Coffeyville KS

[Redrum_69]

Whats there to do in Coffeyville?

[HonestChieffan]

sandbag

[ChiTown]

anti-freeze

[KC-TBB]

Is it hard to fall asleep there?

[Redrum_69]

According to wiki....

Famous Coffeyville Community College Alumni
Gary Busey (Actor)
Buster Douglas (Professional Boxer)
Ron Springs (Football player)
Mike Rozier (1983 Heisman Trophy Winner)
Reggie Evans (Professional Basketball Player)

[Kerberos]

They are in need of someone to clean up the oil spill from all of the flooding. You up for it?

[Planetman]

Whats there to do in Coffeyville?
Your mother. [/Redrum_69]

[KC-TBB]

it's the GATEWAY to Oklahoma...

[Programmer]

According to wiki....

Famous Coffeyville Community College Alumni
Gary Busey (Actor)
Buster Douglas (Professional Boxer)
Ron Springs (Football player)
Mike Rozier (1983 Heisman Trophy Winner)
Reggie Evans (Professional Basketball Player)

http://www.coffeyville.com/Historical%20Society.htm#Dalton%20Defenders%20Museum

You left out Walter Johnson (Professional Baseball player)
and the Dalton raid.

[HonestChieffan]

and both east west and north south roads cross in town

[Radar Chief]

Check out the Dalton Museam and let me know what you think. The Mrs. and I have talked about going there but we just haven’t made the time for it.

[HonestChieffan]

theres the photographers museum too

[FAX]

Whats there to do in Coffeyville?

We can rob a bank, get our asses shot off by a bunch of citizens, and go down in history, Mr. Redrum_69.

Given the Chiefs' prospects for this season, I'm up for it.

FAX

[dj56dt58]

doesn't seem like theres anything to do there. I start working next week at Amazon and have been there several times filling out aps, doing interviews, ect..and since the flood it seems like a ghost town for a while until you hit the restaurants

[Frankie]

My first Thanksgiving weekend in this country was spent at my host family's farm in Coffeyville, KS. Very good memories.

[Skip Towne]

What are you doing in Coffeyville? Are you being punished?

[HonestChieffan]

Drive to Independence and have a malt at Brahms.

[ChiefsFire]

Scrape oil sludge off condemned houses.

["Bob" Dobbs]

Christ. I need to quit opening threads like this. Just as I opened it, I found out I have to run over to c'ville for a bit this afternoon. Now, I'm bored by osmosis.

[Redrum_69]

I was down in Chetopa on Friday just cruising around...followed by a visit to West Mineral.

I thought about going to Coffeyville sometime, but wasnt sure what all there was to do down there.

[HonestChieffan]

Drive over to Independence and watch the crop duster planes take off and land.

[DaKCMan AP]

According to wiki....

Famous Coffeyville Community College Alumni
Gary Busey (Actor)
Buster Douglas (Professional Boxer)
Ron Springs (Football player)
Mike Rozier (1983 Heisman Trophy Winner)
Reggie Evans (Professional Basketball Player)

How is National Champion, 1st-round draft pick and Scanlon-esque superman REGGIE NELSON not on that list????

:cuss:

["Bob" Dobbs]

I was down in Chetopa on Friday just cruising around...followed by a visit to West Mineral.

I thought about going to Coffeyville sometime, but wasnt sure what all there was to do down there.It's pretty sad to be able find a reason to go to Chetopa but NOT Coffeyville. LOL

[Skip Towne]

Drive to Independence and have a malt at Brahms.
Coffeyville has a Brahms. Across from Wal-Mart.

[HonestChieffan]

Independence one is better. Hotter malt makers and they make it thicker.

[Skip Towne]

How is National Champion, 1st-round draft pick and Scanlon-esque superman REGGIE NELSON not on that list????

:cuss:
Never heard of him. Buster Douglas played basketball for CCC.

[Radar Chief]

I was down in Chetopa on Friday just cruising around

Heh, “Catfish Capital”. Get any fishing in?

...followed by a visit to West Mineral.

Big Brutus?

[Redrum_69]

It's pretty sad to be able find a reason to go to Chetopa but NOT Coffeyville. LOL


Coffeyville was another hour west...and it was late in the afternoon.

[Donger]

Wasn't Coffeyville where the World's Largest Hailstone fell? I remember reading that one fell in Nebraska (or Texas?) recently that was larger, however.

[Redrum_69]

Heh, “Catfish Capital”. Get any fishing in?



Big Brutus?


Seen where the two rivers met....which was pretty cool.

