Coffeyville
[key], city (2020 pop. 8,826), Montgomery co., SE Kans., on the Verdigris
River near the Okla. line, in a farm and oil area; inc. 1872. It is a
trading and distribution center with dairying, flour milling, manufacturing
(mostly machinery), and oil refining. With the coming of the railroad
(1870), Coffeyville grew as a cattle-shipping point. Oil and natural gas
were discovered in the area in 1902. The city was the scene (1892) of a
famous shoot-out with the notorious Dalton gang during an attempted bank
robbery. Of interest are the Dalton graves and the Dalton Museum.
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