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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 and Patriotism on a Friday First, a look at the events of the day.Then, Frontier Town starring Reed Hadley, originally broadcast May 29, 1953, 73 years ago, Bullets for Boot Hill.  The old judge in Dos Rios single-handedly stands up to a crowd of drunken cowboys and Blackjack Turner. Followed by Gunsmoke starring William Conrad, originally broadcast May 29, 1954, 72 years ago, Feud. An Ozark mountain feud comes to the plains of Dodge City.Then, Have Gun Will Travel starring John Dehner, originally broadcast May 29, 1960, 66 years ago, Dusty.   Paladin hires out to young Dusty for $1.61, to keep his uncle from beating him and shooting his dog. Followed by Box Office, originally broadcast May 29, 1942, 84 years ago, Memorial Day.   A program celebrating Memorial Day and marking the start of war bond sales in movie theaters, starting tomorrow.  Finally, Lum and Abner, originally broadcast May 29, 1935, 91 years ago, How to Operate a Picture Show.  Plans for the new motion picture theatre continue, including an offer to rent Dick Huddleston's old cotton warehouse at a very reasonable rent!Thanks to Debbie B. 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! If you like what we do here, visit our friend Jay at http://radio.macinmind.com for great old-time radio shows 24 hours a day

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.

Two days of markets in one shot. This Friggin' Farm & Ranch Report folds Tuesday's May WASDE fireworks into Wednesday's cattle tape and policy mess. We start with WASDE-671: U.S. wheat chopped to 1.561 billion bushels, 424 million under last year and below the low end of the trade range. KE wheat runs 50 cents, corn and beans climb, and USDA quietly confirms the drought story we've been preaching for weeks. We spell out what that does to your wheat, hay, and feed costs headed into summer. Cattle side, USDA cuts 2026 beef production 243 million pounds and raises steer prices, but the board shrugs. Cash bids hit $260 live in the South while Live Cattle futures close $1.70 to $2.80 lower and Feeders $2.50 to $7.30 lower. The longs are walking, and we break down what the Wednesday Fed Cattle Exchange needs to do before you pull the trigger on fats. We hit the DOJ's criminal antitrust probe into the Big 4 packers, walk through the sale barn pulse from OKC West, Dodge City, Beaver County, and Lone Star Stockyards, then talk diesel at $5.64, fertilizer that 70% of farmers say they can't afford, the Farm Bill in Senate limbo, Trump–Xi in Beijing, Colorado's wolf budget blowout, and the Hormuz tanker war keeping a premium in your fuel bill. Straight talk, no hedge-fund voice. Markets, policy, war — all tied back to your fuel bill, feed bill, and cattle check. 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 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.

Robert Clay Allison serves under Confederate cavalry commander Nathan Bedford Forrest in the Civil War and then drifts west to Texas. He works as a cowboy before starting his own ranch in Colfax County, New Mexico. There, he becomes a feared supporter of the settlers of Colfax County as they battle rich investors and the corrupt network known as the Santa Fe ring. After the so-called Colfax County War, Clay Allison ends up in a confrontation with Wyatt Earp in Dodge City. Thanks to our sponsor, Quince! Use this link for Free Shipping and 365-day returns: Quince.com/lotow Join Black Barrel+ for ad-free episodes and bingeable seasons: blackbarrel.supportingcast.fm/join Apple users join Black Barrel+ for ad-free episodes, bingeable seasons and bonus episodes. Click the Black Barrel+ banner on Apple to get started with a 3-day free trial. On YouTube, subscribe to LEGENDS+ for ad-free episodes and bingeable seasons: hit “Join” on the Legends YouTube homepage. 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 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 guest speaker Rev. Joe Morris of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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 Rev. Joe Morris of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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 Rev. Joe Morris of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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 Rev. Joe Morris of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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.

