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
