Anyways, this week will be the Walnut Valley Festival. This is my favorite event around here, even if it is in Winfield. :) While I think the rivalry between the towns is basically a good thing, It has no relevance when it comes to music.
I am sure there is some impact on Ark City. There are about 15000 additional people in Winfield this week, so there is bound to be some spillover. I know a lot of people here in town will be going over there. What are your thoughts on the Walnut Valley Festival? Why do you go, or why do you not go?
I will be there as much as possible and will post photos. Send in your walnut valley experiences..
Other stuff
Coming up real soon is the anniversary of the "real" Landrush, the one held in Arkansas City that opened the Oklahoma Territory to white settlers in 1893 - yet another theft from Indians. But ... it is atrocious that we do not have anything planned. Not even the Mayor signing a proclamation or anything.
How ridiculous is that?
Thursday at noon would be the anniversary.. Anyone want to meet and mark the day ?
There were seven landrushes .. here is a list of them from wikipedia
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- April 22, 1889: Land run of 1889 took place at high noon and involved the settlement of the Unassigned Lands (most of modern day Canadian, Cleveland, Kingfisher, Logan, Oklahoma, and Payne counties).
- September 22, 1891: Land run to settle Iowa, Sac and Fox, Potawatomi, and Shawnee lands.
- September 23, 1891: Land run to settle Tecumseh, the pre-designated location of the county seat of County B, later renamed as Pottawatomie County.
- September 28, 1891: Land run to settle Chandler, the pre-designated location of the county seat of County A, later renamed as Lincoln County.
- April 19, 1892: Land run to settle the Cheyenne and Arapaho lands.
- September 16, 1893: Cherokee Strip Land Run. The Run of the Cherokee Strip opened nearly 7,000,000 acres (28,000 km²) to settlement on September 16, 1893. The land was purchased from the Cherokees for $7,000,000. It was largest land run in United States history.
- May 23, 1895: Land run to settle the Kickapoo lands.
"...yet another theft from Indians."
ReplyDeletePlease get your facts straight. The indians were conquered in war. The spoils go to the winners. No matter how your heart bleeds for the losers, that's just the way it has always been throughout history.
"...yet another theft from Indians."
ReplyDeleteWell they are getting their revenge through the Casinos! :-)
AND
That Stampede is everyday all day/night long!
Don't get in their way - You might get run over!
...and we are still paying for it. How many other conquerors do you think paid the people who's land they took for the next 300 years?
ReplyDeleteHey guys, you're missing the point of the blog. That was just one comment i made ... there was a larger point there. :)
ReplyDelete"What are your thoughts on the Walnut Valley Festival? Why do you go, or why do you not go?"
ReplyDeleteYah, it is interesting how you can write bunches and people only seize on one thing... eh?
I think most of the 15,000 you mentioned are from somewhere else. Only a fraction of the locals go there. I know I don't, er..wouldn't.
Kind of like Arkalalah...mostly attended by out of towners.
Didnt realize arkalalah was mostly attended by out of towners..
ReplyDeleteMost of the people at the walnut valley are not from here, this is true. I know several people from AC who do go there.
It is a great event.
Kind of like when I lived on the beach. I knew people who lived there but never went to the beach ....
Not sure when these inhabitants of the ?United States of America would EVER admit wrong doing.
ReplyDeleteIt's why I understand George Bush' popularity. It's why I cannot understand the antipathy towards Bill Clinton.
Everyone in this nation argues their correctness no matter what reality says. In what war were the Indians conquered? Then another person asserts they were paid and have been getting paid? This is all mindless drivel.
But, please do take the time to tell me how right you are!