The Historical Society is housed at the Museum and they will do lookups for you. Is it Cherokee Strip Museum, or the whole thing? Either way, you can find it I'm sure. <smile> Barb At 12:29 PM 3/5/2002 -0800, Bill & Chris Strickland wrote: >Marci Holda-Prather wrote: > > > > Hello. My Great-Grandfather was W.F. Walker, the > > Mayor of Arkansas City, KS in 1928. > > > Or, if you know of a good > > place to look for his genealogy (besides the > > ArkCity Public Library, which I am already > > checking), I'd like to know that also. > >I don't know what the exact title is these days, or if they currently >have a website, but "the other place" is the Cherokee Strip Land Rush >Museum in Arkansas City -- it has extensive holdings of local >genealogical material. Perhaps someone else can offer more details. > >I sure wish I was as close as you are, I'd have been there yesterday ... > >PS: I'm looking for an obit for Mrs. E E Gray who died 18 Sep 1934 in >Dexter -- next time I get to Kansas, at least I know where to look! > >Bill Strickland >Oregon City, OR

Cherokee Strip Land Rush Museum Address: 31639 US Hwy. 77 P.O. Box 778 Arkansas City, KS 67005 Phone: 620-442-6750 Also located at the Museum: Arkansas City Historical Society Cowley County Genealogical Society Website: http://www.arkcity.org/csm.html