100th Meridian Motel and Service Station (Dodge City, Kansas)

Item

Identifier: MS 014- series MS 014-3- item 155

Staff Only

Dates

1870-1900

Extent

From the Class: 10 Cubic Feet

Additional Description

General

Front: 100th Meridian Motel and Service Station, 2400 West Chestnut, Dodge City, Kansas on U.S. Highway 50 Route 2

Back: 100th Meridian Motel, On U.S. 50 West Edge Dodge City, Kans. Where the 100th Meridian crosses the Arkansas River was the southwest corner of the Louisiana Territory. Owned by Spain thru discovery; traded to France by treaty; bought by U.S. in 1803. South of the River was the Republic of Texas; west of the 100th Meridian was Old Mexico. This intersection is the only place in the U.S.A. where the flags of five nations could have flown from one flag pole.