Interesting Facts about Kansas

• The legendary lawmen of Dodge City, such as Bat Masterson and Wyatt Earp, were not always as heroic as they have been portrayed. On one occasion, Earp was said to have "amateurishly loaded all six chambers of his revolver and blasted a hole through his coat."
• Pioneering the Santa Fe Trail, the Becknell party almost died of thirst on the dry bed of the Cimarron River until they discovered by accident that the river was "flowing" beneath the sand.
• With the slaughter of the buffalo, the scattered bones became so valuable that they were collected by the tons, and Dodge City bankers and businesses accepted them as legal tender.