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Dodge City Public Library
Dodge City, Kansas
Explore this community history collection to discover the people, places, organizations, and events of Dodge City.
1874 to 1928Dates represented
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180,546Archive pages
Historical pages reported for this collection.
Explore local history
Discover the people, places, and stories of Dodge City, Kansas.
Get to know Dodge City, Kansas in earlier years through the newspapers shared in the Dodge City Public Library's digital archive. Its nineteen titles include material from 1874 to 1928.
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Selected titles
Explore titles such as “Dodge City Daily Journal” and “The Southwest News”, shared by Dodge City Public Library.
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A closer look
A familiar name or event takes on another dimension in the newspaper coverage of its time, alongside the stories that mattered to the readers of that issue.
Historical newspapers can connect a family name with the events and everyday concerns of an earlier time, offering more than a date or a name on its own. Bring a family connection, a question about a familiar place or an interest in local history, and see where the sources lead. Explore the archive online for free, without a subscription.
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Titles in this collection
Browse nineteen titles and 180,546 digitized pages, with material from 1874 to 1928. A partnership between Dodge City Public Library and Advantage Archives makes this collection available. Some years or items may be missing between the dates shown.
Bring a person, place or date you recognize, and browse the titles below for a first clue in the story you want to follow.
Dodge City Daily Journal
8,460 pages from 1916 to 1919
Dodge City Democrat
13,029 pages from 1883 to 1905
Dodge City Messenger
12 pages in 1874
Dodge City Reporter
756 pages from 1900 to 1901
Dodge City Times
7,311 pages from 1876 to 1883
Ford County Globe
879 pages from 1883 to 1884
Kansas Cowboy
1,686 pages from 1884 to 1885
The Dodge City Daily Globe
87,039 pages from 1911 to 1928
The Dodge City Globe
5,424 pages from 1910 to 1918
The Dodge City Journal
10,212 pages from 1919 to 1927
The Dodge City Kansas Journal
8,070 pages from 1909 to 1917
The Dodge City Times
6,126 pages from 1883 to 1893
The Dodge City Times-Ensign
612 pages in 1892
The Globe Live Stock Journal
3,066 pages from 1884 to 1887
The Globe-Republican
22,203 pages from 1891 to 1910
The Journal-Democrat
3,393 pages from 1905 to 1908
The Live Stock Farmer
24 pages in 1904
The New Deal
12 pages in 1900
The Southwest News
2,232 pages from 1924 to 1925
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About the Library
About Dodge City Public Library
The Dodge City Public Library, established in 1907, has been an essential part of the community for over a century. It first opened in a Carnegie library building, and as Dodge City grew, so did the library, moving into larger facilities and expanding its services. Today, the library is located at 1001 N. Second Avenue and continues to offer a wide range of resources and programs, including a rich digital archive of local newspapers.
Library History
The History Of Dodge City Public Library
The Dodge City Public Library began its journey in 1907 with the opening of the original Carnegie library. Over the years, the library expanded with new wings and services, eventually moving into its current location in 1982. The library has always adapted to the needs of the community, offering not only books but also digital resources, public computers, and community programming. In 2019, the library became the new home of the Kansas Heritage Center, further cementing its role as a hub of historical and cultural knowledge in the region.
About the Community
About Dodge City, Kansas
Dodge City, Kansas, is a town steeped in history, known for its Wild West heritage. Founded in 1872, Dodge City quickly became a frontier town famous for cattle drives, saloons, and legendary lawmen like Wyatt Earp. Today, Dodge City embraces its colorful past while serving as a modern agricultural and commercial center in southwestern Kansas.
Local History
Did You Know?
Did you know that the Dodge City Public Library houses the Kansas Heritage Center, a special collection dedicated to preserving the history and culture of Dodge City and Kansas? This unique resource is available for researchers, students, and anyone interested in exploring the rich past of the region.
More ways to explore and share local history
Research Guidance
Follow a report into its setting
Start with something you would like to understand about the past of Dodge City. It might be a person, a neighborhood or an event remembered in your family. Use the digital archive shared by the Dodge City Public Library to follow that question into the historical record. When using historical newspapers, try alternate spellings and nearby dates, then read the surrounding page to place a local story in its time. Compare later reporting or another available title to explore different perspectives rather than treating one account as the whole story. Read the headline and neighboring articles as well as the matching lines. The surrounding page can show whether a report is local news, an editorial, or another kind of account; compare its details with later coverage where available.
Take a place or institution mentioned in a report as a new search lead. Check the issue date and read nearby articles to see how the setting is described. Preserve historical names and boundaries as written, and compare another dated reference before connecting the place to a present-day location.
Record which title, date, page, or item supports a useful lead. Mark unanswered questions before connecting it to a family or community story. A similar name can point you toward another source, but it is not proof of identity.
Community Partnership
Keeping local history a community resource
This community archive is made possible by the collaboration of the Dodge City Public Library, its community, and Advantage Archives. Together, these partnerships preserve local sources and give people a way to explore, learn from, and share the history around them.
Advantage Archives covers ongoing archive hosting, storage, development, and maintenance. The institution and its community do not pay a subscription, seat license, annual support contract, or other recurring archive-service charge. Local history remains a community resource, not a subscription to maintain.
Would you like to see more of your community's history preserved and accessible? Start a conversation with your library, newspaper publisher, historical or genealogical society, museum, or school about the materials they would like to share and a possible partnership with Advantage Archives.
Learn about partnerships
Stories, research tips, and archive news
Read All About It connects archive research with the people and institutions preserving local history. Explore partner and community stories, project updates, research ideas, and perspectives on digitization, education, and working with primary sources. Use the articles as a starting point for your next question or a new way to share a discovery.
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March 18, 2025
It’s Your Community’s History, So Why Rent Something You Own?
We believe that history belongs to the communities where it was made - not locked behind paywalls or inaccessible due to budget restrictions. Subscription-based services and large content aggregators are generally more concerned with "content" and less concerned with the history that content contains. Their models typically involve a reoccurring charge for a plan that renews annually or licensing agreements with the library based on population served or circulation numbers. You are essentially Renting Access To YOUR History.
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