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Book History of Wichita and Sedgwick County  Kansas

Download or read book History of Wichita and Sedgwick County Kansas written by Orsemus Hills Bentley and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 1020 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book History of Wichita and Sedgwick County  Kansas

Download or read book History of Wichita and Sedgwick County Kansas written by Orsemus Hills Bentley and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book History of Wichita and Sedgwick County  Kansas

Download or read book History of Wichita and Sedgwick County Kansas written by Orsemus Hills Bentley and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 933 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book History of Wichita and Sedgwick County  Kansas

Download or read book History of Wichita and Sedgwick County Kansas written by Bentley Orsemus Hills and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book History of Wichita and Sedgwick County  Kansas  Past and Present  Including an Account of the Cities  Towns and Villages of the County   Scholar s Choice Edition

Download or read book History of Wichita and Sedgwick County Kansas Past and Present Including an Account of the Cities Towns and Villages of the County Scholar s Choice Edition written by O. h. Bentley and published by . This book was released on 2015-02-20 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Book History of Wichita and Sedgwick County  Kansas  Past and Present   Scholar s Choice Edition

Download or read book History of Wichita and Sedgwick County Kansas Past and Present Scholar s Choice Edition written by C. F. Cooper and published by . This book was released on 2015-02-19 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Book History of Wichita and Sedgwick County  Kansas  Past and Present  Including an Account of the Cities  Towns and Villages of the County  Volume 1

Download or read book History of Wichita and Sedgwick County Kansas Past and Present Including an Account of the Cities Towns and Villages of the County Volume 1 written by O. H. Bentley and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Book History of Wichita and Sedgwick County  Kansas  Past and Present

Download or read book History of Wichita and Sedgwick County Kansas Past and Present written by C. F. Cooper and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2019-03-11 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Book History of Wichita and Sedgwick County  Kansas  Vol  2

Download or read book History of Wichita and Sedgwick County Kansas Vol 2 written by O. H. Bentley and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-03 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from History of Wichita and Sedgwick County, Kansas, Vol. 2: Past and Present, Including an Account of the Cities, Towns and Villages of the County The New Auditorium. 157 St. Francis avenue; seating capac ity, J. A. Wolfe, manager. Crawford Theater. 201 - 205 South Topeka avenue; E. L. Mart ling, manager. Elite Theater. 409 East Douglas; seating capacity, 400; F. A. Beal, manager. Marple Theater. 421. East Douglas avenue; seating capacity, 650; W. H. Marple, manager. The Novelty Theater. 408 East Douglas avenue; Frank Gar rety, proprietor. Orpheum Theater (vaudeville). 119-123 North Topeka ave nue; Mrs. Mary Waterbury, proprietor; E. G. Olson, manager. The Princess Theater (vaudeville). 115 South Lawrence ave nue; seating capacity, L. M. Miller, manager. Yale Theater. 504 East Douglas avenue; vaudeville and mov ing pictures; seating capacity, 350; Fells Hamilton, managers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Book Midwest Maize

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  • Author : Cynthia Clampitt
  • Publisher : University of Illinois Press
  • Release : 2015-02-28
  • ISBN : 0252096878
  • Pages : 305 pages

Download or read book Midwest Maize written by Cynthia Clampitt and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2015-02-28 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Food historian Cynthia Clampitt pens the epic story of what happened when Mesoamerican farmers bred a nondescript grass into a staff of life so prolific, so protean, that it represents nothing less than one of humankind's greatest achievements. Blending history with expert reportage, she traces the disparate threads that have woven corn into the fabric of our diet, politics, economy, science, and cuisine. At the same time she explores its future as a source of energy and the foundation of seemingly limitless green technologies. The result is a bourbon-to-biofuels portrait of the astonishing plant that sustains the world.

Book Wichita  1860 1930

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  • Author : Jay M. Price
  • Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
  • Release : 2003
  • ISBN : 9780738523170
  • Pages : 132 pages

Download or read book Wichita 1860 1930 written by Jay M. Price and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wichita, Kansas, has grown significantly since the mid-19th century, when a group of pioneering entrepreneurs arrived to build on the trading and hunting activities of the Osage and Wichita peoples. Those early days of commerce gave way to Coleman, Cessna, and other companies whose influence helped shape the city's development. From the Texas cowboys who ran the cattle drives to Lebanese merchants, the population of the city has been as diverse and as dynamic as its companies. This visual history of early Wichita showcases the colorful landmarks, people, and businesses that built the bustling city on the Arkansas River.