Before the Civil Rights Movement's major victories of the 1960s, a pro wrestler named Sputnik Monroe was already integrating Memphis, Tennessee one arena at a time. Born Roscoe Brumbaugh in Dodge City, Kansas, Monroe became one of the most beloved figures in Memphis wrestling history, counting Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash among his friends and fans. This episode of Gone South tells the story of how Monroe — a white heel wrestler with a bleached streak in his hair and a gift for provocation — used his fame to desegregate the Ellis Auditorium, challenge Jim Crow on Beale Street, and form one of the first interracial tag teams in the South. He was arrested repeatedly for socializing in Black nightclubs. He didn't stop. Featuring interviews with music historian Robert Gordon, wrestling journalist Steve Johnson, and Jerry Phillips (son of Sun Studio founder Sam Phillips) plus archival audio of Monroe himself. A story about race, rebellion, and one of the most unlikely civil rights figures the South ever produced. Check out Robert Gordon's book It Came From Memphis https://tinyurl.com/yys8pxdhSteve Johnson has written many fine books about wrestling history, includingThe Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: The Heelshttps://tinyurl.com/28h6nacm​Follow Jerry Phillips on Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/p/Jerry-Phillips-61559154401992/ Subscribe to our newsletter:⁠https://jedlipinski.substack.com/⁠ Connect with Jed Lipinski: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/gonesouthpodcast/⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/groups/gonesouthpodcast/⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/jed-lipinski/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Send us Fan MailThe Wild West didn't run on courage alone. It ran on nerve, repetition, and a cold understanding that “the law” often arrived as a Colt revolver, not a badge. We take you into the real world behind the legends of Old West gunfighters, using sharp stories and historical color drawn from Wyatt Earp, Frontier Marshal by Stuart M. Lake, plus hard-edged accounts connected to Bat Masterson and Wild Bill Hickok.We start with the famous Hickok vs Tutt gunfight in Springfield, Missouri, then pull apart the movie version of Western duels. Most fights weren't staged showdowns with one heroic shot. They were sudden, messy, close, and dangerous to everyone nearby, with black powder smoke hanging in the air and outcomes unclear until the shooting stopped. From there, we zero in on what serious gunmen actually practiced: how they wore their six-shooters, how they tuned their triggers, and why “fast” only matters when it stays accurate.Wyatt Earp's most surprising lesson drives the heart of the conversation: the winner usually took his time. Not slow time, but a calm mind in a split fraction of a second. We also explain why fanning the hammer and shooting from the hip earned contempt from proficient gunfighters, how two-gun carry was more about a reserve than a stunt, why notched guns are largely a myth that spread through storytelling, and how safety habits like keeping an empty chamber under the hammer saved lives.If you love Western history, Dodge City legends, and the true tactics behind frontier gunfights, subscribe, share the show with a fellow history fan, and leave a review with your biggest “Hollywood got it wrong” moment.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. 

The Roundup 2/14/53Gunsmoke was a long-running American old-time radio and television Western drama created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories took place in or about Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West. The radio version ran from 1952 to 1961, and is commonly regarded as one of the finest radio dramas of all time; the television version ran from 1955 to 1975 and still holds the record for the longest-running U.S. prime time fictional television program.    

Original Air Date: April 25, 1941Host: Andrew RhynesShow: The Lone RangerPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Stars:• Earle Graser (Lone Ranger)• John Todd (Tonto) Writer:• Fran Striker Producer:• George W. Trendle Director:• Charles D. Livingston Music:• Ben Bonnell For more great shows check out our site: https://www.otrwesterns.comExit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny...

Original Air Date: April 25, 1941Host: Andrew RhynesShow: The Lone RangerPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Stars:• Earle Graser (Lone Ranger)• John Todd (Tonto) Writer:• Fran Striker Producer:• George W. Trendle Director:• Charles D. Livingston Music:• Ben Bonnell For more great shows check out our site: https://www.otrwesterns.comExit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny...

