Garden City is the city in and county seat of Finney County, Kansas, United States. At the 2010 census, the city's population was 26,658. The city is home to Garden City Community College and Lee Richardson Zoo, the largest zoological park in western Kansas.
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In February 1878, James R. Fulton, William D. Fulton and son W.D., L.W. Fulton, arrive at the Garden City location now.
The original urban is placed in the southern part of section 18 by engineer Charles Van Trump. The ground was loose and sandy loam, covered with grass and soap, but no trees. Main Street runs straight north and south, dividing the claims of William D. and James R. Fulton. Once they can get the building materials, they set up two skeletal houses. William D. Fulton builds on his land, on the east side of Main Street, a one-story and half-height house, with two rooms on the floor and two rooms above. This is called Occidental Hotel. William D. Fulton is the owner. No other house was built in Garden City until November 1878, when James R. Fulton and L.T. Walker each put up a building. The Fultons are trying to get people to stay here, but only a few come, and by the end of the first year there are only four buildings.
After a sustained drought, irrigation arrived at Finney County in 1879, with the completion of the "Garden City Ditch". The trenches help launch agricultural explosions in southwest Kansas.
19th century growth
Charles Jesse Jones, later known as "Buffalo" Jones, arrived at Garden City to hunt antelope in January 1879. Before Jones returned home, Fulton's brothers got his service to promote Garden City, and especially in trying to influence Atchison, Topeka , and Santa Fe Railroad to be put into a switch station. The train agreed to put his station in Garden City. In the spring of 1879, more people started coming to the homesteads in the area. During the years 1885-1887, there was a rush for Western Kansas, and a settler arrived in every quarter. The Land Office of the United States is also located in Garden City, and people go there to make archiving on their land. The lawyer also arrived at Garden City. I.R. Holmes, agent for ATSF land sales, and partner Holmes, A.C. McKeever, in 1885 sold thousands of railroads and private land.
The streets of Garden City are full of horses, chariots, trains, and cow teams. Long lines of people stand out in the weather waiting for mail at the post office, and there are always crowds in front of the land office. During the peak of the explosion, the city had nine yards of wood. Wood is transported in all directions to build inland cities and to improve the nearest household. Thirteen drugstores operate, and the city has two daily newspapers. Almost everyone uses kerosene lamps, and some are placed in posts on Main Street. There is no urban water work, so it all depends on the shallow well, which is very alkaline. Passenger trains two and three sections arrived every day, full of people, mostly down at Garden City.
The first edition of "The Garden City Newspaper" appeared April 3, 1879. Three months after the paper was founded, the editor stated, "There are now forty buildings in town." When the first telephone line was built, trees grew on both sides of Main Street. This disrupts cable, but locals know the value of trees in Western Kansas will not allow them to be cut, and telephone poles are put in the middle of the road. The first long distance telephone service from Garden City is a line of nine miles (14 km) long, built in 1902.
The revival of the 20th century and ethnic diversification
In the 1970s, Garden City decided (after some debate) to allow the meatpacking plant to be built there. It helps to strengthen the economy, which continues into the 21st century. Many new residents arrive, but even with population growth the unemployment rate is only around 3% by 2017. Many of the newcomers are immigrants from outside the United States (Burma, Somalia, Vietnam and elsewhere, especially Mexico and Latin America). , such that more than 48% of the population of 2010 is Hispanic, and less than 40% of the population is non-Hispanic whites. The integration of this immigrant population into society is generally harmonious and friendly.
2016 bomb plot
In October 2016, Gavin Wright, Curtis Allen, and Patrick Stein were arrested by the FBI for planning a bombing attack on a residential compound where part of the Somali community lived. The mosque is targeted at the same complex. The trio are prosecuted in federal court with the threat of using weapons of mass destruction, namely explosives. The suspects are from the Liberal and Wright communities. Their trial is scheduled to begin in April 2018.
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Geography
Garden City is on 37Ã, Â ° 58? 31? N 100Ã, Â ° 51? 51? W at an altitude of 2,838 feet (865 m). Located in southwestern Kansas at the intersection of US Route 50 and US Route 83, Garden City is 192 miles (309 km) west-northwest of Wichita, 204 miles (328 km) north-northeast of Amarillo, and 255 miles (410 km) southeast of Denver.
It is located on the north side of the Arkansas River in the Plateau region of Great Plains.
