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Wichita, Kansas

by | May 6, 2021 | Departments, True Western Towns

The once wild and woolly cowtown still celebrates its Old West heritage.  The arrival of the railroad in 1872 transformed this trading post settlement on the Arkansas River into a cowtown, a destination for cattle driven north on the Chisholm Trail. The Texas drovers brought trouble, and trouble brought a young lawman named Wyatt Earp. He did fine work until his temper won out and he used his fists to beat the socks off a candidate for city marshal. [caption id="attachment_103394" align=


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