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  1. Dodge City War - Wikipedia

    • The following day – June 10, 1883 – eight men gathered and posed for what has become one of the most reproduced Wild West history photos. The group was immediately dubbed the "Dodge City Peace Commission." See more

    Overview

    The Dodge City War was a bloodless conflict that took place between Luke Short and the Dodge City mayor, who tried to force … See more

    Luke Short and the Long Branch Saloon

    Luke Short arrived in Dodge City during April 1881. William H. Harris, whom Short had met in Tombstone a few months earlier, gave Luke a job as a faro dealer at the Long Branch Saloon in Dodge City, Kansas. Th… See more

    DateJune 1883
    OutcomeLong Branch Saloon reopened
    DeathsNone
    Luke Short forced out of Dodge

    On April 30 Luke Short was again arrested (along with five other gamblers) and placed in jail. The following day Short and the five others were escorted to the train depot and given their choice of east or west-bound trains. Shor… See more

    Dodge City Peace Commission

    Mayor Deger's action during the height of the seasonal cattle drive boom would ruin the saloon's and related company's business. Governor Glick and the Santa Fe Railroad, which did considerable business in Dodge, u… See more

    Further reading

    • DeMattos, Jack "The Dodge City Peace Commission Revealed," Wild West History Association Journal (Vol. VI, No. 2), April 2013.
    • DeMattos, Jack and Parsons, Chuck. The Notorious Luke Short: Sporting Man of the Wild W… See more

    External links

    The Dodge City War by P.A. Mallory
    Dodge City Peace Commission
    Dodge City Peace Commission June 1883. Original photograph, Ford County Historical Society… See more

     
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  1. June 10, 1883

    On June 10, 1883, eight men walked into a large tent, the temporary photography studio of 26-year-old Charles A. Conkling in Dodge City, Kansas. The group portrait they posed for became known as the ”Dodge City Peace Commission.”
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  2. The Man Behind the Dodge City War - True West …

    Jul 21, 2015 · In the iconic photograph, a group of stone-faced men stare stolidly back at the camera, giving no indication that theirs was a celebratory pose, an image of the “Dodge City Peace Commission” taken to mark the victory of one …

     
  3. Dodge City Peace Commission | Ford County, KS

    Jul 14, 2015 · In 1883, former Dodge City lawmen, Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson and Charlie Bassett, returned to town one last time. But they weren’t here to enforce the law. Instead they posed a threat to law and order.

  4. The Lawmen of Dodge City - Kansas History

    From roughly 1875 until 1885, Dodge City was in the midst of a business boom thanks to the wagon road economy and the cattle industry. For a town that was the defacto capital of a wide area of southwest Kansas and the Oklahoma and …

  5. How Dodge City Became a Symbol of Frontier …

    Jan 23, 2018 · In 1883 a Dodge City reform faction briefly assumed control at City Hall and threatened to start a shooting war with professional gamblers.

  6. The Dodge City War - HistoryNet

    Jun 12, 2006 · The so-called Dodge City War of 1883 came toward the end of Dodge’s whiskey era. After Colonel Richard I. Dodge assumed command of Fort Dodge in the spring of 1872, he stopped the sale of alcohol at the fort.

  7. Historically Speaking: The Dodge City Trouble: the …

    Dec 4, 2023 · The Dodge City Peace Commission in 1883. Top row: Will Harris, Luke Short, Bat Masterson and William F. Petillon. Front row: Charles Bassett, Wyatt Earp, Frank McLain and Neal Brown. [COURTESY PHOTO Boot Hill …

  8. The True Story of Clay Allison and Wyatt Earp

    Original photograph of the ‘Dodge City Peace Commission’ in June 1883. Front, l-r; Chas. E. Basset, Wyatt S. Earp, Frank McLain, and Neil Brown. Back, l-r; W. H. Harris, Luke Short, W. B. Bat Masterson, and W. F. Petillon.

  9. Dodge City Peace Commission - Kansas History

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