According to the US Census Bureau, the city has a total area of ​​8.82 square miles (22.84 km 2 ), all land.
Climate
Garden City has a semi-arid steppe climate (KÃÆ'¶ppen BSk ) with dry summers, hot and dry winters. On average, January is the coldest month, July is the hottest month, and June is the wettest month.
The average temperature in Garden City is about 54.2 Â ° F or 12.3 Â ° C. For a year, temperatures range from a low average of 17.7 Â ° F (-7.9 Â ° C) in months January to an average high of 91.8 Â ° F (33.2 Â ° C) in July. High temperatures reaching or exceeding 90 Â ° F or 32.2 Â ° C averages 66 afternoons a year and reaching or exceeding 100 Â ° F or 37.8 Â ° C at an average of eleven afternoons per year. The minimum temperature falls below the freezing point averaging 138 am per year and or below 0 Â ° F (-17.8 Â ° C) at five in the morning each year. The hottest temperature recorded in Garden City was 110 ° F (43.3 ° C) recently June 8, 1985; the coldest temperature was recorded -22 Â ° F (-30 Â ° C) on March 11, 1948.
Garden City received 19.47 inches or 494.5 millimeters of rainfall over the average year with the largest portion received from May to August. The average relative humidity is 62%. On average there are 72 days of measurable rainfall each year. The average annual snowfall is 24.1 inches or 0.61 meters. Measured snowfall occurs on average 8.5 days a year with at least an inch of snow received on the six days. The depth of at least one inch of snow occurs on average 19.5 days a year. The first freeze falls usually occur in the second week of October, and the last spring freeze occurs in the last week of April.
Nearby Areas
There is a City Center and a Commercial City Center.
- Main Town Center is centered on Southern Main Street. The Windsor Hotel and the police station is one of the tallest buildings.
- Commercial City Centers are centered primarily on Eastern Kansas Avenue. This is the home of many businesses such as Menards, Wal-Mart, Sam's Club, Sears, Target, J.C. Penney, Dollar General, Staples, Home Depot, Hibbett Sports, Hastings and IHOP.
Demographics
In the 2010 census, there were 26,658 people, 9,071 households, and 6,355 families living in the city. Population density is 3,136.2 people per square mile (1.210.9/km ²). There are 9,656 housing units with an average density of 1,136.0 per square mile (436.9/km²). City's racial makeup is 74.7% White, 4.4% Asian, 2.8% African American, 0.9% American Indian, 14.2% of some other races, and 2.9% of two or more races. Hispanics and Latinos of any race comprise 48.6% of the population.
There are 9,071 households that 43.1% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.6% are married couples living together, 6.5% have a housewife with no wife present, 13.9 % had female households without a husband's presence, and 29.9% were non-family. 24.0% of all households consist of individuals, and 19.3% have a person living alone aged 65 or over. The average household size is 2.88, and the average family size is 3.45.
The median age was 29.9 years. 31.2% of the population is under 18 years of age; 11.6% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 26.0% is between 25 and 44; 22.2% between 45 and 64; and 9.0% are 65 years old or older. The genital makeup of the population was 49.8% male and 50.2% female.
The average income for households in the city is $ 47,975, and the average income for families is $ 54,621. Men have an average income of $ 33,873 compared to $ 27,304 for women. The per capita income for the city is $ 20,066. Approximately 7.1% of families and 12.5% ​​of the population are below the poverty line, including 18.5% of those under the age of 18 and 6.0% of those aged 65 and older.
Ethnic group
In 2017, Albert Kyaw, a translator of Garden City Public Schools, stated that Garden City is the most ethnically diverse community in the state of Kansas. That year, according to Frank Morris of National Public Radio , "some say" residents can speak up to 40 different languages; at least 27 people are spoken.
Hispanics and Latinos, including illegal immigrants, came to Garden City from the 1980s due to the construction of a meatpacking factory and partly because the plant's management intentionally recruited them. Many educational institutions for adults teach Hispanic immigrants after they request an amnesty for immigrating illegally.
After the fall of Saigon in 1975 immigrants from Southeast Asia began to arrive to Garden City. City Catholic Church Catholics sponsored an early group of Vietnamese immigrants that year. More Vietnam came in the 1980s during the wave of immigration, and the Lao people also came with them. Dr Janet E. Benson of Kansas State University stated that probably about half came from Wichita because they had lost jobs during the layoffs of the industry there. The second group of Vietnamese is less educated than the first, and they are more likely to be Buddhists than to be Christians. In their home country, they initially do agricultural work and/or fishing. In the late 1980s many Mexican immigrants replaced Vietnamese immigrants who had moved from Garden City and stopped doing meat packing because they had made enough money.
