Editing Caney, Kansas (section)

==History==
Caney was founded in 1869.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_5zdAAQAAMAAJ | title=Biennial Report of the Board of Directors of the Kansas State Historical Society | publisher=Kansas State Printing Plant | author=Kansas State Historical Society | year=1916 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_5zdAAQAAMAAJ/page/n349 242]}}</ref> It was named from the [[Caney River]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=4506 | title=Profile for Caney, Kansas | publisher=[[ePodunk]] | access-date=16 June 2014}}</ref> The first post office in Caney was established in May 1870.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/page:1/county:MG/sort:date_established/direction:asc | title=Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 | publisher=Kansas Historical Society | access-date=16 June 2014}}</ref>

In 1887, the Missouri Pacific railroad was built through Caney, and in that same year, the town was incorporated.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_o8X5krq3fP8C | title=Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. | publisher=Standard Publishing Company | author=Blackmar, Frank Wilson | year=1912 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_o8X5krq3fP8C/page/n275 279]}}</ref> By 1905 the [[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway]] had also built through Caney. The two railroads served the city for much of the 19th century. Today only the former ATSF tracks remain, currently operated by the [[South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad]].

Caney has long been associated with the [[petroleum]] industry in Kansas. In 1906, a major [[oil well fire|gas well fire]] took place in this area. In 1909, Caney became the site of the original [[Kanotex Refining Company]].<ref>{{cite web |author= Staff |url= http://kensas.kdhe.state.ks.us/pls/certop/Iop?id=C306372068 |title= Identified Sites List Information: Former Kanotex Refinery (Caney) |publisher= Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Bureau of Environmental Remediation |access-date= May 5, 2012}}</ref> Currently, [[Coffeyville Resources|CVR Energy]]'s [[oil pipeline|pipeline]] system can transport up to 145,000 barrels/day of [[crude oil]] from Caney to that company's [[oil refinery|refinery]] in [[Coffeyville, Kansas]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/companyProfile?rpc=66&symbol=CVI|title=CVR Energy Inc. (stock symbol: CVI on New York Consolidated)|work=Reuters|access-date=2017-07-02|archive-date=2017-04-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406201408/http://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/companyProfile?symbol=CVI&rpc=66|url-status=dead}}</ref>

{{blockquote|Caney Kansas: "A March attempt to cover the huge burning gas well six miles from here with a great iron hood upon which a week of preparation had been spent was made last night and failed. The hood with its attached pipes and weights weighing more than 35 tons was thrust aside, bent and broken by the mighty rush of gas and flames. The cap was placed partly over the stream of fire only after strenuous efforts and at great hardship to the men, the intensity from the heat slowing the effort; the gas spouted from the well with renewed force expelling rocks and shooting a flame over 150 feet into the air. Several thousand spectators drawn by the unusual spectacle came to Caney from all directions, the railways running in excursion trains. The well has now been burning for 15 days and millions of feet of gas have been burned."|Van Wert Daily Bulletin, [[Van Wert, Ohio]], March 12, 1906<ref>{{cite news|title=Kansas Gasser Still Burns
|publisher=Van Wert Daily Bulletin|date=March 12, 1906|page=1}}</ref>}}