Was Chetopa affected/flooded by all the rain in June/July? It looked like the water had risen up to the park area and maybe over that bridge, but I dont remember seeing anything about the town.


and yes...Brutus. This weekend they are having a fishing/hunting expo at that site. I drove around to some of the pits and I need to go down and fish those this fall and next spring. The trout lake looks nice. They also said that you can rent cabins down there on the pits for a weekend...I dont remember those pits down there having cabins on them...is that something new?

[DaKCMan AP]

Never heard of him. Buster Douglas played basketball for CCC.

He was just taken #21 overall by the Jaguars in the 2007 NFL Draft.

[Skip Towne]

I was down in Chetopa on Friday just cruising around...followed by a visit to West Mineral.

I thought about going to Coffeyville sometime, but wasnt sure what all there was to do down there.
The places we used to go drink are all gone. The Westerner, The Pig Stand, Jig's. I don't know where the college kids go now.

[BigChiefFan]

The ice cream place is called BRAUM's, what is brahm's?

BTW, for something to do in Coffeyville go to the Dalton gang musuem -it's in downtown Coffeyville.

[Redrum_69]

How is National Champion, 1st-round draft pick and Scanlon-esque superman REGGIE NELSON not on that list????

:cuss:



We'll see if Reggie goes out like Scanlon....

[Skip Towne]

Wasn't Coffeyville where the World's Largest Hailstone fell? I remember reading that one fell in Nebraska (or Texas?) recently that was larger, however.
I think it was closer to Dearing, just west of Coffeyville.

[Skip Towne]

The ice cream place is called BRAUM's, what is brahm's?

BTW, for something to do in Coffeyville go to the Dalton gang musuem -it's in downtown Coffeyville.
It's the Dalton Defender's Museum.

[Skip Towne]

He was just taken #21 overall by the Jaguars in the 2007 NFL Draft.
Where did he go after Coffeyville?

[BigChiefFan]

It's the Dalton Defender's Museum.

That's makes sense, since they killed the Dalton gang in Coffeyville-they wouldn't want to give the Dalton's any glory by calling it the Dalton gang musuem, however-I'm sure they got the point of which musuem it is. It's about the only thing to do in Coffeyville, IMO.

[DaKCMan AP]

Where did he go after Coffeyville?

Florida for 2 years. In his junior year (his last, 2006) he was consensus First-Team All-SEC and First-Team All-American. He was also a Bronko Nagurski Trophy and Jim Thorpe Award Finalist.

[HonestChieffan]

Maybe he found Braums/Brahms/the ice cream place spelled however

[Wile_E_Coyote]

I've seen many a brick with Coffeyville stamped on it

[Skip Towne]

I've seen many a brick with Coffeyville stamped on it
There used to be glass and brick plants there due to a large volume of natural gas in the area. It played out so they moved.

[Skip Towne]

Brown's Mansion on South Walnut.

[greg63]

I was down in Chetopa on Friday just cruising around...followed by a visit to West Mineral.

I thought about going to Coffeyville sometime, but wasnt sure what all there was to do down there.


Trust me on this; it's a black hole from which light itself cannot escape. Avoid the arm pit of the world at all costs.

On the other hand we have a nice football field. :D

[HonestChieffan]

Nice pottery place in Elk River Falls. Also home of the Outhouse tour.

[greg63]

it's the GATEWAY to Oklahoma...

This is true!

Honestly, just about all there is to do here has been mentioned by Skip.

[Redrum_69]

Is this true?!?!

Recognizing the value of a powerful icon, the Dalton Gang corpses image is reproduced again, this time as a life-size mural painted for the 100th anniversary onto the sidewalk outside one of the banks. It is a unique photo-op, allowing you, the 21st century tourist, to lie atop your favorite 19th century bank robber and pretend to be dead.




You lie on top of your favorite bank robber's shot up corpse?!?!?!?

Truly a Kodak picture..and maybe even a great holiday photo opportunity for kids of all ages...


and the hailstone...

And, perhaps echoing the "hail of bullets" theme, the Dalton Defenders Museum has another unique and -- potentially, at least -- deadly display: a plaster replica of the "largest hailstone on record," 17.5 inches in circumference, 1.67 pounds.

It fell on Coffeyville on September 3, 1970, NEARLY ONE HUNDRED YEARS TO THE DAY, plus an extra month and a couple of decades, to the Dalton carnage. "Scientists concluded that it struck the ground at a rate of speed of about 105 mph."

[Skip Towne]

Trust me on this; it's a black hole from which light itself cannot escape. Avoid the arm pit of the world at all costs.

