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Fort Dodge, Kansas

 Subject
Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Scope Note: Fort Dodge (inhabited place)

Coordinates: Lat: 37 43 00 N degrees minutes Lat: 37.7167 decimal degrees Long: 099 56 00 W degrees minutes Long: -99.9333 decimal degrees

Located 5 miles E of Dodge City; established to to protect travelers on Santa Fe Trail.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Andrew P. Duggan Letter

 Collection — Small Collections Box 116
Identifier: SC 01699
Content Description

A 2 page letter sent by Andrew P. Duggan from Fort Dodge Kansas, likely to Charles "Patty" Gill, describing an Indian ambush on Company H.

Dates: November 26th, 1875