy one or more of our fully illustrated dime novel publications, you can click the link I've included.

Send us a textSnow that bites, winds that snap, and a cabin lit by a single candle—yet the room still fills with carols and the smell of plum pudding. We journey across the Old West to uncover how pioneers forged the Christmas we recognize today, transforming scarcity into ritual and distance into community. From homestead kitchens humming weeks in advance to stockings hung by a hard‑won fire, we explore the customs that stitched a shaken nation back together after the Civil War and blossomed into a national holiday by 1870.We share first‑hand accounts that feel close to the skin: a family pushing through storms to reach a new life in Oregon Territory, neighbors snowshoeing through four feet of powder for a frontier feast, and Dodge City's Christmas Eve council where civic ambition briefly overshadowed goodwill. These vignettes reveal the texture of the season on the prairie—homemade ornaments from evergreens and ribbon, popcorn garlands, cookie‑dough keepsakes, and gifts carved, knitted, and stitched over months. Each detail reminds us that meaning grows where hands work and hearts wait.Midway, we read Robert W. Service's “The Christmas Tree,” a moving tale of a discarded fir that becomes a beacon for a child in pain. The poem echoes the frontier ethic: rescue what the world overlooks, turn it into light, and let hope do the rest. By the close, we reflect on hospitality and charity as the enduring core of the holiday—values that carried pioneers through savage winters and still kindle warmth in ours. If these stories deepen your own traditions, share the episode with someone you love, leave a quick review, and subscribe so you never miss the next journey west.Support the showIf you'd like to buy one or more of our fully illustrated dime novel publications, you can click the link I've included.

Send us a textForget the postcard version of Dodge City. We open the door to the Great Western Hotel and step into a town intent on trading dust for dignity, noise for order, and short-term profits for a longer arc of respectability. The surprise is in the name itself: Great Western wasn't a nod to cattle drives; it was a bid to borrow the prestige of Brunel's railway and steamship, the Victorian shorthand for speed, reliability, and modern life. That branding choice tells us more about ambition on the plains than any staged gunfight ever could.We follow the transformation from the unpolished Western House to a hotel with plate glass, private rooms, and a no-whiskey policy under Dr. Samuel Galland, a German immigrant who believed Dodge City could be sober and civilized. Along the way, we separate trail reality from tourist memory: drovers called it the Western or the Dodge City Trail, while the phrase Great Western Trail arrived decades later through scholarship and heritage markers that retconned the landscape. The evidence runs through ledgers, newspapers, and the lived language of the men who drove the herds.The human stories make the stakes tangible. A silk-top-hatted dentist walks Front Street on principle and learns the cost of standing out before earning respect. Fires scorch the business district, owners come and go, the hotel changes names and survives the Dust Bowl, then vanishes in 1942—only to reappear as a museum gateway that sits near modern trail markers, inviting a tempting but false connection. What remains is the real takeaway: the West wasn't just won by grit; it was branded into being by people who knew that names can move minds as surely as rails move trains.If this reframe challenged a myth you held, share the episode, leave a rating, and tell us which Western “truth” you want us to unpack next. Subscribe for more history with receipts and a clear eye.Support the showIf you'd like to buy one or more of our fully illustrated dime novel publications, you can click the link I've included.

This is a podcast from our Sunday morning service at Abundant Life Family Church in Dodge City, Kansas. Join us to listen to Dr. Jim Ames, Pastor and founder of Abundant Life Family Church.

