Editing Cimarron, Kansas (section)

==History==
[[Image:Main_Street_Cimarron_Kansas_1914.jpg|thumb|left|Main Street (1914)]]
Cimarron was first settled in 1878.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_o8X5krq3fP8C | title=Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. | publisher=Standard Publishing Company | author=Blackmar, Frank Wilson | year=1912 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_o8X5krq3fP8C/page/n345 349]}}</ref> It took its name from a fork in the [[Chisholm Trail]] which led travelers to the [[Cimarron River (Arkansas River tributary)|Cimarron River]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=4528 | title=Profile for Cimarron, Kansas | publisher=[[ePodunk]] | access-date=10 June 2014}}</ref>

Between 1887 and 1893, a [[Gray County War|county seat war]] took place in Gray County that involved several notable [[American frontier|Old West]] figures, such as [[Bat Masterson]], [[Bill Tilghman]], and [[Ben Daniels (pioneer)|Ben Daniels]]. As a result of the dispute, Cimarron became the permanent county seat of Gray County.<ref name="wordpress.com">{{Cite web| title=Feudin' and Fightin' Friday: County Seat Wars - Diggin' History| url=http://historydepot.wordpress.com/2014/03/28/feudin-and-fightin-friday-county-seat-wars/| access-date=2014-04-06| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407153015/http://historydepot.wordpress.com/2014/03/28/feudin-and-fightin-friday-county-seat-wars/| archive-date=2014-04-07| url-status=dead}}</ref>

In the wee hours of June 10, 1893, [[Bill Doolin]] and four members of his gang robbed a train one-half mile east of Cimarron.<ref>Bailey C. Hanes, Bill Doolin: Outlaw O.T., Norman, 1968, pages 79-85</ref>

In 2016, the [[Amtrak]] [[Southwest Chief]] was involved in [[2016 Cimarron train derailment|a collision]] near Cimarron. The train, en route to [[Chicago Union Station|Chicago]] from [[Union Station (Los Angeles)|Los Angeles]], [[Derailment|derailed]] on a section of track that was damaged by a runaway truck. 28 people were injured in the derailment, which caused over $1.4 million in damage. The tracks were knocked out of alignment the morning before the derailment when a fully loaded truck from Cimarron Crossing Feeders, an adjacent business, ran out of control down a hill leading to the tracks. The truck was removed, but the incident was not reported to local authorities or [[BNSF Railway|BNSF]], the owner of the tracks.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 16, 2017 |title=Railroad Accident Brief: Amtrak Train Derailment on BNSF Railway Tracks, Cimarron, Kansas |url=https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/RAB1711.pdf |publisher=National Transportation Safety Board}}</ref>

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