Economy
The Park City economy is largely driven by agriculture. There are several feedlots and wheat elevators located in and around town. In addition, the ethanol plant Bonanza Bioenergy was built in 2007 by Conestoga Energy Partners using 19.6 million wheat bushels.
In 2012, 73.9% of the population over the age of 16 are in the labor force. 0.0% were in the armed forces, and 73.9% were in the civilian labor force with 71.5% employed and 2.4% unemployed. The composition, based on occupation, employed civilian labor is: 23.8% in production, transportation, and material transfer; 23.5% in management, business, science, and the arts; 21.9% in sales and office work; 19.2% in service work; and 11.5% in natural resources, construction, and maintenance. The three industries that employ the largest percentage of civilian employment are: education services, health care, and social assistance (20.4%); manufacturing (19.3%); and retail trade (15.0%).
Living costs in Garden City are relatively low; compared to the AS 100 average, the cost of living index for cities is 81.6. By 2012, the average home value in the city is $ 103,400, the average monthly owner cost chosen is $ 1,159 for housing units with mortgages and $ 455 for those who do not have, and the median gross rent is $ 665.
Top entrepreneurs
According to Garden City 2012 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top companies in the city are:
Government
Garden City is a first class city with a commission-manager form of government. The city commission consists of five freely chosen commissioners. Meet on the first and third Tuesday of the month. The Commission sets goals and policies for cities, approves city budgets, and directs city managers. Each year, the commission selects one member to serve as the mayor who then leads the committee meeting. City managers implement policies set by commissions and manage operations, departments, and city employees.
As the center of government, Garden City is the administrative center of Finney County. Local courts are downtown, and all local government departments base their operations in the city.
Garden City is located in the 1st US Congress District in Kansas. For representation purposes in the Kansas Legislature, the city is located in the 39th district of the Kansas Senate and districts 122 and 123 in the Kansas House of Representatives.
Education
Garden City Public Schools operates public schools. Garden City High School is a local high school.
Garden City Community College (GCCC) is a fully accredited community college.
Infrastructure
Transportation
The 50 US Route and US Route 400, the two east-west highways, meets with Route 83 of the US, the north-south highway, in the southeastern part of the city. The US 50 business route continues west from the intersection into town. 50 US, US 400, and US 83 run simultaneously around the eastern and northern suburbs of the city. Northwest of the city, US 50 and US 400 continue west while US 83 turns north. In the south of the city, the US business route 83 broke away from the main highway and entered the city as Main Street. The city center, it cuts US business routes 50, and both run simultaneously north of the city, ending northwestern city at the intersection of US 50 and US 83. Garden City is also the western tip of K-156 that enters the city from the northeast. Garden City is located on National Old Trails Road, also known as Ocean-to-Ocean Highway, which was founded in 1912.
Finney County Transit operates CityLink, a public transit bus service with four routes in the city, as well as a minibus paratransit service. Bus service is provided daily to the east toward Wichita, Kansas by BeeLine Express (subcontractor of Greyhound Lines).
Garden City Regional Airport is about 8 miles (13 km) southeast of the city. Used primarily for public flights, connected to the American Airlines network via the American Eagle regional service to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport under the Essential Air Services program.
Three railroads serve Garden City: La Junta Subdivision from BNSF Railway, which runs southeast-northwest, and two lanes from Garden City Western Railway, where the city is the southern and eastern terminals. Amtrak uses the La Junta Subdivision to provide passenger train service; Garden City stops on the Southwest Chief line.
Health care
Garden City is served by St. Catherine. In addition, the Southwest Kansas Surgical Center, Heart Center, Cancer Center, and Mother Child Center provide additional jobs, as well as several other health related businesses.
Media
The Garden City Telegram is a local newspaper, published six days a week.
Along with Dodge City, Garden City is the center of broadcast media for southwest Kansas. Two AM radio stations and seven FM radio stations, including one of the two main stations of High Plains Public Radio, are broadcast from the city.