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 Fan MailDodge City doesn't just welcome the cattle drives; it feeds on them. When the herds arrive, so do the wages, the whiskey, the gambling, and the dance halls, and the town's “wide open” side of the tracks turns into a nightly test of nerve for anyone wearing a badge. We tell the story of one of those nights, when Deputy Marshal Ed Masterson and Assistant Marshal Nat Haywood walk their beat down Front Street and hear shots coming from the Lady Gay.What follows is a tense, step-by-step descent from order to bloodshed. You'll hear how Ed tries to defuse a mob of drunken Texas cowboys, how Jack Wagner's gun is taken and then reappears in the street, and how trail boss A. M. Walker's threats pin Haywood in place long enough for everything to go wrong. A single misfire, a moment of hesitation, and a scuffle over a revolver become the opening for a point-blank shot that leaves Ed burning, bleeding, and staggering into a saloon with no chance of survival.From there, the narrative turns personal and brutal as Bat Masterson arrives, sees his brother cut down, and fires four shots in retaliation. We stay with the aftermath too: the cold reception the wounded Texans receive in nearby saloons, Wagner's confession and burial on Boot Hill, and the way Dodge City shuts down to mourn Ed with its first public funeral. It's a gritty piece of Old West history that forces a harder question beneath the legend: what does mercy cost in a town built on vice, and what does justice look like when it happens in seconds? This is a partial remastered episode first recorded on September 28, 2019. If you're drawn to Wild West lawmen, Dodge City history, and the real stakes behind a frontier gunfight, press play, then subscribe, share the show, and leave a review. What do you think Ed could have done differently, if anything?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 Fan MailA county doesn't feel “real” until paperwork can beat chaos, and Ford County's origin story proves it. We head back to April 5, 1873, when Kansas Governor Thomas Osborne signs the proclamation that creates Ford County and forces Dodge City to start acting like a place with a future, not just a boomtown with a rail line and a trail of grudges.We walk through why that signature matters: the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad has pushed west, money is moving in freight and buffalo hides, and businesses are rising on land that settlers can't even prove they own. Without deeds, courts, or a way to record property, the frontier runs on fear and force. That's the backdrop for Osborne's calculated picks: Charles Wrath as the commercial muscle, J.G. MacDonald and Daniel Wolfe to build civic structure, and Herman J. Fringer to make the written record that turns a claim into a title.From Fringer's drugstore ledgers to the first convening of the provisional government on April 16, 1873, we connect the dots between Western history and practical governance: land records, local courts, taxes, roads, and the first steps toward law enforcement. Along the way, we also examine how historical memory can elevate louder names while quieter builders like MacDonald still shape the foundation.If you care about Dodge City history, Kansas history, the Santa Fe Railroad, or how the American frontier became a governed place, this story delivers the turning point. Subscribe, share the show with a history-loving friend, and leave a review to help more people find it. What part of “order” do you think mattered most: courts, titles, or the people chosen to enforce them?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. 

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Send us Fan MailA town doesn't start with a skyline. Sometimes it starts with frost-stiff grass, a quiet riverbank, and a man deciding the future should live right here. We're looking back at Tuesday, April 8, 1884, the day that marks the birth of Ford, Kansas, and the moment Ford County's prairie begins turning into something organized, named, and built to last. We follow Andrew Russell as he rides east out of Dodge City with a surveyor's eye and a gambler's nerve, reading the land near the Arkansas River and calling a town into existence before most people can even picture it. Within weeks, that vision becomes the Ford Town Company, land purchases, and bold expectations that the railroad will soon reshape the region's economy. If you love Kansas history, Western settlement stories, and the real mechanics behind town founding, this is the kind of detail-rich narrative that makes the map feel alive. Then we meet the other force that makes a community stick: government. George B. Cox, once tied to the Dodge House and the energy of Front Street, signs on as probate judge and county commissioner, helping carve new townships out of open prairie. His proclamations bring boundaries, legitimacy, and the kind of order that leads from frontier camps to schools, roads, and county routines. The result is a clear picture of how ambition and authority work together, one stake and one signature at a time. If this story made you see your own hometown differently, subscribe, share the episode with a friend who loves local history, and leave a review with the small detail you won't forget.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. 

