Coffeyville
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Location in Kansas
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1869 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Kansas | ||
| County : | Montgomery County | ||
| Coordinates : | 37 ° 2 ′ N , 95 ° 38 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 10,387 (as of 2006) | ||
| Population density : | 567.6 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 18.3 km 2 (approx. 7 mi 2 ) of which 18.3 km 2 (approx. 7 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 225 m | ||
| Postal code : | 67337 | ||
| Area code : | +1 620 | ||
| FIPS : | 20-14600 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 0469230 | ||
| Website : | www.coffeyville.com | ||
| Mayor : | Virgil O. Horn | ||
Coffeyville is a city of about 10,000 people in Montgomery County in the southeastern US state of Kansas .
The place is traversed by the Verdigris River . The nearest major center is Tulsa, about 150 km away . Oklahoma City and Kansas City are each approximately 300 km away. In Coffeyville the highways U.S. Route 166 and US Route 169 .
Coffeyville was founded in 1869 as a trading post by Colonel James A. Coffey and covers 18.3 km² without any significant water surface.
The city is famous because the Dalton brothers tried to rob two banks there on October 5, 1892 . The plan failed and the Daltons were killed - except for Emmett. The brothers Grat and Bob Dalton and Bill Power , a member of their gang, were buried in the town cemetery; their graves can still be visited today. On the occasion of the thwarted bank robbery by the Daltons and their supporters, a parade takes place every year on October 5th, during which the citizens of the city re-enact the scenario of that day. Today there is a "Dalton Defender" museum in Coffeyville, 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
- Fred Etchen (1884–1961), marksman
- Kenyon Hopkins (1912–1983), composer, arranger and conductor
- Eva Jessye (1895–1992), choir director and composer
- Johnny Rutherford (* 1938), former racing car driver
- William Mueller (born 1980), wrestler
Coffeyville in Film and Literature
- The Last Ride of the Dalton , Western (1975) with Richard Widmark , Robert Conrad in the lead roles
- I rode the Daltons , a classic western novel by Emmet Dalton
- Her last coup - From the Lives of the Dalton Brothers , Volume 22 of the Western Legends novel series
- In the movie The Reign of Fire , Coffeyville is mentioned as the place where (according to the movie story) the first modern dragon was killed.
- The Highwaymen , a crime film about the Bonnie and Clyde crime duo