At Monday’s Ford County Commission meeting, the commission heard discussion about the planned demolition of the old officers’ barracks at Fort Dodge.
The building is currently under the authority of the Kansas Soldiers’ Home at Fort Dodge, which is under the authority of the Kansas Commission on Veterans Affairs.
Kent Stehlik, president of the Ford County Historical Society, asked for the Ford County Commission to write a letter supporting the society’s effort to prevent the building’s demolition.
“We have a real concern (with the planned demolition) because Fort Dodge was here before there was a Ford County, before there was a Dodge City,” Stehlik said. “It’s a tourist attraction, it’s a one-of-a-kind institution and we wanted to make you aware of that situation.”
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