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Progressive municipal reform as reflected in Dodge City newspapers: The progressive agendas of Robert Wright, George Hoover, and Adolf Gluck
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Author
Weber
,
Brian
Title
Progressive
municipal
reform
as
reflected
in
Dodge
City
newspapers
: The
progressive
agendas
of
Robert
Wright
,
George
Hoover
, and
Adolf
Gluck
Degree Program
History
Subject keywords
Dodge
City
;
newspaper
;
local
government
;
progressive
;
prohibition
Abstract
Dodge
City
was
founded
in a
prairie
in the
Southwest
corner
of
Kansas
in
1872
and was
incorporated
three
years
later
. The
region
benefited
from
large
buffalo
herds
, a
nearby
U
.
S
.
Army
Fort
, the
expansion
of the
railroad
into the
area
, and the
lucrative
cattle
trade
. The
Westward
movement
of the
quarantine
line
ended
the
cattle
trade
in
Dodge
City
in the
mid
1880s
but the
little
city
with a
wicked
reputation
prevailed
. The
emphasis
on
agriculture
increased
,
businesses
adapted
, and
three
of the
city’s
proficient
leaders
stepped
forward
once
again
.
Robert
Wright
,
George
Hoover
, and
Adolph
Gluck
were
leaders
in
Dodge
City
before
the
end
of the
cattle
trade
and in the
city’s
darkest
hour
; they
remained
in
Dodge
City
, they
invested
and
started
additional
businesses
, and they
guided
the
city
into the
Progressive
Era
. The
development
of
services
and
modern
amenities
such
as
water
,
electricity
,
natural
gas
,
sewer
, and
graded
and
paved
streets
were
developed
in
Dodge
City
under
the
initial
leadership
and
persistence
of
Wright
,
Hoover
, and
Gluck
. They
did
not
always
agree
on the
next
step
the
city
ought
to
take
,
nor
did
they
agree
on the
pace
in
which
new
developments
should be
leveraged
against
a
city
that
suffered
from
indebtedness
, but they were in
unison
on the
preservation
and
growth
of
Dodge
City
. They were
progressive
, not
socially
, as they
challenged
prohibition
vehemently
, and not
necessarily
politically
, as they were
more
concerned
with
municipal
development
and
reform
than they were with
political
strategy
. These
three
were
assisted
by
other
notable
residents
such
as
Samuel
J
.
Crumbine
,
who
practiced
medicine
in
early
Dodge
City
, and
later
served
as
Secretary
of the
State
Board
of
Health
.
Crumbine
played
an
influential
role
in
Dodge
City’s
first
city-wide
sewer
system
at the
request
of
Jess
C
.
Denious
, the
editor
of a
prominent
newspaper
in
Dodge
City
.
Crumbine
went
on to
publish
a
book
,
Frontier
Doctor
, and
Denious
went
on to
serve
in the
state
legislature
and then as
Lieutenant
Governor
of
Kansas
.
Wright
,
Hoover
, and
Gluck
all
passed
by
1917
,
leaving
behind
a
modern
city
with
strong
agriculture
and
commerce
, and a
growing
population
.
Dodge
City
sprang
up
in
less
than
half
a
century
and
became
a
sustainable
city
, a
tribute
to
Wright
,
Hoover
, and
Gluck
. An
account
of their
progressive
agendas
is
preserved
in the
city’s
early
newspapers
,
which
is
examined
in this
thesis
.
Date Original
2010
Publisher
Fort Hays State University
Relation
Digital reproduction of the Fort Hays State University Theses Collection.
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Text
Format
application/pdf
Identifier
WeberBrian_2010.pdf
Source
LD2652 .T5 H5 W43 2010
Language
eng
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