CIMARRON COURTHOUSE

The county records were stored on the second floor of the courthouse to the left side of the building. The stairwell where the shots were fired into the ceiling was in the center of the building. A new courthouse was built in 1927 and the old court house became a meeting place for the Freemasons. Eventually the upstairs was converted to apartments, but nowadays it is vacant,

HYSTERICAL JOURNEY TO HISTORIC PLACES

September 12th 2014
AUGUST 23, 2014 This will be a day of rest. Long days in the vehicle sometimes bring on a wee touch of sciatica. This morning was rung in bright and shiny as a new penny. I drove over to Cimarron. My friend Jim Monacle was raised in that little town and still has family thereabouts. Cimmaron is 16 miles west of Dodge City and is famous as the site of the Gray County Court House War. Folk ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more

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