Cemetery

Cemetery (HM18HR)

Location: Dodge City, KS 67801 Ford County
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Country: United States of America
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N 37° 43.911', W 99° 55.919'

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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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HM NumberHM18HR
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Date Added Thursday, September 25th, 2014 at 10:38am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)14S E 417876 N 4176472
Decimal Degrees37.73185000, -99.93198333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 37° 43.911', W 99° 55.919'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds37° 43' 54.66" N, 99° 55' 55.14" W
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Area Code(s)620
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 101 MacArthur, Dodge City KS 67801, US
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