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Come visit us in Arkansas City, Kansas
This area was made famous as the gateway to the Cherokee Strip Land Rush that was later called "The Largest Race in World History." This movement attracted settlers from all over the world. Over 110,000
Arkansas City, KS Museums"Camp Horizon" is nestled in 160 wooded acres on a bluff overlooking the Arkansas River. Purchased by John Hall in 1945 with the dream of building a youth camp, it now provides for a variety of outdoor and recreational experiences.
Arkansas City, KS TrailsAlong the sandy beaches of the Arkansas River, Chaplin Nature Center combines 200
Arkansas City, KS Nature CentersCowley County State Lake, covering 85 acres, is mainly for fishing, but has campsites and picnic areas also. Along with many of the lakes in the area, it features channel catfish, a variety of bass, crappie, bluegill, sun perch and other species.
Arkansas City, KS RecreationPrairie Man is an artistic response to a Kansas petroglyph of an original prairie dweller. The three-acre Prairie Man was created by subtle manipulations of ancient prairie grasses on a south-sloping face of a rock-strewn dry watershed. The piece can be seen from both highway and the air.
Arkansas City, KS ArtsThe Brown Center on the Cowley College campus houses the Earle Wright Gallery. The campus itself is worth visiting just to se...