Westerns on a SaturdayFirst,  a look at this day in History.Then, The Six Shooter starring James Stewart, originally broadcast November 29, 1953, 72 years ago,Sheriff Billy.  Sheriff Bill Riddle is the law in Dawson. He faces down an escaped killer without a gunfight...and with good reason. Followed by Gunsmoke starring William Conrad, originally broadcast November 29, 1952, 73 years ago, Kitty.  Marshal Dillon insists on bringing Kitty to a Dodge City dance, despite what the "decent" folk think.Then, Have Gun Will Travel starring John Dehner, originally broadcast November 29, 1959, 66 years ago, Bitter Vengeance.  Paladin is tricked into the Mojave desert by the widow of the man he once shot. She plans to watch him suffer as he dies of thirst. Followed by Jack Benny, originally broadcast November 29, 1936, 89 years ago, Buck Benny Rides Again. The cast does, "Buck Benny Rides Again."Finally, Lum and Abner, originally broadcast November 29, 1943, 82 years ago, Squire Injured in Fall.   It's showtime at The Lum and Abner Theatre...and Squire Skimp falls down in the aisle!Thanks to Richard G for supporting our podcast by using the Buy Me a Coffee function at http://classicradio.streamCheck out Professor Bees Digestive Aid at profbees.com and use my promo code WYATT to save 10% when you order! Find the Family Fallout Shelter Booklet Here: https://www.survivorlibrary.com/library/the_family_fallout_shelter_1959.pdfhttps://wardomatic.blogspot.com/2006/11/fallout-shelter-handbook-1962.html

Send us a textA single whistle split the prairie air—and with it, the future of two rival towns. We revisit November 25, 1887, when the Arkansas, Kansas, and Colorado Railroad rolled into Ford, Kansas and turned isolation into opportunity, commerce into momentum, and a bitter rivalry into a clear verdict. What looks like a short stretch of track becomes a story about how infrastructure decides who thrives, who moves, and who fades from the map.We set the stage with Dodge City's fifteen-year boom as a cattle and railroad capital, then zoom into the quieter but consequential struggles of southern Ford County's farmers. Without rail access, every mile to market was risk: spoilage, delays, and thin margins. The new line changed that overnight. With Ford connected to Dodge City and eastern markets, exports grew, schedules stabilized, and investment finally made sense. The town stepped into a broader economy where grain, livestock, and goods could move with dependable speed.The rivalry with Ryansville brings the stakes to life. Routes are power, and when the tracks chose Ford, merchants in Ryansville made a dramatic decision—lift entire buildings onto rollers and move their livelihoods across the prairie. It's a vivid moment of Great Plains history that illustrates a lasting truth: when the path to markets shifts, communities shift with it. We explore how rails replaced wagon trails, how a spur line closes a local frontier, and how a map can be redrawn by timetables, grain elevators, and the steady rhythm of freight.If you're drawn to stories where technology meets human grit—railroad history, frontier towns, agriculture, and the economics of access—you'll find this tale both vivid and timely. Subscribe for more sharply drawn moments from Ford County's past, share the episode with a history lover, and leave a review to help others discover these hidden turning points.Support the showIf you'd like to buy one or more of our fully illustrated dime novel publications, you can click the link I've included.

This is a podcast from our Sunday morning service at Abundant Life Family Church in Dodge City, Kansas. Join us to listen to Dr. Jim Ames, Pastor and founder of Abundant Life Family Church.

This is a podcast from our Wednesday evening service at Abundant Life Family Church in Dodge City, Kansas. Join us to listen to Pastor Lydia Ames, Co-Pastor and founder of Abundant Life Family Church.

In 1985, a teenager in Dodge City, Kansas, thought an ordinary night of curiosity couldn't hurt. His sister owned a Ouija board—something to joke about, a party trick for bored teens. But what happened that night would make sure he never touched one again. When he and his sister placed their hands on the planchette, it moved with deliberate slowness, spelling out a single name: David. They laughed, asking lighthearted questions—until he asked what the word goodbye at the bottom of the board meant. The board spelled it out clearly: It's for my mother. Then came the next message—one that froze them cold: “So she can meet… S-A-T-A-N.” Terrified, they ran inside. His friend clutched a rosary, sobbing, praying through the chaos. They survived the night—but not the questions that followed. Because the name “David” wasn't random. It matched a cousin who had died in that same house… and who'd been an atheist. Some messages from beyond aren't meant to be heard—and some names, once spoken, never leave you. #RealGhostStories #OuijaBoard #DodgeCityHaunting #ParanormalEncounter #TrueHaunting #SpiritCommunication #EvilSpirit #DemonicEncounter #UnexplainedMystery Love real ghost stories? Don't just listen—join us on YouTube and be part of the largest community of real paranormal encounters anywhere. Subscribe now and never miss a chilling new story:

