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From Cowtown to Doo Dah to the first claim of the world title: The Broomcorn Capital, left Wichita feeling outdated and out of touch with larger cities. [2] [3] With the varied aircraft industry and test center for aviation moving into town, Wichita was soon dubbed the "Air Capital of the World."
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Today, Neewollah is the largest annual celebration in Kansas. [citation needed] The city of Independence will grow from a town of just under 8600 inhabitants to 75,000 [citation needed] in the final days of the now 10-day celebration. Today's celebration now includes 3 parades: a Doo Dah Parade (adult Kiddie Parade), a Kiddies Parade, and a ...
All incorporated communities in Kansas are called cities, unlike in some states where some are called towns or villages.(11 of 50 states only have cities). Once a city is incorporated in Kansas, it will continue to be a city even after falling below the minimum required to become a city, and even if the minimum is later raised. [3]
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The Dockum Drug Store sit-in was one of the first organized lunch counter sit-ins for the purpose of integrating segregated establishments in the United States. [1] The protest began on July 19, 1958 in downtown Wichita, Kansas, at a Dockum Drug Store (a store in the old Rexall chain), in which protesters would sit at the counter all day until the store closed, ignoring taunts from counter ...