Between the opening of the post in April, 1865, until its closing in October, 1882, about 150 burials were made at this cemetery. One of the earliest was that of the sixteen-year-old son of Henderson Boggs, a freighter. The boy was shot and scalped six miles east of the fort. Other civilians interred here were travelers, employees, dependents and some Dodge City citizens.
Ed Masterson, marshal of Dodge City, was buried here in 1878 after he was killed while attempting to disarm some drunken cowboys in a dance hall. His body later was moved to a cemetery that no longer exists in Dodge City. No evidence of his burial site remains. The bodies of military personnel were removed to the Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery in 1886.
Presently, the cemetery is part of the Kansas State Soldiers' Home property. Veterans of eight wars are buried here: The Mexican War (1846-48), Civil War, Indian Wars, Spanish American War, World War I, World War II, Korean War and Viet Nam.
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