I thought the research for a book about Otero Beeson would mostly consist of proving or debunking the stories my grandmother had told me over the years. Every now and then I stumble onto something that causes the record to skip. It was quite a shock to find a story which appeared to describe an engagement party. Read more of this content when you subscribe today. Previous…I thought the research for a book about Otero Beeson would mostly consist of proving or debunking the stories my grandmother had told me over the years. Every now and then I stumble onto something that causes the record to skip. It was quite a shock to find a story which appeared to describe an engagement party. Read more of this content when you subscribe today. PreviousWW…

208-210 W Chestnut St/Wyatt Earp Blvd This building appears to have split personalities. If you didn’t know better, you would swear there’s no way the Wyatt Earp and Gunsmoke sides are connected. The Gunsmoke entrance is beautiful, while the appearance of the Wyatt Earp side has rendered the building a noncontributing structure in the Dodge City Downtown Historic District. How did that happen? The 1884 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map shows frame dwellings in this block. The homes on Walnut were spared from the infamous fires but those along Chestnut were destroyed. The 1887 Sanborn shows Dodge...…208-210 W Chestnut St/Wyatt Earp Blvd This building appears to have split personalities. If you didn’t know better, you would swear there’s no way the Wyatt Earp and Gunsmoke sides are connected. The Gunsmoke entrance is beautiful, while the appearance of the Wyatt Earp side has rendered the building a noncontributing structure in the Dodge City Downtown Historic District. How did that happen? The 1884 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map shows frame dwellings in this block. The homes on Walnut were spared from the infamous fires but those along Chestnut were destroyed. The 1887 Sanborn shows Dodge...WW…

700 Fifth Avenue This house gives me so much anxiety, I just can’t even tell you. Driving past it has made me unhappy for as long as I can remember. As my therapist would say, let’s explore that. Burt C Jones worked for the Santa Fe Railroad. He and his wife, Etta, acquired several rental properties as Burt made his way up through the ranks. They lived in a house on the south side of Spruce Street a few lots west of the Third Ward School before acquiring the empty lot at the northeast corner of Fifth and Spruce. Excavation began in January of 1908 for a nine-room residence on what was...…700 Fifth Avenue This house gives me so much anxiety, I just can’t even tell you. Driving past it has made me unhappy for as long as I can remember. As my therapist would say, let’s explore that. Burt C Jones worked for the Santa Fe Railroad. He and his wife, Etta, acquired several rental properties as Burt made his way up through the ranks. They lived in a house on the south side of Spruce Street a few lots west of the Third Ward School before acquiring the empty lot at the northeast corner of Fifth and Spruce. Excavation began in January of 1908 for a nine-room residence on what was...WW…