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===Upkeep===
Several church groups and civic organizations (including the Boy Scouts) have maintained the lettering over the years. Awhile back, some folks installed three crosses near the stonework that they have lit by kerosene certain times of the year. Passenger trains no longer travel in the area, although freight trains still use the tracks, which have been moved some. Motorists can see the lettering when traveling on the nearby US Hwy bypass, especially during the Autumn months. It was recalled by a local resident, Steve Jelf, that it was rebuilt thrice due to vandalism, the first two times it was located on the bluff along the east side of the Walnut River, facing town, and the third and present location is considerably closer to the tracks.
==News==
* ACDT 1893-7-17: "Arkansas City has a Y.M.C.A. organization again. A few days since a committee of five young men, Fred Horton, Dr. W.H. Stauffer, Charles Rarick, Art Cornish and E. Danley met and concluded to resume the Y.M.C.A. in this city again. Fred Horton was made chairman and Eugene Danley secretary. The committee has rented the rooms in the third story over the post office and they are now open. The Y.M.C.A. library is also open at the room."
* ACDN 1905-2-9: "The fire department answered an alarm this morning turned in at 7:47 o'clock from box 12 in the First ward. Responding, the blaze was found to be at the residence of Fred Horton, 324 North A street, but had been extinguished before the department reached there. The blaze was in a chimney that took occasion to burn out this morning, and Mr. Horton, by climbing on the roof and shoving snow down the chimney, extinguished the flames. The fire department boys had to use neither chemicals nor water. The damage amounted to nothing."
* ACDN 1911-3-18: "Mrs. Fred Horton and daughter Rachael left this morning for Topeka for a short visit with Mrs. John Hudson."
* ACDN 1911-5-30: "The Fortnightly Club had a delightful meeting at the club room in the Library building yesterday afternoon. It was guest day and many of the members availed themselves of the privilege of bringing a guest. The program was a good one. Excellent papers were given by Mrs. Thomas Baird and Mrs. W.F. Stubbs and Mrs. E.L. McDowell read a story in dialect by Paul Lawrence Dunbar. The music of the afternoon was especially enjoyed. Mrs. Horton, who is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Fred Horton, sang: 'If I Were A Rose'. Mrs. Fleming sang, 'Sing Me A Song Of The Sunny South', and the High School Orchestra played two numbers. The guests included Mrs. Allie Moore, Mrs. C.E. Spicklemeyer, Mrs. Fred Horton, Mrs. John Kroenert, Miss Margaret Henneberry, Mrs. Virginia Pottle, Miss Davenport, Mrs. Terwilliger, Miss Hodge, Mrs. Blount, Mrs. J.A. Bradfield of Kansas City, Mrs. C.S. Scruton, Mrs. W.B. Horton Of Galesburg, IL."
* Our Record
* ''Words in Season'': 1938
* Jack Dickson 2-28-2023; Steve Jelf 3-1-2023;
* Winfield Daily Free Press: 1915-2-17
* Arkansas City Daily News: 1905-2-9; 1911-3-18; 1911-5-30; 1911-6-10; 1913-3-5; 1913-3-11; 1920-8-17; 1922-8-2
* Arkansas City Tribune: 1929-7-4
* Arkansas City Daily Traveler: 1891-7-17
