Kansas Counties
Ford County, Kansas
| Date Established: | February 26, 1867 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date Organized: | April 05, 1873 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| County Seat: | Dodge City | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Origin of Name: | In honor of James H. Ford (died 1867), colonel of the Second Colorado Cavalry, which in 1864 was posted along the Kansas/Missouri line to defend against bushwhackers and guerrillas. During the Confederate Gen. Sterling Price's raid through Kansas and Missouri in late 1864, Col. Ford and the 2nd Colorado fought at the battles of the Little Blue, Westport, and Mine Creek. Late in the war, the regiment was largely devoted to escorting supply and wagon trains across Kansas, and occasional skirmishes with Indians. Col. Ford, brevetted as brigadier general, commanded the military District of the Upper Arkansas, in which role he selected a location between two fordable crossings of the Arkansas River for the site of what became Fort Dodge. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Post offices in Ford County Cemeteries in Ford County, As of 1906 Newspapers Available on Microfilm Townships and Independent Cities in Ford County Bibliography Kansas Memory |
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| Links to Other Sites: |
Ford County GenWeb Early Kansas Maps [KanColl] |
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