[Jazz & Song] Cash, Johnny. (1932-2003) Johnny Cash's Honorary Dodge City Marshal's Badge

[Jazz & Song] Cash, Johnny. (1932-2003)

Johnny Cash's Honorary Dodge City Marshal's Badge

Johnny Cash was presented with this six-pointed Dodge City Marshal's badge engraved with his name during a concert tour stop in Dodge City, Kansas, on Mar. 16, 1988. At the same ceremony, Cash was also named an "honorary citizen" of Dodge City. Incidentally, Cash was in good company, as legendary lawmen Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson were former marshals of Dodge City. In 1996 Cash released his version of the 1962 Hank Snow hit, "I've Been Everywhere", in which Dodge City is included in the final stanza among the 91 places mentioned: "...Sioux City, Cedar City, Dodge City, what a pity, I've been everywhere, man...".

The present badge was originally sold at the Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash estate sale, held at Sotheby's in September 2004. (5329)

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