Garden City, Kansas

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Dave Lindsley in Tucson says, "Hey, I just learned of your site, and I've been really enjoying it. I grew up in far SW Kansas (SSE of Johnson City -- always referred to simply as 'Johnson' when I was a kid). I attended college in Hutchinson and in Emporia, so I was a frequent traveler on many of the road you mention, and several of your sights are (ahem, or "were") familiar landmarks for me, years ago. And it's not only the KS sites, either -- I recognize things from Colorado, and I expect to see familiar spots when I check out your Arizona trips! What fun!

But I think you may have gotten some of your notes confused. Regarding the big cattle feed lot on Highway 50 in Kansas, you describe it as being just outside the east side of Garden City, KS. In fact, I believe it is east of Dodge City. Quite clearly, I remember the hill you describe, and I remember my first time looking out over all those cattle. I don't know, but my suspicion is that the feed lot was substantially larger in the 1970s, when the sign was erected. At any rate, I have probably driven that stretch of highway well over one hundred times in my life, and although I can't be certain about a feed lot east of Garden, I can say absolutely that there is a large one just east of Dodge.

I hope this is useful information, and I hope you continue with your very interesting website. Thank you very much for creating it!"

Follow-up: I checked the maps, and I'm pretty sure the feed lot is just east of Garden City, since the pictures I took come just after the ones I took in Garden City, and just before Dodge.  That said, Dave is right: there is another feed lot east of Dodge City on Route 50.