Wednesday, May 04, 2005

More on Historic Dodge City and the Old West

I want to share with you a quote, for all the folks out there that are really negative about Dodge City. You know... This is for all the folks who don't think we can ever amount to anything... For those who think Dodge City isn't a tourist destination... For those who think we need some more ball fields, horse barns...etc. while our history crumbles away. It comes from a young lady in Denver who shall remain nameless although she gave me permission to attach her name if I wanted to.

"Thanks so much for trying to help keep the real AND ficititious citizens of Dodge in the Limelight... Both are important and draw attention to Dodge City, KS and if folks don't realize that, well then they're missing something!! There are people all over the world who know about Dodge City and believe me, it;s a lot about Wyatt Earp AND Matt Dillon!! And for some, all about Matt Dillion! I see no reason why Dodge can't focus on BOTH and keep the spirit of the Old West alive while still becoming whatever else Dodge wants to become for the future! That Old West spirit is still around in all of us Americans so we should celebrate it!!"


I think she just about sums it all up. For all of you out there that still don't "get it", talk to people from elsewhere in the world. They'll tell you how important Dodge City is. They'll let you know what you are missing - what you are quite literally trying to ignore and forget about this marvelously historic little town that we live in.

Got it? Good. Now get out and do something for Dodge City and the Old West before we ship you all off to live in Bayonne, New Jersey!

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