WICHITA  , a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city and the See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county-seat of See also:

• SEDGWICK, ADAM (1785-1873)
• SEDGWICK, JOHN (1813–1864)

Sedgwick county, See also:

• KANSAS (known as the Sunflower State ")

Kansas, U.S.A., on the See also:

• ARKANSAS

Arkansas See also:

• RIVER

river, at the mouth of the Little Arkansas, 208 m . (by See also:

• RAIL

rail) S.W. of Kansas City . Pop . (188o) 4911; (189o) 23,853; (1900) 24,671, of whom 1447 were See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born and 1389 were negroes; (1910 See also:

• CENSUS (from Lat. censere, to estimate or assess; connected by some with centum, i.e. a count by hundreds)

census), 52,450 . See also:

• AREA

Area, 18.75 sq. m . Wichita is served by the See also:

• ATCHISON

Atchison, See also:

• TOPEKA

Topeka & See also:

• SANTA

Santa Fe, the See also:

• CHICAGO
• CHICAGO, UNIVERSITY OF

Chicago, See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

Rock See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

Island & Pacific, the See also:

• MISSOURI

Missouri Pacific, the St See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis & See also:

• SAN

San Francisco, and the Kansas City, See also:

• MEXICO
• MEXICO (Span. Mejico, or Mexico,)
• MEXICO, FEDERAL DISTRICT OF
• MEXICO, GULF OF

Mexico & Orient See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways . The site of the city is level, about 1300 ft. above the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea . The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal public buildings are the Federal See also:

• BUILDING

building, the city See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

hall, the county See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house, a Y.M.C.A. building, an auditorium and exposition hall and a Masonic See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

Temple . In Wichita are Fairmount See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College (Congregational; co-educational; organized as a preparatory school in 1892 and as a college in 1895); See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

Friends' University (Society of Friends; co-educational; 1898); and See also:

• MOUNT, WILLIAM SIDNEY (1807-1868)

Mount See also:

• CARMEL

Carmel See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy and the See also:

• PRO

Pro-See also:

• CATHEDRAL

Cathedral School (both See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic) . Among the city's parks (area in 1909, 325 acres) is one (See also:

• RIVERSIDE

Riverside) of 146 acres . The city is supplied with natural See also:

• GAS

gas . Wichita is a transportation centre for the See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich agricultural region surrounding it, and is an important See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market for See also:

• BROOM

broom-See also:

• CORN (a common Teutonic word; cf. Lat. granum, seed, grain)
• CORN (fromm Lat. corms, horn)

corn .

In 1905 it ranked third among the cities of the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state in value of its factory product ($7,389,844) . The principal See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry is slaughtering and See also:

• MEAT

meat-packing . The Kansas City, Mexico & Orient railway has See also:

• CAR (Late Lat. carra)

car-shops here . Wichita, named from an See also:

• INDIAN

Indian tribe, was settled in 1870, and was chartered as a city in 1871 . In 1909 the city adopted by popular See also:

• VOTE

vote See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government by See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission under a 'state See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law of 1907 providing for a See also:

• MAYOR (Lat. major, greater)
• MAYOR, JOHN EYTON BICKERSTETH (1825– )

mayor and four commissioners,heads of the executive, See also:

• FINANCE

finance, streets and public improvements, parks, public buildings and See also:

• HEALTH

health, and See also:

• WATER

water and See also:

• LIGHTS, CEREMONIAL USE OF

lights departments, all elected for two years and nominated by See also:

• PRIMARY

primary See also:

• ELECTION
• ELECTION (from Lat. eligere, to pick out)

election or by See also:

• PETITION (Lat. for " seeking " or " praying ")

petition signed by at least 25 voters .