Piece of Dodge City’s past returns home

On Tuesday, the Boot Hill Museum received a donation of the Rev. O.W. Wright’s personal desk by his great-granddaughter Claire Laird and her children.

According to Boot Hill Museum, Ormond Worthington Wright was born in Acworth, N.H., in 1850, arriving in Dodge City in early 1877 at the age of 26. He remained in Dodge City as a minister to all people, regardless of their background or occupation, until 1882.

“Soon after he arrived in Dodge City,” the museum said in a news release, “he joined efforts to build the Union Church.