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In 1854, the Kansas Territory was organized, then in 1861 Kansas became the 34th U.S. state. In 1867, McPherson County was founded. In 1873, what eventually would become Marquette began on the banks of the Smoky Hill River with a flour mill.
Images of the Wichita flag (or flag items) have been shared from multiple states, countries, and continents. [2] Local retail stores and organizations now carry Wichita flag merchandise ranging from socks to skateboards. [2] Elements of the Wichita flag are now being included in numerous logos of Wichita-based businesses, events, and ...
The Kansas Territory was organized in 1854, and Kansas became the 34th U.S. state in 1861. In 1855, Marion County was established within the Kansas Territory and included present-day Goessel. [5] The year 1874 saw the first wave of an immigration of Plautdietsch-speaking Russian Mennonites to south-central Kansas. The move was an attempt to ...
Elkhart, circa 1905. Elkhart was founded in 1913, [4] and was named after Elkhart, Indiana. [5]Elkhart was the starting point of the Elkhart and Santa Fe Railway. [6] This line, both leased to and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, [7] was built in 1925 to Felt, Oklahoma, and extended into New Mexico in 1932; but, was abandoned in 1942.
Wichita is the principal city of the Wichita-Hutchinson, Kansas television market which consists of the western two-thirds of the state. [39] According to Nielsen , it is the 67th largest market in the country. [ 40 ]
Mount Sunflower, although not a true mountain, is the highest natural point in the U.S. state of Kansas. [1] At 4,039 feet (1,231 m), it is 3,300 feet (1,010 m) above the state's topographic low point, which lies on the opposite side of the state.
Oxford was founded in 1871 at the site of a former trading post. Oxford was incorporated as a city on October 17, 1879. [4] It was named after Oxford University, in England. [5]
The MS Mitch Mitchell Floodway, formerly the Wichita-Valley Center Floodway and known locally as “The Big Ditch”, is a canal in Wichita, Kansas, United States. [1] Built in the 1950s after a series of floods in the preceding decades, the Floodway diverts water from Chisholm Creek, the Little Arkansas River, and the Arkansas River to the west, around central Wichita, before emptying back ...