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The Chaplin Nature Center is...
brdwtchr Says: The Chaplin Nature Center is my favorite thing in the Arkansas City area. It is off highway 166 west of town a few miles. We had a wonderful time there. I'll include more photos from the nature center in a travelogue.
In 1893 the US government took...
brdwtchr Says: In 1893 the US government took 7 million acres of land away from the Cherokee and other indians and opened it up to settlement by farmers. Thousands of people came from all over the country and foreign countries to get this land. A race was held for all those people and they...
brdwtchr Says: At the festival there were great Polish Dogs sold out of a small white trailer.
brdwtchr Says: We did not eat at any restaurants in Ark City. There were so many small trailers selling different kinds of food that we ate in the park at the Prairiefest.
Funnel cake for dessert is the...
brdwtchr Says: Funnel cake for dessert is the best. They make the batter and pour it through a funnel into hot grease. The hot cake is sprinkled with powdered sugar.
Best way to get there and get...
brdwtchr Says: Best way to get there and get around is by car. Main routes into Ark City are highway 166 and 77.
Kansas is pretty safe. I warn...
brdwtchr Says: Kansas is pretty safe. I warn you that if you take time to get to know Kansas it can grow on you.
The Post Homestead is a little...
hockalocker Says: The Post Homestead is a little different and it might look like a cheesy tourist trap, but really it is much more.The owners are a nice older couple who really like people and they have opened their home to travlers so they can share their lives with people.He is an...
brdwtchr Says: West of Arkansas City is a place called Post Musical Homestead. I don't want to call it a tourist trap because it was closed when we got there. Becky took a quick ride on the giant rabbit and we left.
There were works of art for...
brdwtchr Says: There were works of art for sale at the festival. For young people art supplies were made available so they could create their own art.
This guy on the stilts told...
brdwtchr Says: This guy on the stilts told Becky I was not half the man he was.
We grow a lot of wheat here in...
brdwtchr Says: We grow a lot of wheat here in Kansas. You'll see fields of wheat near Arkansas City.
Children climbed on the old...
brdwtchr Says: Children climbed on the old locomotive at the park.
Children found places to play...
brdwtchr Says: Children found places to play at Wilson Park.
brdwtchr Says: The stores down town put merchandise out on the side walk and cut the prices way down on the day of the festival.
One of the exhibits inside the...
brdwtchr Says: One of the exhibits inside the Cherokee Strip Museum. If you ever saw the movie with Tom Cruise called 'Far and Away' you will have an idea of what happened in the land race.
A glass blower creates art, a...
brdwtchr Says: A glass blower creates art, a glass swan, in the park.
Open air fruit and vegetable...
brdwtchr Says: Open air fruit and vegetable market on highway 77 south of down town.
brdwtchr Says: This is a fine rhythm and blues band that came from Detroit to play at the festival.
brdwtchr Says: The county courthouse in Winfield about 14 miles from 'Ark City' has this giant map on the side of the building. My wife is pointing out the location of Ark City at lower edge of the map.
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The county courthouse in Winfield about 14 miles from 'Ark City' has this giant map on the side of the building. My wife is pointing out the location of Ark...
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My wife and I went to a festival in Arkansas City. Most of the pictures on this page will be photos taken around town or at the festival. For the festival they had set up tents in Wilson park. In each...
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In the summer of 1994, I participated in an archeological field school/excavation in this small, southern Kansas town. Most of the photos on this page will be from that dig. I have nice memories of...
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