April 1, 1939 Turns Dodge City Into Hollywood
Send us Fan Mail April 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 st...
31 Mar 7min
Boot Hill Unmasked: The Real People Behind Dodge City’s Deadliest Year
Send us Fan Mail Boot 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 ...
15 Mar 27min
Iron Trail Across Kansas
Send us Fan Mail A railroad with no rails, no spikes, and barely any money somehow convinces a frontier to bet on its future. We tell the origin story of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe as Cyrus Ku...
12 Mar 20min
The Day Dodge City Declared War
Send us Fan Mail A 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 smo...
11 Mar 6min
August Heat, Newton’s Bloody Night: Part 3
Send us Fan Mail Heat pressed down on Newton in August 1871 like a hand over a mouth, and by midnight the town was a fuse. We open on a drought-stricken railhead where class divides sharpened nerves, ...
7 Mar 18min
Blood, Whiskey, & The Split Town of Newton: Part 2
Send us Fan Mail Heat shimmers above the Santa Fe tracks as Newton, Kansas splits in two: polished mahogany and temperance to the north, canvas alleys and all-night revelry to the south. We guide you ...
6 Mar 11min
How A Kansas Post Office Sparked A Town’s Rise And Quiet Fall
Send us Fan Mail A 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 po...
4 Mar 4min
Railroads, Longhorns, & The Making of Bloody Newton: Part 1
Send us Fan Mail Smoke curls over the Kansas plains as a newborn railhead meets a river of longhorns and the town of Newton explodes into life. We follow the ATSF’s breakneck push toward land grants, ...
3 Mar 12min
