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(rshsdepot) Kaw City, OK(?)
From the Ponca City News=2E=2E=2E
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Tourism Group Visits Kaw City
KAW CITY -- The Kaw Lake Association hosted the Association for Cooperativ=
e
Tourism (ACT) for their November meeting in Kaw City=2E=20
The group toured the Kanza Museum and the Kaw City Museum followed by lunc=
h
at Kaw City's Old Town Cafe and discussion of tourism happenings at the Ka=
w
City Community Building=2E=20
They viewed a video on the history of the Kaw Tribe and recent displays at=
the Kaw Museum=2E The museum has several of its attractions on permanent
display, including bronze busts of past and present Kaw tribal members=2E
Among the displays are photographs that document the history and activitie=
s
of the Kaw Indian people=2E=20
The Kaw City Museum, located in the northeast comer of Kaw City, is in the=
old Santa Fe Railroad depot from the city's original 1902 townsite=2E=20
Joining the old building is a new addition, the Kenneth W=2E Brill Buildin=
g,
in honor of a hometown philanthropist=2E Contents of the museum reflect
everything from the ordinary to the unusual about life in old Kaw City=2E=20=
Displays include equipment of a beauty parlor, circa 1930, an old dentist'=
s
office, and an old-fashioned bedroom featuring a sturdy, homemade bed fram=
e
in which no nails were used in its construction=2E=20
It also features a collection of early photographic prints and equipment
belonging to George Catlin and many Native American artifacts=2E=20
ACT is an association dedicated to the promotion of tourism the four-state=
area of Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, and Arkansas=2E The group meets the
second Wednesday of each month in an ACT community to tour local
attractions and network=2E=20
The December meeting will be held at Woolaroc in Bartlesville=2E For more
information, please contact Peggy Collins, president, at (918) 333-8395=2E=
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