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2. Massive new furniture store opens in west Wichita - AOL

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   May 9, 2023 at 2:54 PM. The official opening date for the massive new Wichita Furniture & Mattress in the former Kmart space at 4200 W. Kellogg isn’t until May 16, but owner Jay Storey put an ...

3. Horton’s Furniture in Wichita to close after almost 80 years

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   After 78 years in business, Horton’s Furniture is closing. The business is known in part for the retro sign in front of its 55,000-square-foot showroom on West Kellogg between 119th and Maize Road.

4. James R. Mead (pioneer) - Wikipedia

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   James R. Mead (May 3, 1836 – March 31, 1910) was a plainsman, Kansas pioneer, one of the founders of Wichita, Kansas and state legislator. He was active in seeking to protect the rights of the Kansas Indian tribes. He aided in directing the cattle drives along the Chisholm Trail to the city. In 1871, he was instrumental in bringing the ...

5. History of Wichita, Kansas - Wikipedia

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   Darius Sales Munger House, built in 1868, is the oldest surviving building in Witchita. [3]Pioneer trader Jesse Chisholm, a half-white, half-Native American who was illiterate but who spoke multiple Native American languages, established a trading post at the site in the 1860s, and Chisholm traded cattle and goods with the Wichita tribe at points south along a trail from Wichita into present ...

6. Ethan Allen (company) - Wikipedia

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   The company was founded as a housewares manufacturer in 1932 by Theodore Baumritter and his brother-in-law Nathan S. Ancell. They bought a bankrupt furniture factory in Beecher Falls, Vermont in 1936 and adopted the name "Ethan Allen" for its early-American furniture introduced in 1939, after the Vermont Revolutionary War leader Ethan Allen.

7. Nebraska Furniture Mart - Wikipedia

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   Nebraska Furniture Mart. NFM (Nebraska Furniture Mart until 2019) is a home furnishing store in North America that sells furniture, flooring, appliances and electronics. It is the largest of its kind in North America. NFM was founded in 1937 by Belarus -born Rose Blumkin, who was known as Mrs. B., in Omaha, Nebraska, United States.