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A Stan Herd mural painted in 1986 introduces visitors to the Comanche County Historical Museum. The museum showcases people, events, memorabilia and artifacts from earlier times.
Coldwater, KS MuseumsThe Coldwater area is heavily populated with deer. Some of the biggest deer bagged in the state have been taken near Coldwater. In addition to deer, many sportsmen also come here every year to try their hands hunting quail, pheasant, wild turkey, and dove.
Coldwater, KS HuntingLake Coldwater is the only city, county, or state lake in southwest Kansas that permits water-related sports. It is a 250 acre man-made lake in a 930 acre park within the Coldwater City limits.
Coldwater, KS Recreation
The Comanche County Courthouse in Coldwater, Kansas was built in 1927. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. The building replaced a wood frame courthouse from c. 1890 which was destroyed by a fire in 1921.
Coldwater, KS Historic CourthousesIndian attacks along the Santa Fe trail were frequent from the 1820's to the 1870's. Near here, where the trail followed the...
When the wagon trains turned south at Chouteau's Island from the Santa Fe Trail, to go down to the Cimarron River at Wagon Be...