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Mueller-Schmidt House Museum (1881), Dodge City

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About Me

Built with 22-inch limestone walls by John Mueller, the first bootmaker in old Dodge City and a leading cattleman. Purchased in 1890 by pioneer blacksmith Adam Schmidt. Two of Adam and Elizabeth Schmidt's children lived in the house until 1960. Ford County purchased the house in 1965. There is a special collection on Pioneer Mothers. Original furniture from the Mueller and Schmidt families is featured, along with artifacts from the pioneers of Dodge City, including Robert M. Wright, Charles Rath, Bat Masterson, George M. Hoover, Wyatt Earp & Ham Bell.
Mueller-Schmidt House Museum QT Panorama Virtual Tour
And see: Old Dodge City History and MPMA Museums Myspace

My Interests

New Buntline Special Reconsidered
Original research just released

Dust bowl: Black Sunday, April 14, 1935, Dodge City, Kansas

And, Museum Technology and Museum Myspace

I'd like to meet:

John Henry "Doc&quot Holliday , biography of Dodge City gunfighting dentist
"Big Nose&quot Kate Elder , biography of "Doc" Holliday's long-time friend
George M. Hoover , Dodge City's first merchant, first elected Mayor

Music:

"The Dodge City Cowboy Band," from Kansas Historical Quarterly

Museum Podcasts
Kansas Museum of History Podcast

Movies:

Hollywood for a Day, Dodge City, Kansas : World Premiere of movie, "Dodge City" with Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Ann Sheridan, Bruce Cabot, April 1, 1939 at Dodge Theater.

Television:

" Gunsmoke " 50th Anniversary 1955-2005

Books:

Dodge City, The Cowboy Capital and the Great Southwest in The Days of The Wild Indian, the Buffalo, the Cowboy, Dance Halls, Gambling Halls, and Bad Men; by Robert M. Wright, Plainsman, Explorer, Scout, Pioneer, Trader and Settler

Heroes:

John Mueller, Dodge City Boot Maker and Cattleman Built Mueller-Schmidt House, 1879-1881
Heinie F. Schmidt , from Connelley's Kansas and Kansans, 1918
W. B. "Bat" Masterson, Dodge City Lawman Ford County Sheriff; November 26, 1853 – October 25, 1921
Lawmen of Dodge City and Ford County, KS with photographs

Dodge City Peace Commission:
Original photograph of the 'Dodge City Peace Commission' in June 1883, Dodge City, Kansas. Front, l-r; Chas. E. Basset, Wyatt S. Earp, Frank McLain, and Neil Brown. Back, l-r; W. H. Harris, Luke Short, W. B. Bat Masterson, and W. F. Petillon. Used with permission. All rights reserved. FCHS.

Also see Wyatt Earp, Calling the Turn , unpublished autobiographical.

My Blog

Emelia Mueller-John Chambliss Wedding, June 12, 1889

  "WEDDING BELLS"Dodge City Times, June 13, 1889   "Married in this city, at the residence of the brides parents, Wednesday evening, June 12th, 1889. Mr. John Hagaman Chambliss, ...to Miss ...
Posted by Mueller-Schmidt House Museum (1881), Dodge City on Tue, 19 Jun 2007 09:04:00 PST