Historical Markers and War Memorials in Cowley County, Kansas

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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Cowley County, Kansas

1 ► Kansas, Cowley County, Arkansas City — 1996 Olympic Torch Relay — Arkansas City — Heart of the Flame —

May 18, 1996 Torch Bearers Charles Dow, Local Community Hero Emily Bergkamp • Michael Goff Amanda Crouse • Shaunta Lolar Greg Gann • Trisha Morgan Jenny Graham • Brooke Snowden Nick Gilliland • Chad Taylor 100th Anniversary of the . . . — — Map (db m60510) HM

2 ► Kansas, Cowley County, Arkansas City — Bicentennial Time Capsule — 1776 ☆ 1976 —

To be opened in 50 years July 4, 1976 — — Map (db m265797) HM

3 ► Kansas, Cowley County, Arkansas City — 60 — Cherokee Outlet —

The Cherokee Outlet or Strip south of here was opened to a land rush in 1893. This tract of land was 60 miles wide and stretched along the Kansas-Oklahoma border. Due to a surveying error, a two-mile strip lay north of the Kansas border. The land . . . — — Map (db m304696) HM

4 ► Kansas, Cowley County, Arkansas City — Dedicated to the Heroes of United Flight #93 on Sept. 11, 2001 —

Passengers & crew prevented hijackers from crashing the aircraft into our nation’s capitol.— True Heroes of America — — — Map (db m264091) HM

5 ► Kansas, Cowley County, Arkansas City — Korean War Liberty Tree Memorial —

In memory of the men, women & POW-MIA who fought in the Korean War 1950 - 1953 Dedicated November 11, 2003 — — Map (db m60488) WM

6 ► Kansas, Cowley County, Arkansas City — Old Arkansas City High School —

This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m264000) HM

7 ► Kansas, Cowley County, Arkansas City — Public Library —

Presented to the people of Arkansas City by Andrew Carnegie 1907 — — Map (db m258402) HM

8 ► Kansas, Cowley County, Arkansas City — Robert Docking — 1925 - 1983 —

"Robert Docking was a constant -- a man with Kansas qualities: plain spoken, affable, optimistic, strongly loyal and committed to family, friendship, community and public service. Enduring qualities." Governor of the State of Kansas 1967 to . . . — — Map (db m60511) HM

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9 ► Kansas, Cowley County, Arkansas City — Santa Fe Locomotive Engine No. 2542 —

Engine 2542 was built in 1910 by the American Locomotive Company in Pittsburgh, PA., for the Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway. In 1929, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway purchased the KCM & O Line and assigned this engine to the . . . — — Map (db m60487) HM

10 ► Kansas, Cowley County, Arkansas City — The Cherokee Strip —

Dedicated to the many thousands who pioneered The Cherokee Strip September 16, 1893 Thousands gathered in this area to start a new frontier, six million acres of Cherokee Indian land was opened to homesteaders. Tension, danger . . . — — Map (db m60486) HM

11 ► Kansas, Cowley County, Arkansas City — To Honor Heroes — World War II —

[title is inscription] — — Map (db m265799) WM

12 ► Kansas, Cowley County, Cedar Vale — 59 — The Gas That Wouldn't Burn —

Natural gas in this locality was first found in 1903 at Dexter, five miles north. The town, envisioning a prosperous future, advertised its discovery far and wide. Crowds gathered to see the well fired, then watched in dismay as the roaring gas . . . — — Map (db m304693) HM

13 ► Kansas, Cowley County, Winfield — Cowley County National Bank Building —

The United States Department of Interior has placed this property on the National Register of Historic Places — — Map (db m60526) HM

14 ► Kansas, Cowley County, Winfield — Jennings Building — 808 Main — Constructed: 1901 —

Owners S. H. Jennings: 1901-1918 F. M. Benson: 1918-1920 Andrew Wilson: 1920-1941 E. H. Ruppelius: 1941-1974 Dorothy Fisher: 1974-1978 Joseph & Elizabeth Sears: 1978-1994 Elizabeth Sears Trust: 1994- Occupants Unknown: . . . — — Map (db m60528) HM

15 ► Kansas, Cowley County, Winfield — Platting of Winfield, Kansas — 823 Main —

This corner marks the spot where in 1869 Colonel E. C. Manning placed the stake from which the City of Winfield was laid out. The first building in Winfield, Colonel Winfield's old log store, stood on this corner. In 1885, Henry Goldsmith . . . — — Map (db m60527) HM

16 ► Kansas, Cowley County, Winfield — Vietnam & Korea War Memorial — Many Gave a Lot • Some Gave All —

*Barr, Allan USMC • Bartlett, Gary USA • Bistok, Joe USA • *Bradford, Allen USA • Brass, Steve USMC • Brooks, Michael USA • Bugbee, Rod USA • Clinton, Dewitt USA • Dial, Craig USA • Dial, Keith USA • Duckworth, Bill USMC • Filbert, Charles USA • . . . — — Map (db m229892) WM

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