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Dodge City Transforms as Meatpacking Attracts Immigrants
In Dodge City Kansas a meatpacking boom reshapes the town drawing Hispanic workers and immigrant families. The Cargill Swift plants draw wages, while schools grapple with linguistic needs and rising diversity. Poverty declines, but social tensions grow amid rapid change.
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Dodge City
Kan
Wyatt Earp
Bat Masterson
Boot Hill
Yesteryear
Kansas
Mexico
Cactus
Texas
Fort Morgan
Colo
Postville
Iowa
Ford County
Dean Bush
Randy Ford
Betty
Washington
Emporia
Garden City
Ted Schroeder
Kansas State University
Tyson Foods Inc
Cargill Meat Solutions Corp
Swift & Co
National Beef Packing Co
Arturo Ponce
U.S
United Methodist
Ponce
Guymon
Okla
Seaboard Foods
Swift
Don Stull
University of Kansas
Bush
Villegas