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Wichita (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 37 41 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 37.6833 decimal degrees |
| Long: 097 20 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -97.3333 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located in S central Kansas on Arkansas river; was major cattle shipping point ca. 1870, then developed as center of aircraft industry after 1920. |
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Wichita (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded as trading post in 1864 on site of Wichita Indian village, was incorporated in 1871 |
| city (C) |
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| county seat (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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for aircraft manufacturing, chemicals & oil refining |
| manufacturing center (C) |
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for castings, precision tools, pharmaceuticals & printing plants |
| mill center (C) |
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for flour, with grain elevators for storage |
| shipping center (C) |
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for Chisolm Trail cattle drives spurred by 1872 arrival of Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway, deterred 1880 by fences |
| agricultural center (C) |
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for grain & stockyards |
| military center (C) |
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for McConnell Air Force Base |
| educational center (C) |
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for Wichita State University (1892), Friends University, Berean Christian College & Kansas Newman College |
| cow town (H) |
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for cattle drives on Chisholm trail to railhead in 1870s, drives began to be deterred by farmers' fencing beginning in 1875 |
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