KansasProgram - page 7

From “Cowtown” in the late 1800’s to “The Air Capital of the World” today... 
Wichita is the largest city in the state, and the 49th
largest in the US. The city began as a trading post on
the Chisholm Trail in the 1860s, then became a key
desƟnaƟon for caƩle drives traveling north from Texas
to access railroads - earning the nickname “Cowtown”.
In the 1920s and 1930s businessmen and aeronauƟcal
engineers established a number of successful aircraŌ
manufacturing companies in Wichita. The city trans-
formed into a hub of the US aircraŌ producƟon and
became known as “The Air Capital of the World.”
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Our town...
Things to do...
Locally: 
Sedgwick County Zoo 
Botanica: The Wichita Gardens 
The Keeper of the Plains 
Museum of World Treasures 
Old Cowtown Museum 
ExploraƟon Place 
Old Town 
Great Plains Nature Center 
Wichita Art Museum 
Sedgwick Park 
Statewide: 
Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center 
Boot Hill Museum 
Kansas State Capital 
Dwight D. Eisenhower Library  
                  and Museum 
Fort Larned NaƟonal Historic Site 
Monument Rocks, the Chalk Pyramids 
SchliƩerbahn Waterparks and Resorts 
Tallgrass Prairie NaƟonal Preserve
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