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  Great Bend, Kansas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Great Bend is the largest city and county seat of Barton County, Kansas, United States.
The town was named after the Great Bend of the Arkansas River, a feature noted as early as the first days of the Santa Fe Trail.
Great Bend is served by one commercial airline at Great Bend Municipal Airport.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Great_Bend,_Kansas   (808 words)

  
 Great Bend Charters
Bald eagles, osprey, and great blue herons are commonly seen fishing along the shorelines on boat charters and tours on Hood Canal.
Great Bend Charters scenic boat tours on Lake Cushman offer stunning mountain vistas and crystal clear waters surrounded by dense evergreen forests that meet the waters edge.
Great Bend Charters scenic boat charters and tours on South Puget Sound offer the opportunity to visit state parks only accessible by boat.
www.greatbendcharters.com   (718 words)

  
 Great Bend Convention & Visitors Bureau ~ Great Bend, Kansas
We invite you to visit Great Bend, Kansas where you will find natural beauty, small-town charm, history, culture, and a wide variety of activities and attractions.
Great Bend is the perfect place for a meeting, a convention, a family reunion,
Great Bend has plenty to hotel rooms, a variety of restaurants, and all the services travelers need in a pleasing package.
www.visitgreatbend.com   (164 words)

  
 City of Great Bend
Contact Us Welcome to Great Bend, Kansas, the city that is "Open for Business." Take a stroll through our website, see what Great Bend has to offer.
There are picnic areas, a fishing lake, pedal boats/kayaks, waterfall features, lighted softball and baseball diamonds, tennis courts, horseshoe pits, a BMX bike park, one of the best skate board parks in Western and Central Kansas and our renowned local zoo.
Great Bend is located next to two of the world's most important wetlands;
www.greatbendks.net   (269 words)

  
 Barton County, KS
Organized in 1872.  County seat, Great Bend.  In honor of Miss Clara Barton, of Massachusetts, who won great distinction during the war for the Union by her remarkably effective philanthropic career in the sanitary department of the army.
The Special Collections of the Ablah Library at WSU contain historical images of Pawnee Rock, Great Bend, Albert, and Claflin.
Fort Zarah outside of Great Bend is now just a tiny roadside park with historical markers.
skyways.lib.ks.us /kansas/counties/BT/index.html   (396 words)

  
 Facts about Great Bend, Kansas
The first settler to file for land ownership in Great Bend township was Edward J. Dodge (26).
Also in 1875 Great Bend passed a law banning Texan cattle, because, as Cutler wrote in 1883, "the class of people that the cattle trade attracted to Great Bend, was that class of thugs and harlots that are a curse and a dread to every community." (37).
In Nov 1915, Great Bend was struck by a tornado.
members.cox.net /gbhsclass64/Tv_themes-mono/index.htm   (3419 words)

  
 www.gbtribune.com | Great Bend Tribune - Great Bend, Kansas
Graduates of the Great Bend Youth Academy unleash their Inner Earnhardt during the annual Youth Academy Reunion, Friday at Walnut Bowl.
Young people who have gotten involved in this community by participating in the city of Great Bend’s Youth Academy were treated to a morning of fun and games, Friday at the Walnut Bowl.
There was no school in Great Bend that day, and the city held its annual Youth Academy Reunion, treating Academy graduates to free Cosmic Bowling, miniature golf, video games and snacks.
www.gbtribune.com   (209 words)

  
 GBFD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Great Bend Fire/EMS has two staffed stations, and one unmaned station.
The Great Bend Fire Department is a full time department with a Chief, 24 shift personel, 1 Building Inspector, 1 Fire Inspector, 1 ambulance billing clerk, 1inspection services technician and 5 volunteers.
The department prvides Fire Protection, Rescue and Emergency Medical Service for the City of Great Bend and surrounding area.
www.greatbendks.net /meetthestaff/firedept.htm   (118 words)

  
 Great Bend, Kansas - brought to you by LASR - Leisure And Sport Review
The Santa Fe Trail brought oxen-pulled Conestoga wagons to the big bend of the Arkansas river (from which Great Bend was named) carrying people with a vision.
The Great Bend Town Company was organized in 1871.
Like the hub of a giant wagon wheel laid on the prairie, Great Bend's commerce attracted people from all around the area, including cowboys who brought cattle to ship out on the train.
www.lasr.net /pages/city.php?City_ID=KS0202005   (283 words)

  
 Great Bend — Infoplease.com
Gulf of Guinea - Guinea, Gulf of, large open arm of the Atlantic Ocean formed by the great bend of the coast of W...
Visit Bend, Oregon: head to this outdoorsy, laid-back mountain town for hiking, biking, fly fishing, and great summer events.(Weekending)...
Gila Bend, Arizona: on the road somewhere else.
www.infoplease.com /ce6/us/A0821653.html   (272 words)

  
 Great Bend, Kansas (KS) Detailed Profile - relocation, real estate, travel, jobs, hotels, hospitals, schools, crime
Great Bend, KS residents, houses, and apartments details
Great Bend, Kansas business data: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...
Great Bend-area historical tornado activity is near Kansas state average.
www.city-data.com /city/Great-Bend-Kansas.html   (1015 words)

  
 Great Bend Children's Clinic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
At The Great Bend Children’s Clinic, our kids grow with us.
At The Great Bend Children’s Clinic, we’ll be here for you from the day you take your baby home until the day you send them off to college.
So trust the experts at The Great Bend Children’s Clinic.
www.greatbendchildrensclinic.com   (88 words)

  
 Argonne Rebels Drum And Bugle Corps, Great Bend Kansas
The Argonne Rebels Drum and Bugle Corps was formed in Great Bend, Kansas, shortly after the end of WW II.
In August 1947, John Taff, a notable Great Bend, Ks, musician and Rev. Joseph Tockert, organized a drum and bugle corps for the St. Rose Catholic Boy and Girl Scouts.
Sandra Opie gave music lessons to several Great Bend youths, so they could be good enough to march with the Rebels.
members.cox.net /argonne_rebels   (1266 words)

  
 greatbend
  "Otto Standke, the Bird Man of Great Bend." 
"Great Bend Teens Gone Wild in Beer Bust."
Earl Woods, the first African-American to play baseball in the Big Seven played summer baseball for Great Bend's American Legion team Coached by Al Burns.  Earl is the father of Tiger Woods.
www.greatbend.homestead.com   (152 words)

  
 Great Bend Coop Assn.
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