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Following the incorporation of the city in 1870, rapid immigration resulted in a land boom involving speculation into the late 1880s. Wichita annexed Delano in 1880. By 1890, Wichita had become the third-largest city in the state (behind Kansas City and Topeka), with a population of nearly 24,000. After the boom the city suffered from 15 years ...
GNIS ID. 473862 [3] Website. wichita.gov. Wichita ( / ˈwɪtʃɪtɔː / WITCH-ih-taw) [10] is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Sedgwick County. [3] As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 397,532. [5] [6] The Wichita metro area had a population of 647,610 in 2020. [8]
1865 - Treaty of Little Arkansas. 1868 - James R. Mead established another trading post. 1870 - City of Wichita incorporated in Sedgwick County, Kansas. [1] 1872. Santa Fe Railway built. [2] The Wichita Eagle and The Wichita Daily Beacon newspapers begins publication.
1974. The Keeper of the Plains is a 13.4 metres (44 ft) Cor-Ten steel sculpture by Kiowa - Comanche artist Blackbear Bosin. It stands at the confluence of the Arkansas and Little Arkansas rivers in Wichita, Kansas, adjacent to the Mid-America All-Indian Center. Surrounding the base of the statue are multiple displays which describe the local ...
Old Cowtown Museum is an accredited history museum located in Wichita, Kansas, United States.It is located next to the Arkansas River in central Wichita. The Museum was established in 1952, and is one of the oldest open-air history museums in central United States with 54 historic and re-created buildings, including a period farm and out-buildings, situated on 23 acres of land off the original ...
10,000-9000 BCE: First evidence of human beings in Kansas; 1450: Wichita people founded the historical city of Etzanoa, near the modern day Arkansas City. 1500–1800: Proto-historic indigenous peoples in Kansas include the Pawnee, Kansa, Wichita, and Apache. 1541: Francisco Vásquez de Coronado, the Spanish conquistador, visits Kansas.
The Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum is a non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization dedicated to preserving and presenting the local history of Wichita and Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States. It is located at 204 South Main (southeast of the corner of Main and William streets), and east of the former Wichita Public Library .
During the 1970s, the city's population grew by only 1%, but the growth rate accelerated in the following two decades to more than 13% in the 1990s. The growth among minorities is still strong. In terms of population, Wichita is the largest city in Kansas and the 49th largest city in the United States. 2020 census