Coffeyville, Kansas
Montgomery County
20-14600
Coffeyville is a city with about 10,000 inhabitants in Montgomery County in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Kansas.
The site is drained by the Verdigris River. The nearest major center is the Tulsa about 150 km away. Oklahoma City and Kansas City are each about 300 km away. In Coffeyville intersect the highways U.S. Route 166 and U.S. Route 169
Coffeyville was founded in 1869 as a trading post of Colonel James A. Coffey and covers 18.3 km ² without significant water surface.
The city is known as the Dalton brothers on October 5, 1892 there tried to rob two banks simultaneously. The plan failed and the Daltons came - up to Emmett - killed. The ridge and Bob Dalton brothers and Bill Power, a member of her band were buried in the town cemetery; their graves can still be seen today. On the occasion of Thwarted Bank case by the Daltons and their supporters held annually on 5 October, a parade held in which the citizens of the city once again re-enact the scenario of the then day. Today in Coffeyville a " Dalton Defender " museum, where you can visit the highlights of the city's history. Another attraction is Brown Mansion - the former villa of the Brown family.
Sons and daughters of the town
- Kenyon Hopkins (1912-1983), composer, arranger and conductor
- Eva Jessye (1895-1992), choirmaster and composer
- Johnny Rutherford ( born 1938 ), former race car driver
Coffeyville in film and literature
- The Last Ride of the Dalton ( Western, USA, 1975, with Richard Widmark, Robert Conrad and others)
- I rode with the Daltons a classic Western novel by Emmet Dalton
- Her last coup - From the Life of the Dalton brothers (Volume 22 of the novel series Western Legends )
- In the film " Reign of Fire " Coffeyville is mentioned as the place where (according to the film story ) the first dragon of the modern era was killed.
- Place in Kansas
- Location in North America
- Montgomery County ( Kansas)