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Wichita, Kansas - True West Magazine

True West Magazine The once wild and woolly cowtown still celebrates its Old West heritage.  The arrival of the railroad in 1872 transformed this trading post settlement on the Arkansas River into a cowtown, a destination for cattle driven north on the Chisholm Trail. The Texas drovers brought trouble, and trouble brought a young lawman named Wyatt Earp. He did fine work until his temper won out and he used his fists to beat the socks off a candidate for city marshal. Founded in 1868 near the confluence of the Little Arkansas and Arkansas rivers, the frontier outpost of Wichita quickly became a trailhead for Texas cattlemen and their herds of longhorns when the AT&SF Railroad arrived in 1872.

Wichita to close some city facilities to conserve energy

·         All Wichita Public Library locations, which will also close by 6 p.m. this evening ·         All aesthetic lights that do not impact the safety of pedestrian and motorists, including spotlights on City hall and in Old Town The operations at these facilities are expected to resume with normal hours on Thursday, but they could be extended if energy companies ask for more reductions. Temperatures at most other occupied city facilities have been set at 67-68 degrees.  

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