The first graveyard officially named “Boot Hill” was established in this town.
- Dodge City, Kansas
- Hays, Kansas
- Leadville Colorado
- Tombstone Arizona
Hays, Kansas. There were many other cemeteries named “boot hill” throughout the West, called that because they were filled with people who died with their boots on.
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