Coffeyville, Kansas Industry

Amazon.com Coffeyville, Kansas: Walter P. Johnson Campground

We are staying in Walter P. Johnson City Park Campground in Coffeyville, Kansas. I would suggest this campground to anyone passing through the area. You can easily find this City Park if you are traveling through Coffeyville on US 166 or US 169 you will pass right by the Park. There is a big Steam Locomotive on the east side of town around the intersection of 4th or 5th streets. That is the entrance to the Park. Or you can turn east on 8th street and find the Campground. They advertise $8 a night for water & elect ---- FHU is $12. There is a free dump along Park Avenue near the arena and across from the playground.

Agriculture, specifically corn and soy beans are a major component of the economy around Coffeyville

Soybean field ready for harvest. This is a major part of the economy of Coffeyville.

Delivering soy beans to market near Coffeyville, Kansas

This truck was unloading soy beans.

Soybean harvest in Coffeyville, Kansas

This is one of the harvesters that are harvesting soy beans in the area.

Elk City State Park near Independence, Kansas

Joyce took this picture of the lake that has flooded some of the campsites at Elk City State Park located a few miles west of Independence, Kansas. Many of the Workampers at Amazon.com are staying in this state park. The campsites here are nice, very nice, we opted to stay in Coffeyville since this is a 18-mile drive to work where as the campground in Coffeyville is a 5-mile drive to work. That made a difference since we were traveling home from work at 3:30am.

Limestone mine or is limestone quarry near Independence, Kansas

Near the entrance to Elk City State Park is a limestone quarry or mine. We stopped to get a picture of this truck heading to the rock crusher with a load of limestone.

Amazon.com building in Coffeyville, Kansas

This picture shows a "part" of the Amazon.com building we work in. To say it is a BIG building would be an understatement. Inside they have 33-miles of conveyor belts. There is a mile-long walking lane around and through the building that is used by "pickers" who are retrieving items from inventory that have been ordered. Those folks walk 15-miles or more per-shift. If you want to get paid to loose weight this is the job for you.

Soy beans and corn make up much of the industry around Coffeyville, Kansas

Soy beans, what more can I say.....they are a large part of Coffeyville's economy.

Here are some of our other Kansas Travel Adventures:

Flint Hills Scenic Byway, & Council Grove ** Kansas Wheat fields ** Salt mine tour in Hutchison-Over 600' underground

Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve in the Flint Hills of Kansas ** Santa Fe Trail through south-central Kansas

The world's bread basket ** Lyons, Kansas Underground Salt mine ** Post Rock Fences of Kansas

Grain Elevators of Kansas ** Limestone Buildings of Kansas ** Kansas Grazing land ** Quintessential Kansas

Grain Transporting Equipment ** Wilson & Russell Kansas ** Wilson Reservoir ** Kansas ** Coffeyville

Harvesting Grain in Kansas ** Kansas Pontoon Boat "Happy Hooker" ** Kansas Countryside ** Kansas Soy Beans

Typical Kansas ** Old Native Limestone Churches of the open plains ** Brown Mansion in Coffeyville, Kansas

Little House on the Prairie Historic Site near Coffeyville, Kansas ** Soy Bean Harvest in southeast Kansas

Fall in Coffeyville, Kansas ** Southeast Kansas ** Coffeyville, Kansas Industry ** Dalton Gang