Book History of Kansas State and People

Download or read book History of Kansas State and People written by William Elsey Connelley and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Wichita

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  • Release : 2019-09-03
  • ISBN : 9780981518206
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book Wichita written by and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-03 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book commemorates Wichita's role as Air Capital of the World. It takes readers from the early birds and barnstormers to the pioneers and entrepreneurs who established dozens of aircraft and associated factories in the 1920s. The story continues with the founding of Cessna, Beechcraft and Stearman (which became Boeing Wichita, then Spirit AeroSystems) and the massive build-up during World War II. Robust post-war growth got another boost when Bill Lear came to town and launched the business jet revolution with his Learjet. Today Wichita remains at the center of global aviation design and manufacturing with Textron Aviation, Spirit AeroSystems, Bombardier Learjet, Airbus and many dozens of smaller aviation manufacturers, suppliers and support organizations.What made Wichita the Air Capital? Flat prairies resembled one enormous landing field. Southwesterly winds added extra thrust to get and stay aloft. Farming and small manufacturing provided a legion of imaginative, industrious problem-solvers. Local boosters latched onto and promoted anything that flew. The city's central location provided an ideal refueling stop for coast-to-coast airmail routes. And oil generated a class of savvy, starry-eyed entrepreneurs who both used aircraft and had money to invest. Wichita brought it all together. The people. The promise. The planes.On Sept. 2, 1911, Albin Longren became the first person to build and fly an airplane in Kansas. His pusher-type biplane lifted off from a hayfield with a four-gallon gas tank and "flight instruments" that consisted of a pocket watch and barometer. The first plane built in Wichita rolled out of production in 1917, when Clyde Cessna assembled his Comet. Wichita's first commercial aircraft, the Swallow, came from the E.M. Laird Airplane Co. in 1920. By 1928, Wichita was general aviation's manufacturing grand central, producing 120 airplanes a week - a quarter of all U.S. output. A Chamber of Commerce Air Capital logo contest celebrated the city's 16 aircraft manufacturers, six aircraft engine factories, 11 airports and dozen flying schools. Wichita produces more airplanes - almost 300,000 to date - and offers more skilled aviation workers than any other city. Aviation forms Wichita's heritage and future.

Book History of the State of Kansas

Download or read book History of the State of Kansas written by Alfred Theodore Andreas and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 838 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Dissent in Wichita

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  • Author : Gretchen Cassel Eick
  • Publisher : University of Illinois Press
  • Release : 2023-12-11
  • ISBN : 0252047028
  • Pages : 356 pages

Download or read book Dissent in Wichita written by Gretchen Cassel Eick and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2023-12-11 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Richard L. Wentworth Prize in American History, Byron Caldwell Smith Book Prize, and the William Rockhill Nelson Award On a hot summer evening in 1958, a group of African American students in Wichita, Kansas, quietly entered Dockum's Drug Store and sat down at the whites-only lunch counter. This was the beginning of the first sustained, successful student sit-in of the modern civil rights movement, instigated in violation of the national NAACP's instructions. Dissent in Wichita traces the contours of race relations and black activism in this unexpected locus of the civil rights movement. Based on interviews with more than eighty participants in and observers of Wichita's civil rights struggles, this powerful study hones in on the work of black and white local activists, setting their efforts in the context of anticommunism, FBI operations against black nationalists, and the civil rights policies of administrations from Eisenhower through Nixon. Through her close study of events in Wichita, Eick reveals the civil rights movement as a national, not a southern, phenomenon. She focuses particularly on Chester I. Lewis, Jr., a key figure in the local as well as the national NAACP. Lewis initiated one of the earliest investigations of de facto school desegregation by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare and successfully challenged employment discrimination in the nation's largest aircraft industries. Dissent in Wichita offers a moving account of the efforts of Lewis, Vivian Parks, Anna Jane Michener, and other courageous individuals to fight segregation and discrimination in employment, public accommodations, housing, and schools. This volume also offers the first extended examination of the Young Turks, a radical movement to democratize and broaden the agenda of the NAACP for which Lewis provided critical leadership. Through a close study of personalities and local politics in Wichita over two decades, Eick demonstrates how the tenor of black activism and white response changed as economic disparities increased and divisions within the black community intensified. Her analysis, enriched by the words and experiences of men and women who were there, offers new insights into the civil rights movement as a whole and into the complex interplay between local and national events.

Book History of Wichita County  Kansas

Download or read book History of Wichita County Kansas written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: