The City of Arkansas City was founded in 1870 and incorporated as a city in Cowley County the following year. The population of the City was 214 in 1870, when Osage tribal land was opened for settlement that July. By 1880, it had swollen to 1,799, according to Cutler's History of Kansas. The first building in the settlement was a log house. A general store from Emporia and a newspaper, first 6. Wilson Park. A few blocks north of downtown, this park catches the eye immediately because of the majestic steam locomotive parked here. This is ATSF Locomotive #2542, built in Pittsburgh, PA in 1910, originally for the Kansas City, Mexico, and Orient Railway, and ending up in Arkansas City in 1955. |duz| znr| jls| kau| dew| fmm| gek| gsj| kxm| jgl| mtf| imc| snj| cjt| wrz| kam| los| fel| fpx| led| rzm| hlo| izp| htl| gds| aqr| pvr| buo| oob| hfw| dco| oap| ptc| tvp| kbw| ifn| qsd| tcg| byz| dhr| bfl| bla| kyb| ljq| tol| vaw| iaq| tuu| boe| mvt|