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Send us Fan MailA railroad can feel inevitable when you see it on a map. Up close, it's a gamble with a hard deadline, exhausted men, and miles of empty country that refuse to cooperate. We pick up the Santa Fe's high-stakes race across the Arkansas Valley, where March 3, 1873 hangs over every hammer swing. Miss the Colorado border and the land grants that bankroll the dream can disappear, taking the company with them. Beat the clock and the “paper railroad” becomes a steel fact that rewires the American West.As we move with the railhead, we trace the human cost of railroad construction: cramped boarding cars, dust-choked days, and the volatile boom towns that spring up overnight. We revisit the Newton General Massacre and the way violence trails commerce on the frontier. Then the lens widens to the railroad's collision with Cheyenne, Arapaho, Kiowa, and Comanche homelands, including Satanta's push to meet expansion with sovereignty and negotiation, even as resistance sparks along the line.Dodge City arrives like a shock to the system: no proper depot, just a boxcar office and stacks of buffalo hides waiting for eastern buyers and global markets. The Santa Fe doesn't merely carry passengers, it accelerates the buffalo hide trade and the near-erasure of the herds, with consequences that ripple through Plains tribes, local boom economies, and the landscape itself. When the buffalo era collapses, the town pivots hard, welcoming Texas Longhorns and earning its “Queen of the Cowtowns” crown as cattle flood the stockyards.If you care about Wild West history, the Santa Fe Railroad, Dodge City, the buffalo extinction, and how transportation transforms economies and lives, ride this line with us. Subscribe, share the episode with a friend, and leave a review with the moment you can't stop thinking about.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. 

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Send us Fan MailApril 1 in the Great Plains isn't just a punchline. We start with the kind of frontier humor that could make or break you: trail-boss tricks like sending a newcomer for a bucket of steam, and Dodge City stunts so convincing they leave bystanders sure they've witnessed a killing. Those pranks weren't random cruelty. They were a social code, a way to build community fast, measure grit, and survive a life defined by hard work, uncertainty, and long stretches of dust and wind.Then the story takes a sharp turn from saloons to searchlights. We head to April 1, 1939, when Dodge City transforms overnight into the center of the cinematic universe for the world premiere of Warner Brothers' Technicolor epic “Dodge City.” Special Hollywood trains roll into town carrying major stars like Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland, alongside Ann Sheridan, Humphrey Bogart, and Alan Hale. The population swells toward 50,000, the streets fill ten deep with hats and boots, and an army of reporters documents a prairie town watching a movie about itself.What makes this night unforgettable isn't only the celebrity or the parade. It's the moment Ford County history collides with American mythmaking. We talk about how Hollywood shapes the Old West legend, why locals don't seem to mind the facts getting bent, and what it feels like when your hometown stops being a place and becomes a story on the silver screen. If you care about Dodge City history, Old West culture, or how movies rewrite memory, hit play, subscribe, and share the show, then leave us a review and tell us: does a film keep history alive or blur it beyond repair?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. 

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Stoking the fireA little weekend recap.NARC lowers the age limit in their seriesOn deck for the week: WOO at US 36, 81 Speedway. High Limit at Vado, Route 66, Dodge City. Lucas Oil late models at Brownstown for the Icebreaker. And more!Social media of the week: Rusty Schlenk gets pulled over. Shock collars. And some more words of wisdom from Flea.The DraftFeature FinishWoO sprint cars @ Lawton and Creek County SpeedwayHigh Limit @ Central Arizona Raceway for the Cactus ClassicWoO late models at The MAG USAC/CRA sprint cars at Perris Auto SpeedwayParagon Speedway - No Way Out 40Port Royal, Williams Grove, Watsonville, Placerville season openersFAST on Dirt at Pittsburgh PA Motor SpeedwaySpring 50 at FlorenceThe SmokeHoliday candy discussion. Which holiday is the best? The guys weigh in. Crab pot pie?A visit to Los Tres Camino's and a new dish to try!Camping and visiting the Smokin' Pig.70 cent shrimp day at Wings Etc.Hornet's Nest for lunch!Another #notmyfishfridayNoble Roman's and Polish sausagesA giant pretzel

