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The Heritage Days festival is coming up Sunday at the Land Rush Museum.
It is a nice little festival that has only been going on for a few years.

It is doing much better. We went to the first one. They have come a long way since then.

Along with the chamber, they are releasing clues each day in the paper. If you can find the picture that is described in the paper, you may call the chamber and that will get you entered in a drawing for a nice prize.

That is a nice idea. I do want to tweak with them on one point. The first clue pointed to the "oldest continuous operating business in Arkansas City."
Well, the Traveler is the oldest business in town, dating back to even before Arkansas City was incorporated. The Traveler is almost a year older than Arkansas City itself.

They were counting Bryants Hardware as the oldest. They did change the wording to the oldest "retail" business.

Even though they were not exactly right in their history, I still think its a good idea what they are doing.

They are trying to do something and that is what we need.

Their timing is not the best with the Walnut Valley Festival going on this weekend, but still, the heritage days festival is a worthwhile venture.