In 1985, a teenager in Dodge City, Kansas, thought an ordinary night of curiosity couldn't hurt. His sister owned a Ouija board—something to joke about, a party trick for bored teens. But what happened that night would make sure he never touched one again. When he and his sister placed their hands on the planchette, it moved with deliberate slowness, spelling out a single name: David. They laughed, asking lighthearted questions—until he asked what the word goodbye at the bottom of the board meant. The board spelled it out clearly: It's for my mother. Then came the next message—one that froze them cold: “So she can meet… S-A-T-A-N.” Terrified, they ran inside. His friend clutched a rosary, sobbing, praying through the chaos. They survived the night—but not the questions that followed. Because the name “David” wasn't random. It matched a cousin who had died in that same house… and who'd been an atheist. Some messages from beyond aren't meant to be heard—and some names, once spoken, never leave you. #RealGhostStories #OuijaBoard #DodgeCityHaunting #ParanormalEncounter #TrueHaunting #SpiritCommunication #EvilSpirit #DemonicEncounter #UnexplainedMystery Love real ghost stories? Don't just listen—join us on YouTube and be part of the largest community of real paranormal encounters anywhere. Subscribe now and never miss a chilling new story:

Send us a textA quiet click in a digital archive set off a bigger question: how did a tidy tale about the  “Western Trail” in 1873 outrun the dusty, documented truth of 1874? We follow the breadcrumb trail from a glossy magazine headline to the rail-choked streets of Dodge City, where buffalo hides, not longhorns, drove the economy. From there, we trace John T. Lytle's government contract to feed the Sioux, the mapped river crossings, and the August 1, 1874 deadline that defined the first verified drive.Along the way, we meet J. Frank Dobie—ranch-born, campus-bound, and unapologetically devoted to story over footnote. Dobie prized living voices more than ledgers, and he found a perfect partner in Frank Collinson, an Englishman turned cowboy who wrote his memories decades after the fact. Collinson likely helped gather cattle in late 1873 and later fused that groundwork with the 1874 trailblazing into one clean narrative. It's a classic compression: a roundup becomes a “first drive,” and a modern brand name—“Great Western Trail”—is retrofitted to the past until it feels original.We don't stop at debunking. We explore why these stories endure, how civic branding amplified a legend, and what's at stake when heritage tourism, folklore, and archival history collide. The lesson isn't to toss out the campfire tale. It's to read it alongside the map: let the archive keep the dates straight while the storytellers keep the culture alive. By the end, you'll see how a name, a narrative, and a single year can redirect the memory of the West—and why holding fact and fable in tension gives us a richer, more honest past.If this journey changed how you think about Western history, follow the show, leave a review, and share it with a friend who loves a good trail story.Support the showIf you'd like to buy one or more of our fully illustrated dime novel publications, you can click the link I've included.

In episode twenty, we are joined by Tyler Jackson, a 20 under 40 winner from 2025, shared his journey from Dodge City to Manhattan, Kansas. He discussed his career path, including working at Sherwin-Williams, Peerless Tires, and B104.7 radio. Tyler launched Manhattan City Lifestyle magazine in January 2022, focusing on connecting readers to local stories and businesses. He highlighted his success in maintaining long-term advertisers and the magazine's growth. Tyler emphasized the importance of faith, self-belief, and community connections in his achievements. He also shared his passion for drumming and his desire to write a book on self-development.