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 1872, the violent cattle town of Newton, Kansas, appointed a twenty-two-year-old buffalo hunter named Billy Brooks as its town marshal. It would prove to be one of the most eventful and short-lived law enforcement careers in the history of the Old West. Join me today as we trace the largely forgotten story of “Bully” Billy Brooks, from his short stint as marshal, to his arrival in Dodge City, and his eventual descent from respected lawman to wanted outlaw. Also discussed are the Red River War, the Newton Massacre, Bat Masterson, and Morgan Earp. UPDATE: I feel like a complete idiot, but I misattributed many of the quotes from this episode. My main source was historian Robert K. DeArment and his excellent book, Deadly Dozen Volume 3, NOT Leon Metz. I'm often researching several different topics at the same time, and I simply got their names mixed up. My apologies for any confusion. Both Mr. Metz and Mr. DeArment are excellent Old West historians.   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 Shootout at Hide Park - https://www.wildwestextra.com/the-shootout-at-hide-park/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

At the Mountain Cove Rodeo Reunion in North Georgia, you never know who you're going to meet.In this episode of Beyond the Chutes, hosts Doug Simcox and Sam Swearingen sit down with comedian and impersonator Mark Staggs, a performer whose voice work can instantly transport you from the rodeo arena to the streets of Dodge City.Mark brings the legendary Festus from Gunsmoke back to life in a hilarious conversation filled with classic Western humor and stories from the stage. Along the way he shares how he first discovered his gift for impersonations, the unexpected moment he met the real Festus as a young Marine in Arizona, and how that encounter helped shape a career that now includes more than 70 character voices.You'll also hear Mark slip effortlessly into impressions of John Wayne, Liam Neeson, Christopher Walken, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Al Pacino, and Robert De Niro, along with the comedy routines that keep crowds laughing at rodeos, fairs, chuckwagon gatherings, and Western events across the country.Mark also talks about his years serving as a NASCAR chaplain, his life performing in places like Pigeon Forge, and why making people laugh is a gift he believes was meant to be shared.Recorded live during the Mountain Cove Rodeo Reunion, this episode is a reminder that rodeo isn't just about what happens in the arena — it's about the characters, stories, and laughter that travel the rodeo road.Learn more about Mark Staggs at: markstaggs.com#BeyondTheChutes #Rodeo #MountainCoveRodeo #Festus #Gunsmoke #MarkStaggs #WesternComedy #RodeoPodcast #CowboyStories #WesternHeritage #RodeoReunion #CowboyCulture

Send a textBoot Hill gets talked about like a legend, but legends get lazy. We wanted the names, the dates, and the ugly little details that show how Dodge City earned its reputation before the “classic” era of Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson even settles in.We walk through the earliest Boot Hill burials starting in 1872, when the railroad, soldiers from Fort Dodge, gamblers, buffalo hunters, and nonstop drinking turn a new town into a combustible mix. Stories like Jack Reynolds, the man remembered as Blackjack or Tex, the killing of hotel owner Carpenter J. M. Essington, and the violence in Tom Sherman's dance hall make it clear that these were not neat Western showdowns. They were crowded, impulsive, and often senseless.Then the episode turns to vigilante justice, the executions of Ed Williams and Charles “Texas” Hill, and the return of McGill, a buffalo hunter whose behavior becomes infamous. The real pivot point comes with the murder of William Taylor, a Black man and the private cook for Colonel Richard Dodge, and the military response that follows. That single killing helps push Dodge City toward formal law enforcement, the election of Sheriff Charlie Bassett, and a clearer divide in how ordinances are enforced north and south of the tracks.If you're into Dodge City history, Boot Hill history, or the truth behind Wild West myths, this is the ground-level story of how reputation is made and why a town eventually tries to bury it. Subscribe, share with a fellow Western history fan, and leave a review with the one Boot Hill story you think more people should know.Gretel le Maître Ponders Beauty, with Bede & other guestsGretel le Maître likes to look for the beauty and curiosities in life, one day at a...Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport 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.

