The Ford County Historical Society in Dodge City, Kansas, owns this police docket record for the years 1878-1882. This ledger contains unique details from police and court cases in Dodge City, Kansas, during the Wild West era. References to historical figures such as Bat Masterson and Wyatt Earp, who called Dodge City home during that time, are recorded on the pages of the ledger.
The ledger had been missing from the city since the 1950s, and it was found at an auction house in Arizona in 2007. Through the efforts of the Ford County Sheriff’s office and the FBI, the docket made its way back to Dodge City in 2009. The Ford County Historical Society sought to preserve and share it with the public through a digital collection. FHSU Digital Collections was honored to scan the docket book for the Society and is pleased to present it in the FHSU Scholars Repository.
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The ledger had been missing from the city since the 1950s, and it was found at an auction house in Arizona in 2007. Through the efforts of the Ford County Sheriff’s office and the FBI, the docket made its way back to Dodge City in 2009. The Ford County Historical Society sought to preserve and share it with the public through a digital collection. FHSU Digital Collections was honored to scan the docket book for the Society and is pleased to present it in the FHSU Scholars Repository.
Click the "two-page view" button at the bottom of the book reader to view the page images in their original context.
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