| Dodge City Kansas is a famous old western town. | | | | number one in per capita car sales beating out it's |
| Dodge City is located in Ford County, KS. The | | | | nearby big city neighbor of Wichita KS. We visited |
| down town area is totally revitalized. There are a | | | | the Chamber of Commerce and learned of the |
| couple of large industries there and a huge Stock | | | | new tourist revitalization of the down town area, |
| Yard, and Auction. There in town are the HQ's for | | | | Carnegie Library, Boot Hill Museum, and even it's |
| Excel Corporation (processed beef) and National | | | | own professional basketball team. Recently they |
| Beef, Inc employing about 5000 and more in peak | | | | have built a 1/5 mile race track for many national |
| season. Cattle are brought in from the entire | | | | race car events from the 1% sales tax recently |
| Midwest and as far as Canada to be sold and go | | | | instated. Many of you have heard of the Dodge |
| to market, except during the Mad Cow, BSE | | | | City Days a 10 day event and official PRCA |
| cattle were discovered in Canada. | | | | Rodeo. |
| Dodge City also has Oil under it, that is right | | | | Dodge City seems to be just right for any small |
| "Black Gold" and lots of it. It also is one of the | | | | service business, we knew it when we drove into |
| fastest growing populations of Hispanic People in all | | | | town to park the big horse, and were pleasantly |
| of the Midwest as a percentage of population. | | | | surprised to find inexpensive labor, 24 trucking |
| Many have set up small businesses using SBA | | | | companies, Santa Fe Rail yard, regional airport, |
| loans and are proving their intense drive and | | | | and tour bus companies. Even more interesting is |
| industriousness. Also driving the economy there is | | | | the 256 plus sunny days a year with decent |
| the automotive dealerships selling cars to people | | | | weather year round and still with adequate water |
| as far away as Colorado, and Oklahoma. Nearly | | | | supply during this continuing drought. |