Wichita

A promotional city portrait tracing rapid urban growth from a frontier trading and cattle center into a diversified commercial and transportation hub. It surveys railroad connections and a newly completed Union passenger terminal, outlines key economic sectors including grain, livestock, milling, broom corn, foundries, and jobbing houses, and describes manufacturing, wholesale distribution, and market activity. The text details civic improvements such as wide streets, paving, parks, water supply, schools and colleges, and public buildings, while architectural descriptions and illustrations emphasize the terminal’s construction, concourse, waiting room, dining facilities, and traveler amenities.