Looking at the photo of the Dodge City Peace Commission, I am struck by the short baby-faced guy second from the right on the back row. Luke Short.
When you walk down Allen Street in Tombstone there are small plaques telling this or that happened here on a certain date.
I found it interesting that Luke Short has two plaques commemorating him killing two men, in self defense. I think it was Bat Masterson that said Short was right handy with a Colt.
I watch a lot of Gunsmoke………
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The present day Dodge City does not look like the old one.
It was raised and later rebuild like a tourist trap.
As the article points out, the real Dodge was quite a bit wilder and rougher than it was portrayed. “Gunsmoke” hinted at some things, but I guess it was limited by the sensibilities of its time.
Fascinating what all came out of the Civil War.
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