On the other hand we have a nice football field. :D
Where is the new football field? Do they still use Ise Athletic Field?

[Donger]

NEARLY ONE HUNDRED YEARS TO THE DAY, plus an extra month and a couple of decades, to the Dalton carnage.

ROFL

[Redrum_69]

ROFL


that came straight from this site...


http://www.roadsideamerica.com/map/ks.html


http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/KSCOFdalton.html

[Tribal Warfare]

The Dalton Gang was killed in the Ville, you can visit the museum :shrug:

[Radar Chief]

Seen where the two rivers met....which was pretty cool.

Was Chetopa affected/flooded by all the rain in June/July? It looked like the water had risen up to the park area and maybe over that bridge, but I dont remember seeing anything about the town.

I would assume so, flooded everywhere else around here.

and yes...Brutus. This weekend they are having a fishing/hunting expo at that site. I drove around to some of the pits and I need to go down and fish those this fall and next spring. The trout lake looks nice. They also said that you can rent cabins down there on the pits for a weekend...I dont remember those pits down there having cabins on them...is that something new?

Next weekend you say? I might have to go check that out.

My dad fishes the strip pits, I’ll have to ask him about the cabins.

[Deberg_1990]

Whats there to do in Coffeyville?

Other than Kill yourself??

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

Coffeyville is the suicide capital of the United States. There have been over 8,500 confirmed suicides since they started recording them in 1935. Feel free to add to the legend.

[Pitt Gorilla]

Hold your nose?

[Radar Chief]

Hold your nose?

:LOL: Which reminds me, is the strip club on the north end of Coffeyville still open? Used to be Club 169, no idea what its called now.

["Bob" Dobbs]

Last I heard they were closed again, but it was LAST known as Bravo's Gentlemens Club; AKA "Braless Genitals Club". (Featuring 6 new meth addicts a night!)

[88TG88]

Other than Kill yourself??
LMAO

[Skip Towne]

I went to CCC with Busey. He was an O-Lineman on the football team. One of his front teeth was silver. He was the last guy killed on Gunsmoke.

["Bob" Dobbs]

Didn't Busey go to Pitt State after CCC?

[Redrum_69]

I went to CCC with Busey. He was an O-Lineman on the football team. One of his front teeth was silver. He was the last guy killed on Gunsmoke.


Busey was cool in Silver Bullet...ok in Point break...and then it went downhill after that.


What was he like at CCC? I bet he didnt wear a motorcycle helmet back then either...

[Redrum_69]

Do you think that when people because rich/famous actors etc...they remember their roots?

Has Gary ever came back to Coffeyville and donated money to CCCCCCCC?

[Radar Chief]

Last I heard they were closed again, but it was LAST known as Bravo's Gentlemens Club; AKA "Braless Genitals Club". (Featuring 6 new meth addicts a night!)

ROFL Sounds about right.

[DaKCMan AP]

Do you think that when people because rich/famous actors etc...they remember their roots?

Has Gary ever came back to Coffeyville and donated money to CCCCCCCC?

Ray Liotta went to Broward Community College and he came back and spoke to students.

[Skip Towne]

Didn't Busey go to Pitt State after CCC?
Yes, and then to OSU.

[Skip Towne]

Do you think that when people because rich/famous actors etc...they remember their roots?

Has Gary ever came back to Coffeyville and donated money to CCCCCCCC?
Not that I know of. I met a teacher from Nathan Hale HS who says he comes back there once in awhile.

[Radar Chief]

Isn’t Kirstie Alley from Wichita, or one of the small towns near there? Seems I heard she isn’t exactly welcome back because of some things she’s said about the place.

[Skip Towne]

Isn’t Kirstie Alley from Wichita, or one of the small towns near there? Seems I heard she isn’t exactly welcome back because of some things she’s said about the place.
Her dad owns Buck Alley Lumber in Wichita. And hahahaha about what she said about Wichita. Take that Chiefaroo.

["Bob" Dobbs]

Joe Walsh is a Wichita guy as well.

[Marlboro_Chief]

If I moved to Coffeyville, I would set up shop sellin meth and dope and I would be stringing out HS schools as soon as they turned 18 and pimp em out.

[Skip Towne]

Joe Walsh is a Wichita guy as well.
So is Dennis Rader.

[Radar Chief]

Her dad owns Buck Alley Lumber in Wichita. And hahahaha about what she said about Wichita. Take that Chiefaroo.

What did she say anyway?

[BigChiefFan]

Busey comes back to Tulsa every couple of years.

