ARKANSAS

See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

CITY  , a city of Cowley county, Kansas, U.S.A., situated near the S. boundary of the state, in the fork of the Arkansas and Walnut rivers . Pop . (189o) 8347; (1900) 6140, of whom 302 were negroes; (1905) 7634; (1910) 7508 . The city is served by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, the Missouri Pacific, the St Louis & San Francisco, the Midland Valley and the Kansas South-Western railways . To the south is the Chilocco Indian school (in Key county, Oklahoma), established by the U.S. government in 1884 . A canal joining the Arkansas and Walnut rivers furnishes good water power . The manufactories include flour mills, packing establishments, a creamery and a paint factory . The city is situated in the midst of a rich agricultural, region and is a supply centre for southern Kansas and Oklahoma, with large jobbing interests . The municipality owns and operates the water-works . Arkansas City, first known as Creswell, was settled in 187o, was chartered as a city under its present name in 1872 and was rechartered in 1880 .