Wichita

Wichita, a city of southern Kansas, capital of Sedgwick county, on the left bank of the Arkansas River, 505 miles by rail W. by S. of St Louis and 228 SW. of Kansas City. It is the meeting-point of four great railway systems, and contains a number of flour and other mills, &c. Wichita was founded in 1870. Pop. (1880) 4911; (1890) 23,853.