Photo Galleries

Margaret Mantz leaves the church in Cowtown after her wedding in 1955.

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Ken Mantz and his wife, Margaret, hold of picture of themselves shaking hands with movie star Joel McCrea during the couple's wedding in Cowtown in 1955.

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A Chisholm Trail Jubilee celebration in 1968.

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Three Girl Scouts peek inside a cabin believed to be the first one built on the Chisholm Trail. The cabin was moved to Cowtown in 1969.

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Children pet "Toby" the donkey at Cowtown in 1972. "Toby" and lived at Cowtown. He was never to be found without his companion "Tag Along" the goat.

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A stagecoach passes through Cowtown in 1977.

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Girl Scouts tie the maypole at Cowtown in 1982.

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School children attend class in the 1870s schoolhouse at Cowtown in 1987.

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From left, Roslyn Hoch, Carla Jones and Shawn Ailstieger entertained at Cowtown in 1982.

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Volunteer Shelly McClurg gazes out a window in the Cowtown schoolhouse in 1982.

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Children dance outside the Cowtown schoolhouse.

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A Cowtown Independence Day celebration in 1989.

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Avery Schoenwald, left, gives a drink of water to her little brother Jace, right, while sister Alyssa does the pumping at Cowtown in 1997.

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Anthony Horsch hangs a wreath on the Munger House in Cowtown before an Old Fashioned Christmas in 1996.

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Brian Corn / Eagle file photo

Melvine West, left, and her husband, Madison, play harmonicas during the Old Sedgwick County Fair at Cowtown in 1996.

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Gregory Hunt works with horses Tim and Barney at the Old Cowtown Museum in 2003.

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Jaime Oppenheimer / Eagle file photo

A worker prepares a sign in 2006.

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Longhorn cattle make their way through the streets of Old Cowtown Museum in 2006.

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Travis Heying / Eagle file photo

Karlina, Ron and Karyl Dodd added flavor to Cowtown in 1982.

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As part of the 1870s period at Cowtown, Wichita-area Girl Scouts do needlepoint and learn lessons of how it was to live in that period in 1994.

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Northwest High School student Mitch Diemer strums his guitar in the Drug Store window at the Old Sedgwick County Fair Education Day at Cowtown in 2001.

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Alexandra Bond, 8, is roped by Duane Nelson during the Multicultural Festival kickoff in 2003.

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Mike Henry, left, and Mike Duncan shoot from the roof of the Southern Hotel as they rehearse at Cowtown in 2004

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Gunfights and wagon rides are a few of the things that visitors to Cowtown could see in 2008.

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Travis Heying / Eagle file photo

Courtney Gunter found some shade to enjoy her shaved ice in 2005.

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A cat sits in front of buildings at Old Cowtown Museum in 2007. The feline is one of 16 cats at the museum.

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Jaime Oppenheimer / Eagle file photo

Girl Scout re-enactors Melissa Hartley, left, and Charlotte Myrtle carry a bucket and butter churn at Old Cowtown Museum in 2003

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Mike Hutmacher / Eagle file photo

Duane Wilson is a cowboy who made his residence at Old Cowtown Museum in 1998.

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Pam Robles, left, and Vicki Houk leave a trail of dead men as they rehearse their gunfight scene at Cowtown in 2003.

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Fernando Salazar / Eagle file photo

D'Ashlee Fox takes a ride on a sack swing at the Old Cowtown Museum in 2002.

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Jaime Oppenheimer / Eagle file photo

Farm workers Randy Jones, left, and Jason Ro Tramel drive cattle through Cowtown in a demonstration of the activities planned in 2006.

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Janine Turner, lead actress in the TV film "Stolen Women," is helped into a covered wagon before a scene is shot in Cowtown in 1996.

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Girl Scouts dressed in period costumes leave the schoolhouse at Cowtown in 1996.

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Michael Gaskins rehearses his gunfight scene at Cowtown in 2003.

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Fernando Salazar / Eagle file photo

Treye Banderslice, left, and Dillon Urban play checkers in the drug store at Cowtown in 2002

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Jeff Tuttle / Eagle file photo