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Old Cowtown Museum Tour

47 Stops
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Tour Overview

Walk through the 45+ exhibits on 26 acres to immerse yourself in the world of a growing and prospering city in the midwest . . . that was soon to become the largest city in Kansas.

Stops

  1. Stop 1: Railroad Arch Begins Your Exploration at the Visitors Center

  2. Stop 2: Heller Cabin - 2 steps

  3. Stop 3: Cowboy Camp

  4. Stop 4: Orientation Building

  5. Stop 5: Trappers Cabin - uneven ground, slight step

  6. Stop 6: The Munger House - 2 steps, narrow doorway

  7. Stop 7: Ross Furniture Store

  8. Stop 8: Harness and Saddle Shop

  9. Stop 9: Baldwins Photographic Gallery

  10. Stop 10: Klentz Dressmaking and Millinery

  11. Stop 11: First Arkansas Valley Bank

  12. Stop 12: Jail - 1 very tall step

  13. Stop 13: General Store - 1 step

  14. Stop 14: Thomas Shaw Music Store

  15. Stop 15: Zimmerly Hardware - Exterior only

  16. Stop 16: Empire Hall

  17. Stop 17: Blood House and Orchard - 3 steps

  18. Stop 18: 1880 DeVore Farm - No hard surface

  19. Stop 19: DeVore Farm - Smith House interior

  20. Stop 20: Blacksmith Shop - uneven threshhold

  21. Stop 21: Marshal Office - 1 step

  22. Stop 22: Meat Market - 2 steps

  23. Stop 23: Scale House - 3 steps

  24. Stop 24: Arkansas Valley Grain Elevator - long steep ramp

  25. Stop 25: Wichita and Southwestern Rail Road Depot - step up to telegraph room

  26. Stop 26: Eagle Cornice Works in Depot storage

  27. Stop 27: Herb Area

  28. Stop 28: Wolf House - 2 steps, narrow doorway

  29. Stop 29: Livery Stable - uneven ground

  30. Stop 30: Texas Long Horn Cattle

  31. Stop 31: Masonic Hall - One step

  32. Stop 32: Turnverein Hall

  33. Stop 33: Southern Hotel

  34. Stop 34: Fritz Snitzler's Saloon

  35. Stop 35: J.P. Allen Drugstore - 2nd floor access stair way only

  36. Stop 36: Land Office - narrow doorway

  37. Stop 37: Law Office Exterior and Barber Shop

  38. Stop 38: Fechheimer's Dry Goods & Clothing

  39. Stop 39: The Wichita City Eagle and Print Shop

  40. Stop 40: Gill Mortuary

  41. Stop 41: Carpenter Shop

  42. Stop 42: School House

  43. Stop 43: McKenzie House - 2 steps and high threshold

  44. Stop 44: Story and a Half House - 1 step in front

  45. Stop 45: Murdock House - 2 step front - ramp on side to backdoor

  46. Stop 46: Hodge House - ramp and narrow doorway

  47. Stop 47: First Presbyterian Church

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