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Dodge City, Kansas
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| In the southwestern part of the state, Dodge City | Can I make the Dodge City reservation by phone? |
| became famous in frontier days, when cattle drives, | We would be happy to help you make any Dodge |
| saloon brawls and main-street shoot-outs were | City hotel reservation by phone. You can call our toll |
| familiar if not everyday occurrences. The town's | free number between the hours of 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. |
| western heritage was popularized by the | Monday through Friday (CST). 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. |
| long-running Gunsmoke television series, which | Saturday and Sunday. |
| chronicled the colorful, if fictional, exploits of Marshall | |
| Matt Dillon of Dodge City. | How can I be sure information about my credit card is |
| | secure? We use secure-socket-layer (SSL) |
| The town's real-life lawmen were also colorful: Both | encryption, the standard encryption on the Internet. |
| Bat Masterson and Wyatt Earp served as | This type of encryption allows you to feel confident |
| peacekeeper for a time. And in a town as wild as | and secure about supplying personal and credit |
| Dodge, even the dentist might be a gunslinger: The | card information. |
| infamous Doc Holliday, who was later involved in the | |
| shoot-out at the O.K. Corral in Tucson, ran a dentistry | Is free breakfast available? Some hotels offer free |
| practice out of Room 24 at the Dodge House. | breakfast with each room night booked. This |
| | information can be found on the property information |
| Be sure to visit historic Front Street, the re-created | "detail" page for your specific property. |
| main street lined with museums, saloons, the Boot | |
| Hill Museum and Hangman's Tree. Gunfights and | Is there a minimum age requirements to reserve a |
| other Old West shenanigans are reenacted there. | room? A minimum age of 18 is required by most |
| And take a minute to see El Capitan, the bronze | hotels to book a room. Some require the guest(s) be |
| statue at the corner of Second Street and Wyatt Earp | 21. These requirements and other amenities |
| Street. Built to commemorate the cattle drives of the | information on the property "Detail" pages. |
| 1870s, this statue (which faces south) has a twin in | |
| Abilene, Texas (it faces north). Today, the cattle | Are free shuttles supplied from the airport to the |
| business is still big in Dodge City. For a look at it, | hotel? Some hotels do offer free shuttle services |
| drive west of town to see the massive cattle pens | from the airport but not all. Please verify this |
| and feed yards. | information on the property information page, if this is |
| | import to you. |
| The Dodge City Trolley, which runs from Memorial | |
| Day to Labor Day, takes in many of the historical | How will I know when my reservation is confirmed? |
| sites, including Fort Dodge. The fort, a few miles east | Our confirmation number displayed immediately |
| of the city, was an important outpost that helped | upon successfully making your reservation. Our |
| defend the Santa Fe Trail. A museum at the fort has a | systems work behind the scenes to email you the |
| collection of military artifacts, and there are buildings | final confirmation number. |
| that date to the 1860s. At a spot about 5 mi/8 km east | |
| of the fort, you can still see ruts created by wagons | Can I book the reservation to stay tonight? Some |
| on the trail. Other impressive ruts are found 9 mi/14 | hotels accept reservations until 3:00pm on the arrival |
| km west on Highway 50. | day. Only hotels that follow this policy will show when |
| | the today's arrival date is typed into the search form. |
| For those who are truly taken by Old West history, be | |
| sure to stop in at the Kansas Heritage Center on | Can you give driving directions? Yes, click the map |
| Second Avenue. Its collection of books on western | link displayed on the property "Detail" page. This |
| history, particularly that of Kansas and surrounding | informative map will give you the main cross streets |
| states, is remarkable more than 7,000 titles. You'll | and address. Click the tab: "directions", type in your |
| also find military correspondence from Fort Dodge | address and click "submit". A detailed list of where to |
| and a repository of local newpapers dating back to | turn and how many miles will be displayed. |
| 1876 (the real source of Dodge City's history). | |
| | How much is the charge for more than two people |
| Among the annual events on Dodge City's calendar | per room? Different policy are established by each |
| are the Dodge City Days and Roundup Rodeo and | hotel regarding multiple guests per room. Our |
| the Ford County Fair (July-August) and Christmas in | booking engine technology allows for display of the |
| Old Dodge City (Thanksgiving-Christmas). | appropriate rate for your room when the number of |
| | adults is selected. |
| If there's time, make the trek about 40 mi/64 km | |
| southwest to Meade to see the Dalton Gang Hideout, | Are taxes included in the rates? Taxes are figured |
| a restored 19th-century home with a secret tunnel that | and displayed into the final payment screen. See |
| was used by the infamous outlaws. Dodge City is 155 | rate details for taxes for each day. |
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