The streets of Dodge City weren’t always a backdrop for television’s Gunsmoke. They were once a real battleground of the Wild West. Lawmen faced down outlaws, and every saloon ...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (KCTV) - It’s known as the Wickedest Little City of the West. In this week’s Destination Heartland, we’re headed to the Wild West! Dodge City is about 5 hours southwest of Kansas ...

My Kansas Gunsmoke Trail adventure began in Abilene, the town where the legendary Wild Bill Hickok served as sheriff. My ...

A small town in central Kansas was once again named one of the top “true Western” towns in the United States. Abilene, a town of more than 6,000 that’s two hours west of Kansas City, took the seventh ...

DODGE CITY, Kansas — To enter most towns in southwest Kansas, one will first drive across bridges seemingly built over sand and briar. Tanner Rutschman, a city engineer for Dodge City, jokes that no ...