[greg63]

Where is the new football field? Do they still use Ise Athletic Field?
They do still use Ise on the rare occasion that there is a scheduling conflict with the football and soccer teams. The New field is located at Big Hill near where the micro-midget racers used to be; it is called Veterans Memorial Stadium.

[greg63]

If I moved to Coffeyville, I would set up shop sellin meth and dope and I would be stringing out HS schools as soon as they turned 18 and pimp em out.

For those of us actually raising decent children here in Coffeyville are glad that you do not live here.

[greg63]

Is this true?!?!

Recognizing the value of a powerful icon, the Dalton Gang corpses image is reproduced again, this time as a life-size mural painted for the 100th anniversary onto the sidewalk outside one of the banks. It is a unique photo-op, allowing you, the 21st century tourist, to lie atop your favorite 19th century bank robber and pretend to be dead.




You lie on top of your favorite bank robber's shot up corpse?!?!?!?

Truly a Kodak picture..and maybe even a great holiday photo opportunity for kids of all ages...


and the hailstone...

And, perhaps echoing the "hail of bullets" theme, the Dalton Defenders Museum has another unique and -- potentially, at least -- deadly display: a plaster replica of the "largest hailstone on record," 17.5 inches in circumference, 1.67 pounds.

It fell on Coffeyville on September 3, 1970, NEARLY ONE HUNDRED YEARS TO THE DAY, plus an extra month and a couple of decades, to the Dalton carnage. "Scientists concluded that it struck the ground at a rate of speed of about 105 mph."
No I do not do this in fact most of us here do not in anyway hold any of the Dalton gang members in high regard at all but rather those who where killed by said gutless members of the gang while defending the town.

[LiL stumppy]

Couple kids from my team went up there to play baseball for them. Other than that, I dont know.

[KChiefs1]

I was just in Coffeyville over the Labor Day weekend & there were a lot of vacant homes with oil all over them...a very sad sight.

I was born in Coffeyville & my family lived in the house right next to the Brown Mansion on Walnut.

I spent most of my time there visiting my nephew who lives in Neodesha while staying at the Super 8 in Independence. I ate that Braum's btw....good food.

We ate at Drew's Chicken & Ribs....they were fantastic & the very very reasonably priced too.

[Redrum_69]

Any pawn shops or flea markets around Coffeyville?

[Skip Towne]

Any pawn shops or flea markets around Coffeyville?
My SIL runs a very good one in Caney. On the west side of Hiway 75. Well, it is more of an antique shop.

[Skip Towne]

The Dalton boys weren't really that bad of guys. Several of them were law officers until the gubment wouldn't pay them so............ Ya gotta eat. Seriously though, anyone interested in the story should read a book written by a Coffeyville native, Lue Barndollar. The title is "What Really Happened on Oct. 5, 1892". It is available at the Coffeyville library so you can probably get your library to get it on loan. It' s a good read.

[mcan]

Or you can just listen to the album "Desperado" and get an idea...


I actually went to the museum and talked to the owners for awhile. I told them about how the album was loosely based on the story, and she seemed surprised to hear that. I thought it weird that she would own a museum about a subject that has been imortalized in an album and a song that is SO popular and she didn't even know about it. :rolleyes:

[boogblaster]

Back in the 70s I used to work protection for a couple guys that shot pool in S. Coffeyville..pretty hardcore places down there ...

[REDHOTGTO]

i live in independence, 15 miles up the road and let me tell ya, NUTTIN JUST NUTTIN to do. go to tulsa ok for entertainment or maybe 25 more miles to bartlesville, ok to the casino.

[greg63]

The Dalton boys weren't really that bad of guys. Several of them were law officers until the gubment wouldn't pay them so............ Ya gotta eat. Seriously though, anyone interested in the story should read a book written by a Coffeyville native, Lue Barndollar. The title is "What Really Happened on Oct. 5, 1892". It is available at the Coffeyville library so you can probably get your library to get it on loan. It' s a good read.
This is true; they did start out very much at the opposite end of the spectrum then where they ended up. What they did and how they did it was not only stupid but ruthless and gutless. Waiting for a bank vault to open that was not even on a time set as it was explained to them and committing cold blooded murder in the process while the town's folk assembled outside the bank to riddle them with bullets as they exited is not only stupid but despicable. JMHO

But as you have stated, they did not start out that way and one cannot judge the entire family by the actions of a few.

[greg63]

Oh, there is a very good Chinese restaurant that used to be Burger King right a crossed the street on 11th from McDonalds, which BTW is brand new, but the food tastes the same as it always has. :D