<P> Fort Mann was the first settlement of nonindigenous people in the area that became Dodge City , built by civilians in 1847 ( then the territory being part of Mexico ) to provide protection for travelers on the Santa Fe Trail . Fort Mann collapsed in 1848 after an Indian attack . In 1850 , the U.S. Army arrived to provide protection in the region and constructed Fort Atkinson on the old Fort Mann site . The army abandoned Fort Atkinson in 1853 . Military forces on the Santa Fe Trail were re-established farther north and east at Fort Larned in 1859 , but the area remained vacant around what would become Dodge City until the end of the Civil War . In April 1865 , the Indian Wars in the West began heating up , and the army constructed Fort Dodge to assist Fort Larned in providing protection on the Santa Fe Trail . Fort Dodge remained in operation until 1882 . </P>
<P> Fort Mann was the first settlement of nonindigenous people in the area that became Dodge City , built by civilians in 1847 ( then the territory being part of Mexico ) to provide protection for travelers on the Santa Fe Trail . Fort Mann collapsed in 1848 after an Indian attack . In 1850 , the U.S. Army arrived to provide protection in the region and constructed Fort Atkinson on the old Fort Mann site . The army abandoned Fort Atkinson in 1853 . Military forces on the Santa Fe Trail were re-established farther north and east at Fort Larned in 1859 , but the area remained vacant around what would become Dodge City until the end of the Civil War . In April 1865 , the Indian Wars in the West began heating up , and the army constructed Fort Dodge to assist Fort Larned in providing protection on the Santa Fe Trail . Fort Dodge remained in operation until 1882 . </P>
who was the first person to settle dodge city
who was the first person to settle dodge city
civilians
civilians