This is a podcast from our Sunday morning service at Abundant Life Family Church in Dodge City, Kansas. Join us to listen to Dr. Jim Ames, Pastor and founder of Abundant Life Family Church.

Gunslinging, gold-panning, stagecoach robbing, whiskey guzzling – the myth and infamy of the American West is synonymous with its most famous town: Deadwood, South Dakota. The storied mining town sprang up in early 1876 and came raining down in ashes only three years later, destined to become food for the imagination and a nostalgic landmark that now brings in more than two and a half million visitors each year. Once described as “the most diabolical town on earth,” Deadwood was not merely a place where outlaws lurked, like Tombstone or Dodge City, but was itself an outlaw enterprise, not part of any U.S. territory or subject to U.S. laws or governance. This gave rise to the Western outlaw behavior Deadwood is known for, but it also bred a self-reliance and a spirit of cooperation unique on the frontier, and made it an exceptionally welcoming place for Americans traditionally excluded from mainstream society. Today’s guest is Peter Cozzens, author of “Deadwood: Gold, Guns, and Greed in the American West. We look at the town’s complex story in full (including the stories of some of the most famous names of Deadwood — Calamity Jane, Hickok, Bullock, and Swearingen — who were made popular by David Milch’s HBO series). One frontier town came to embody the best and worst of the West—a relic of humanity’s eternal quest to create order from chaos, a greater good from individual greed, and security from violence.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Send us a textA trail's name shouldn't be a marketing plan, yet that's exactly how the West's most traveled cattle route got mislabeled. We follow the evidence from a fresh historiographical review back to 1874, when John T. Lytle cut a new path north after the Chisholm route jammed, and forward to the moment Dodge City exploded into the greatest cattle market on earth. Along the way, we sit with the drovers' own words—the functional names they used at the time—and weigh them against monuments, brochures, and a 1960s academic phrase that grew into a modern myth.We break down how the Western Trail took shape: the 7D steers headed for the Red Cloud Agency, the push through Cow Gap, and the pivot to the Santa Fe railhead at Dodge. Then we zoom out to the forces that ended the era—barbed wire tightening across the plains and Kansas quarantine laws that shut the gate on Texas herds. The numbers are staggering: millions of cattle and horses moved along this single route, reshaping the national diet and remaking a frontier town. Yet the cultural heartbeat remains in small details: a two‑bits bath, a new shirt from the general store, a night at the Long Branch.The naming controversy ties past to present. We recount the 1931 granite marker that enraged George W. Saunders by blending rival trails, track the 1965 origin of “Great Western Trail,” and examine why later citations fall apart under close reading. Our case for Western Cattle Trail isn't just pedantry—it's about honoring the people who built the route, avoiding confusion with a modern recreational trail, and keeping the historical record clean. If you care about what really happened—and what we choose to call it—this story gives you the tools to spot folklore dressed up as fact.If this deep dive sharpened your view of Western history, follow the show, share it with a friend who loves the cattle trails, and leave a review telling us which piece of evidence changed your mind.Support the showIf you'd like to buy one or more of our fully illustrated dime novel publications, you can click the link I've included.

We're saluting the 105th anniversary of the birth of William Conrad - the radio acting legend who brought law and order to Dodge City as Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke and who racked up hundreds of credits on detective shows, thrillers, comedies, and dramas. Conrad stars as Philip Marlowe in "The Anniversary Gift" (originally aired on CBS on April 11, 1950) - subbing in for Gerald Mohr in a terrific mystery in the Chandler spirit. He co-stars with Frank Lovejoy in "The Football Player and the Syndicate" from Night Beat (originally aired on NBC on June 12, 1950) and Edmond O'Brien in "The Woodward, Manila Matter" from Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (originally aired on CBS on November 25, 1950). Finally, Conrad stars in his signature role in "Matt Gets It" from Gunsmoke (originally aired on CBS on October 2, 1954).