Notable and Temporary Residents
- Wild Bill Hickok
- Buffalo Bill Cody
- General Nelson Miles
- General Philip Sheridan
- Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer
- General, then Captain Louis H. Carpenter, Medal of Honor winner for 1868 action, Civil War, Indian Wars and Spanish-American War. Some times Commander of Fort Hays.
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Famous quotes containing the words notable, temporary and/or residents:
“a notable prince that was called King John;
And he ruled England with main and with might,
For he did great wrong, and maintained little right.”
—Unknown. King John and the Abbot of Canterbury (l. 2–4)
“It is the custom of the immortal gods to grant temporary prosperity and a fairly long period of impunity to those whom they plan to punish for their crimes, so that they may feel it all the more keenly as a result of the change in their fortunes.”
—Julius Caesar [Gaius Julius Caesar] (100–44 B.C.)
“In most nineteenth-century cities, both large and small, more than 50 percent—and often up to 75 percent—of the residents in any given year were no longer there ten years later. People born in the twentieth century are much more likely to live near their birthplace than were people born in the nineteenth century.”
—Stephanie Coontz (20th century)