An evening benefit complete with dinner, live music, raffles, a live auction and an original interactive mystery play will entertain supporters of Old Cowtown Museum. Cowtown Museum is one of the oldest museums in the Midwest, offering a unique and engaging experience to learn through living history in a re-created Kansas cattle town. Historic Wichita-Sedgwick County, Inc., is a non-profit organization which relies on fundraising to support the preservation of the collection, artifacts and stories of our past entrusted to it and for the continued combination of education and entertainment provided in the living history environment of Cowtown Museum. Join your family and friends at Calamity at Cowtown for a fun-filled evening to benefit an American treasure.

Calamity at Cowtown began in 2002 and has continued to grow and improve with each event. This year's Annual Calamity at Cowtown will be held on Saturday, Oct. 18th, 2008 beginning at 6:00 PM for cocktails. We will be back in Cowtown this year, and will be incorporating the buildings into this year's mystery event, "A Haunting at Southern Hotel" by Eileen Moushey, is produced by special arrangement with Mysteries by Moushey, Inc.!! Directed by Dana Womack and performed by the "Cowtown Volunteer Ensemble Cast". You won't want to miss out!! For sponsorship information click here!! Calamity at Cowtown 2008

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Conductor Samuel A. Lane made it his personal quest to solve the murder of Jeb Taylor, the local hotel keeper, that involved the passengers on his train, but he failed. He investigated for years and even followed suspects across the country, but he eventually went to his grave knowing that he had failed. There have been numerous "sightings" of a strangely dressed man in Cowtown. He disappeared as soon as he was approached, but was seen by too many to be disregarded. Obviously, Cowtown is haunted.

The challenge of those who attend this year's Calamity is to meet and talk to the spirits of those who were at the Southern Hotel on that fateful evening. Using what they learn, these historical detectives will determine who the murderer is and the winning group will all win prizes. Only then will the ghost of Jeb Taylor be allowed his final reward. Tickets available soon.