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Coffeyville's past includes some Old West history that has been the subject of movies and documentaries: the Dalton Gang Raid. Today, you can visit the actual site and tour the restored Perkins Building in addition to the Dalton Defenders Museum and the Brown Mansion. As early as 1803, this was home to the Osage Indians. In the early 1880s, Coffeyville was known as Cow Town because of its use as a shipping point for cattle herds. It was originally an Indian trading post established by Colonel James A. Coffey. It thrived and soon a town was laid out around the trading post and named Coffeyville in his honor.

Two local brothers created a flying sensation, and a man named Walter "Big Train" Johnson left his mark as a legend in baseball. Scenes include Chief Black Dog, the Interurban, Aviation History, and Coffeyville as it looked when the Daltons rode into town. Coffeyville hosts the Inter-State Fair and Rodeo, the New Beginning Festival, Dalton Defenders Days and the Jayhawk Shootout. The Midland Theatre and adjacent Alamo Building will soon provide a theater, movies, concerts and meeting rooms. Other places of interest include the Coffeyville Aviation Heritage Museum, Center for the Arts, the Brown Mansion, Death Alley and Old City Jail, Hillcrest Golf Course, Walter Johnson Park and RV Campground, Veterans Memorial Stadium and Aquatic Center. Health care needs are served by the Coffeyville Regional Medical Center, a certified cancer facility and staffed by professional physicians, both active and consulting. CRMC is currently in the process of a multi-million dollar expansion and renovation project to be completed in 2005. The hospital, along with a long list of medical professionals, is able to take care of nearly all our health care concerns. In addition, there are a number of assisted-living facilities. USD 445 operates the elementary schools and middle school and high school. Holy Name Catholic School has classes for first through sixth graders. A new pre-kindergarten through sixth grade elementary school is the latest addition. Coffeyville Community College and Area Technical School are nationally recognized for academics and athletics. Much industrial growth has and continues to take place including the largest industrial development project ever in the State of Kansas at Farmland Industries and the opening of Amazon.com's largest distribution center located in Coffeyville's Industrial Park. Also located in the Industrial Park is Funk Manufacturing, a John Deere company; Dixon Industries, home of the ZTR mower; and American Insulated Wire, a Leviton Company, among others. In addition, Coffeyville has foundries, pattern shops, distributors and a variety of retail establishments. Southeast Kansas has an abundance of recreational areas offering hunting, fishing, camping and hiking at Cherryvale Lake and 4,500-acre Elk City Lake which includes a 12,000-acre wildlife area. The Elk City Reservoir also offers a wide variety of outdoor recreation. Coffeyville is a diversified community with activities to suit almost anyone ranging from sporting events to cultural opportunities. There are recreational opportunities throughout the entire year for people of all ages and the Cultural Arts Council schedules an excellent concert series each year in addition to operating the Center for the Arts downtown. At the Coffeyville Aviation Heritage Museum memories of aviation are kept alive. Other places of interest include the Center for the Arts, which provides a variety of entertaining and interesting art displays; The Brown Mansion, offering turn-of-the-century elegance and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Death Alley & Old City Jail, Walter Johnson Park and RV Campground, Veterans Memorial Stadium and Aquatic Center are also popular. The City of Coffeyville has recently expanded the golf course to 18 holes and built a six-thousand-seat multipurpose athletic stadium, as well as an aquatic park which features a zero-depth entry pool, a competition pool, water slides and many play areas.

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