http://cherokeestripmuseum.forumotion.com/military-history-of-cowley-county-f12/-t1.htm Tue, 15 Sep 2009 05:57:33 GMT 10 http://illiweb.com/fa/empty.gif http://cherokeestripmuseum.forumotion.com/military-history-of-cowley-county-f12/-t1.htm http://cherokeestripmuseum.forumotion.com/military-history-of-cowley-county-f12/american-legion-t127.htm bluebird We found the American Legion Post 18 started 1919,just after WWI. bluebird Military History of Cowley County Tue, 15 Sep 2009 05:57:33 GMT http://cherokeestripmuseum.forumotion.com/military-history-of-cowley-county-f12/american-legion-t127.htm#227 http://cherokeestripmuseum.forumotion.com/military-history-of-cowley-county-f12/american-legion-t127.htm http://cherokeestripmuseum.forumotion.com/military-history-of-cowley-county-f12/heathers-book-t115.htm bluebird A book can be found at the Cherokee Strip Land Rush museum Arkansas City,ks. Bluebird ]]> Military History of Cowley County Sun, 30 Aug 2009 19:26:23 GMT http://cherokeestripmuseum.forumotion.com/military-history-of-cowley-county-f12/heathers-book-t115.htm#213 http://cherokeestripmuseum.forumotion.com/military-history-of-cowley-county-f12/heathers-book-t115.htm http://cherokeestripmuseum.forumotion.com/military-history-of-cowley-county-f12/strother-field-t114.htm bluebird Strother Field was planned for an airport for the county owned by Winfield and Arkansas City. While construction was starting the U.S. Army Air Force wanted it for training cadets. That was April 1942 and the first class of Cadets started training Dec.1942. Buildings were built for the hangars and living quarters for the Cadets. July 1944,the field was transferred to Second Air Force for advanced Fighter Pilot Training. Oct. 1945 , the military turned it back to Winfield and Arkansas ... Military History of Cowley County Sun, 30 Aug 2009 18:52:21 GMT http://cherokeestripmuseum.forumotion.com/military-history-of-cowley-county-f12/strother-field-t114.htm#212 http://cherokeestripmuseum.forumotion.com/military-history-of-cowley-county-f12/strother-field-t114.htm http://cherokeestripmuseum.forumotion.com/military-history-of-cowley-county-f12/cowley-named-t39.htm bluebird In 1854 Congress established the Kansas Territory, and the area was divided into counties. The land north of the “Cherokee Strip” was first called Hunter County. On March 3, 1867, the Kansas Legislature subdivided the unorganized Hunter and Irving Counties, and this immediate area became Cowley County, named for First Lt. Matthew Cowley, a member of Company I of the Ninth Kansas Cavalry, who was killed in service in 1864 at Little Rock, Arkansas. Taken from In This We Glory, 2nd ... Military History of Cowley County Mon, 13 Jul 2009 02:50:08 GMT http://cherokeestripmuseum.forumotion.com/military-history-of-cowley-county-f12/cowley-named-t39.htm#64 http://cherokeestripmuseum.forumotion.com/military-history-of-cowley-county-f12/cowley-named-t39.htm