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Prehistory and exploration. The site at the confluence of the Arkansas and Little Arkansas Rivers has served as a trading center and meeting place for nomadic hunting people for at least 11,000 years. [1] Human habitation in the Wichita area has been dated, in archeological digs, as far back as 3,000 B.C. [2]
The Dart Manufacturing Corporation was founded in Columbus, Ohio, by Monocoupe dealer Knight K. Culver and Al Mooney to purchase the rights to the Mooney-designed Monosport G from the defunct Lambert Aircraft Corporation. [1] The company was renamed the Culver Aircraft Company in 1939. In December 1939, Culver produced the Culver Model L, later ...
Joyland Amusement Park was an amusement park in Wichita, Kansas, United States. It was in continuous operation from 1949 to 2004, standing vacant for two years before closing permanently in 2006. [1] It was once the largest theme park in central Kansas and featured a wooden roller coaster as well as 15 other rides.
Jaxson Chase Dart (born May 13, 2003) is an American football quarterback for the Ole Miss Rebels. Dart attended and played high school football at Corner Canyon High School in Draper, Utah . He began his college football career at USC in 2021, transferring to Ole Miss the following season.
This week’s featured restaurant, Hickory House, opened in Wichita in 1950. From the 1950s through the 1970s in Wichita, fine dining was found at Hickory House at 1625 E. Central, just south of I ...
Maize, Kansas. / 37.77917°N 97.46722°W / 37.77917; -97.46722. Maize is a city in Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States, [1] and a suburb of Wichita. [5] As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 5,735. [3] [4] The name Maize, derived from a Native American word for "corn", was so named because it is located within the ...
Geography. College Hill is located at 37°41′13″N 97°17′22″W (37.686944, -97.289444) at an elevation of 1,360 feet (410 m). [4] It comprises the area between Central Avenue to the north and U.S. Route 54 to the south and between Hillside Street to the west and Oliver Avenue to the east.
Downtown Wichita is the central business district, government and social core of the Wichita metropolitan area, in the U.S. state of Kansas.It is home to several of the area's major landmarks and event venues including the Epic Center, Century II Performing Arts & Convention Center, Intrust Bank Arena, Riverfront Stadium, Keeper of the Plains sculpture, the Old Town entertainment district, and ...