Garden City is in Wichita-Hutchinson, the Kansas television market, and four licensed television stations for and/or broadcast from the city. These stations include NBC, ABC and FOX network affiliates, all of which are satellite stations of their respective affiliates in Wichita. The fourth station, KGCE-LD, is the station of the KDGL-LD brother in Sublette, Kansas.
Culture
Art and music
Garden City Arts is a non-profit organization dedicated to enriching life and fostering creativity through the arts. The Gallery offers 10 to 12 exhibits per year along with internships and educational programs
In recent years an annual music festival called Hillside Session has taken place in a historic structure that for decades has become a warehouse, an industrial and dance hall hall.
Destination
Originally named by the developer "The Big Dipper", Garden City's "The Big Pool" is larger than a 100-yard football field, has 2.2 million gallons of water and is large enough to accommodate water skis. Originally unearthed in 1922, a bathhouse was added by the Job Progress Administration during the Great Depression, and local farmers used a horse-drawn land digger to then enlarge the pond. The swimming pool has a 50 meter Olympic swimming path, three water slides, and a children's pool with zero depth entrance. The pool employs a minimum of 14 coast guards, two slide assistants, three reception clerks, two concession workers and a daily pool manager. Advertised for years as "The Biggest, Free, Outside Town, City," Concrete Pool, this pool has been known to count up to 2,000 subscribers during the summer months. To finance improvements made in recent years, registration fees are now charged.
Set within 110-acre Finnup Park (0.45Ã, km 2 ), this pool is located alongside the Finney County Historical Museum and the Lee Richardson Zoo, the largest zoological facility in western Kansas, which accommodates more from 300 animals. representing 110 species. Walking tours are free to the public; there is a fee to drive to the zoo.
A few miles from Finnup Park, Big Pool and Lee Richardson Zoo is the Buffalo Game Preserve, with one of the largest bison herds in the world.
The Windsor Hotel, built in the city center in 1887 by John A. Stevens, is known as the "Waldorf of the Prairies" because of its luxurious residence. Among his early guests were Eddie Foy, Lillian Russell, Jay Gould, and Buffalo Bill Cody, who lived in the presidential suite on the third floor. The Windsor, which closed in 1977, is owned by the Finney County Preservation Alliance. The hotel is as high as four floors, or about 50 feet (15 m). high. The Finney County Preservation Alliance is working with New Communities LLC of Denver, Colorado to renovate the hotel into a boutique hotel with 65 rooms with a restaurant and bar on the ground floor.
In popular culture and art
Garden City is depicted in Truman Capote In Cold Blood . Garden City, Kansas is referenced in Billie Jo Spear's hit song of 1969 Billboard country "Mr. Walker, It's All Over" about a young woman from Garden City who moved to New York City to become secretary of the big city and quickly became disappointed.
Sports
Garden City is home to the Park City Wind baseball team, who plays in the Pecos League.
Famous people
Notable figures born in and/or living in Garden City include novelist Sanora Babb, jazz pianist Frank Mantooth, former Colorado Governor Roy Romer, Thurman football player "Fum" McGraw and Hal Patterson and professional boxer Victor Ortiz, and Brandon Rios.
Twin Cities
Garden City has two twin cities, as defined by Sister Cities International:
- Ciudad Quesada, Costa Rica
- Oristano, Sardinia, Italy
Gallery
See also
- List of Historic Historic Places of Interest in Finney County, Kansas
- Santa Fe Trail
- Old National Paths
References
This article combines text from the Conquest of Southwest Kansas , by Leola Howard Blanchard, a publication from 1931 which is now in the public domain of the United States.
Further reading
- The Story of the Santa Fe Trace Signing by the Daughter of the American Revolution in Kansas and the State of Kansas ; Almira Cordry; Crane Co; 164 pages; 1915.
- History of the State of Kansas ; William G. Cutler; IN. Andreas Publisher; 1883. (HTML Online eBook)
- Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Cities, Prominent Figures, Etc. ; 3 Volume; Frank W. Blackmar; Standard Publishing Co; 944/955/824 pages; 1912. (Volume1 - Download PDF PDF 54Buku), (Volume2 - Download 53MB PDF eBook), (Volume3 - Download 33MB PDF e-book)
External links
- City
- City City Park
- Garden City - Directory of Public Officials
- School
- USD 457, local school district
- History
- History of Garden City
- Duane West - No Experience Not Stopping Playwright - Drama on Buffalo Jones on YouTube, from Hatteberg's People on KAKE TV news
- Maps
- Park City Map, KDOT
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