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Fort Hays-Fort Dodge Road

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Fort Hays-Fort Dodge Road

Fort Dodge, KS | Ford County

Just west of the Kansas Soldiers' Home a wood-framed sign notes that Fort Dodge was the western terminus on the 1867 Fort Hays-Fort Dodge Road. For about a year this supply route connected Hays to the Santa Fe Trail that ran through Fort Dodge. Usage of the road ended as railroads continued pushing westward.

Fort    Historic Road    History    Military

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