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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.
TBT games returning to Wichita this summer kake.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kake.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Save Century II loses in bid at state Legislature to protect Wichita buildings Dion Lefler, The Wichita Eagle
Feb. 24 After a lengthy hearing in Topeka, the state Legislature won t be taking action to save Century II and the former Wichita downtown library.
The Save Century II group argued their case for state intervention before the House Local Government Committee.
Save Century II members Celeste Racette, John Todd, Karl Peterjohn and Walt Chappell were asking lawmakers to require a binding public election before any decisions are made to tear down the historic buildings to replace them with a sweeping redevelopment of the Arkansas River front where they stand.
As Covid challenges local tourism, City Council allocates $2M for Visit Wichita in 2021 bizjournals.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from bizjournals.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.