Amish Village | Bellefont
| Bloom | Bucklin
| Dodge City | Ford
| Howell |
Kingsdown | Lasker
Mexican Village | Spearville
| Windthorst | Wright
Homesteading in Ford County
Wright
Wright was founded in 1887 on the Stage
Coach Line stop located seven miles northeast of Dodge City. The
town was named for the owner of the stockyard on the Santa Fe
line, Robert Wright. It did not become the cattle market its founders
were hoping for, but eventually had a newspaper, several businesses,
and a thriving grain and shipping company.
The ethnicity of its settlers is unknown.
Sources
Ford County Historical Society.
Dodge City and Ford County, Kansas 1870-1920: Pioneer Histories
and Stories.
Dodge City, KS, 1996.
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