- Wyatt Earp: [Opening Narration] In Marshal Earp's time, there were Indian wars and cattle wars and the steady brawling with .45s of bad tempered cowhands. But the deadliest fight on the frontier of 1879 usually started between two towns with a dispute for the honor of being designated the county seat. Dodge City had been named capital of Ford County, Kansas, but Fort Dodge, located just six miles away, asked 'Why should a wicked town like Dodge be the county seat?' Besides, the residents of Fort Dodge were desperate for another reason.