This black and white photograph shows the excavating site of the Boot Hill Cemetery in Hays, Kansas. Therefore, the original Boot Hill was located in Hays, not Dodge City as many people believe. The History of Tombstone's Boothill Graveyard In the early years Tombstone's Boot Hill Graveyard (1878-1884) was originally called the "City Cemetery". Please reset your password.This account has been disabled. Dodge City Boot Hill Cemetery, courtesy Boot Hill Museum .
Verify and try again.This photo was not uploaded because this cemetery already has 20 photosThis photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 5 photos to this cemeteryThis photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 5 photos to this cemeteryEnter a valid email address and a feedback message.We were unable to submit your feedback at this time. When Hays City was founded in the fall of 1867, a hill that was approximately ½ mile north of town served as the location for the first burials. After the city built the Tombstone Cemetery on the west end of Allen Street, the "City Cemetery" was then called the old cemetery. He was killed by a gambler named Denver. On the northeast corner of Fort and 18th stands a statue by Pete Felten known as "The Homesteader." Located on a hill north of the town of Hays City Kansas, the cemetery was the first in the West to be called Boot Hill.
The first man killed in Dodge City was a big, tall, black negro by the name of Tex, and who, though a little fresh, was inoffensive. Boot Hill Museum is really well done and a great place to visit. Please try again later.Please enter your email address and we will send you an email with a reset password code.If you want to be a Photo Volunteer you must enter a ZIP Code or select your location on the mapPlease check your email and click on the link to activate your account.Becoming a Find a Grave member is fast, easy and FREE. Later homeowner excavations on the Boot Hill site have determined that not all bodies had been found or moved. It became known as the Boot Hill cemetery and estimates on the number of people buried there vary from 37 to 100. A system error has occurred. The Museum is meticulously pieced together and tons to read about the history of Dodge and its past. The most reliable evidence shows there were approximately 79 graves. Please try again later.To suggest a correction or addition, visit the memorial page and click You need a Find a Grave account to add things to this site.We’ve updated the security on the site. "' Boot Hill Burlesque': The Frontier Cemetery as Tourist Attraction in Tombstone, Arizona, and Dodge City, Kansas". Boot Hill Cemetery, Hays, Kansas. The statue commemorates the first cemetery of Hays City, believed to have been the first in Kansas, if not the entire United States, known by the title Boot Hill. The Boot Hill Cemetery in Hays, the oldest west of the Mississippi, was named because many of the inhabitants "died with their boots on."
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After the City Cemetery (Greenwood) was established further East in July of 1873, an effort was made to move the known graves to the Potter's Field area of the cemetery, again unmarked, with a couple of notable exceptions.
At least seventy-nine … Even though the early days of Hays City were wild and dangerous, the first few deaths were actually from natural or accidental causes. We have emailed an activation email to . Arizona Historical Society. Verify and try again.The email does not appear to be a valid email address. Populating Boot Hill in Dodge City, Kansas .
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In the next several years, many of the interments on Boot Hill were due to violence such as shootouts, mob hostility, alcoholism, suicides and racial strife. The first recorded death on November 5, 1867, which was due to an accident where a teamster was kicked in the head by a mule, followed by a fever and an unknown fatal ailment.
Verify and try again.This photo was not uploaded because this cemetery already has 20 photosThis photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 5 photos to this cemeteryThis photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 5 photos to this cemeteryEnter a valid email address and a feedback message.We were unable to submit your feedback at this time. When Hays City was founded in the fall of 1867, a hill that was approximately ½ mile north of town served as the location for the first burials. After the city built the Tombstone Cemetery on the west end of Allen Street, the "City Cemetery" was then called the old cemetery. He was killed by a gambler named Denver. On the northeast corner of Fort and 18th stands a statue by Pete Felten known as "The Homesteader." Located on a hill north of the town of Hays City Kansas, the cemetery was the first in the West to be called Boot Hill.
The first man killed in Dodge City was a big, tall, black negro by the name of Tex, and who, though a little fresh, was inoffensive. Boot Hill Museum is really well done and a great place to visit. Please try again later.Please enter your email address and we will send you an email with a reset password code.If you want to be a Photo Volunteer you must enter a ZIP Code or select your location on the mapPlease check your email and click on the link to activate your account.Becoming a Find a Grave member is fast, easy and FREE. Later homeowner excavations on the Boot Hill site have determined that not all bodies had been found or moved. It became known as the Boot Hill cemetery and estimates on the number of people buried there vary from 37 to 100. A system error has occurred. The Museum is meticulously pieced together and tons to read about the history of Dodge and its past. The most reliable evidence shows there were approximately 79 graves. Please try again later.To suggest a correction or addition, visit the memorial page and click You need a Find a Grave account to add things to this site.We’ve updated the security on the site. "' Boot Hill Burlesque': The Frontier Cemetery as Tourist Attraction in Tombstone, Arizona, and Dodge City, Kansas". Boot Hill Cemetery, Hays, Kansas. The statue commemorates the first cemetery of Hays City, believed to have been the first in Kansas, if not the entire United States, known by the title Boot Hill. The Boot Hill Cemetery in Hays, the oldest west of the Mississippi, was named because many of the inhabitants "died with their boots on."
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After the City Cemetery (Greenwood) was established further East in July of 1873, an effort was made to move the known graves to the Potter's Field area of the cemetery, again unmarked, with a couple of notable exceptions.
At least seventy-nine … Even though the early days of Hays City were wild and dangerous, the first few deaths were actually from natural or accidental causes. We have emailed an activation email to . Arizona Historical Society. Verify and try again.The email does not appear to be a valid email address. Populating Boot Hill in Dodge City, Kansas .
Journal of Arizona History.
In the next several years, many of the interments on Boot Hill were due to violence such as shootouts, mob hostility, alcoholism, suicides and racial strife. The first recorded death on November 5, 1867, which was due to an accident where a teamster was kicked in the head by a mule, followed by a fever and an unknown fatal ailment.