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KCC was founded in 1924 by representatives of 40 local chambers of commerce, who met in Hutchinson, Kansas. The founders focused on improving the state's highways. Its initial name was the Kansas Association of Chambers of Commerce. [1] In 1925, it was renamed the Kansas Chamber of Commerce. The group adopted a new constitution, and expanded to ...
Buffalo Jones (1844–1919), frontiersman, conservationist, co-founder of Garden City [15] Chuck Reed (1948– ), 64th Mayor of San Jose, California [ 16 ] Sports
Garden City is a city in and the county seat of Finney County, Kansas, United States. [2] As of the 2020 census , the population of the city was 28,151. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The city is home to Garden City Community College and the Lee Richardson Zoo , the largest zoological park in western Kansas.
The Garden City Telegram is a local newspaper for Garden City, Kansas, published three days a week, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. The Telegram was purchased by Hutchinson, Kansas-based Harris Enterprises in 1953. [2] In November 2016, GateHouse Media purchased the Telegram and the five other Harris newspapers. [3]
The building is located at 1901 Olathe Bouelevard and was established in the mid-1890s by Horatio W. and Mary Gates. [2] That Gates family was among the first licensed embalmers in the state, and they built this Neoclassical-style funeral home in 1922 to house their growing business.
A list of people who were born in, or strongly associated with, Garden City, Kansas Pages in category "People from Garden City, Kansas" The following 39 pages are in this category, out of 39 total.
Garden City Township is a township in Finney County, Kansas, United States. [1] As of the 2000 census , its population was 7,400. The population had decreased to 5,761 at the 2010 census .
Leoti was founded in 1885 [4] by a company of men from Garden City, Kansas. Two years later, in 1887, it was involved in the bloodiest county seat fight in the history of the American West . The shoot-out was on February 27, 1887, when men—some [ who? ] say hired gunmen—from Leoti, went to the neighboring, rival town of Coronado and left ...