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Send a textA town can look calm on a map and still be one bad decision away from open conflict. We step onto Front Street in Dodge City on March 19, 1883, where the air feels heavy with coal smoke, cheap whiskey, and the kind of tension you can taste. What follows isn't a shootout at first. It's something sneakier and, in its own way, more dangerous: a political war fought with ballots, backroom whispers, and headlines sharp enough to cut.  I tell the story of the nomination that puts Larry Deger forward as the “law and order” answer to Dodge City's vice economy and the men who profit from it, including William H. Harris and the circle around the Long Branch. We dig into how Alonzo Webster backs Deger while old saloon rivalries turn public virtue into private vengeance. The Dodge City Times and the Ford County Globe don't just report the fight, they join it, shaping the narrative as either a crusade for decency or a power grab fueled by jealousy and business rivalry.  Then come the tools that make everything combustible: Ordinances 70 and 71, framed as suppression of vice and vagrancy, enforced in ways that feel selective and strategic. As Luke Short feels the noose tighten, he starts reaching out to friends who don't travel light. That's when the Dodge City War begins to look inevitable, setting the stage for Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and the famous Peace Commission moment that captures a town sweating through its own history. If you care about Old West history, Dodge City politics, frontier newspapers, or how “reform” can become a weapon, this story lands hard.  Subscribe for more Ford County history, share this with a friend who loves the Old West, and leave a review so more listeners can find the show. What do you think really started the war: morality, money, or revenge?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.

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Send a textA town can rise on paper before it stands in wood and stone. We follow Wilburn, a near-forgotten settlement in south central Ford County, from the bright moment it earned a federal post office in 1885 to the slow fade that followed when the railroad curved away. With clear eyes and a storyteller's care, we piece together how a petition by Charles P. Brown and the steady hands of postmaster Lewis P. Horton briefly stitched Wilburne to the national fabric—and how one routing decision redirected commerce, families, and memory itself.We explore why a post office meant power on the frontier, serving as the seal of legitimacy for prairie communities across Kansas. Mail linked people to markets, news, and each other, turning crossroads into communities and hope into plans. Then we pull back to the larger map: the iron rails that chose Meade and Minneola over Wilburn, the unforgiving calculus of grades and costs, and the ripple effects that followed. Stores thinned, expectations ebbed, and by 1914 the post office closed and its duties moved to Fowler, leaving only traces of a once-confident future in the dust.Along the way, we challenge how we define history and who earns a place in it. For every Dodge City that looms large in legend, there are countless Wilburns' that shaped daily life, agriculture, and migration but slipped from view when the trains didn't stop. By centering the lives and choices of Brown and Horton, we honor the people who wagered on geography and grit, and we read their story as a guide to present-day infrastructure decisions—whether rails, highways, or broadband—that still decide which towns thrive and which fade. Subscribe, share with a history-loving friend, and leave a review to keep these quiet stories alive.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.

Wind   6/20/53Gunsmoke was a long-running American old-time radio and television Western drama created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories took place in or about Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West. The radio version ran from 1952 to 1961, and is commonly regarded as one of the finest radio dramas of all time; the television version ran from 1955 to 1975 and still holds the record for the longest-running U.S. prime time fictional television program.    

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.

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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.

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/

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