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Olw town named a great neighborhood
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Old Town Celebration on Friday
Old Town Named a Great American Neighborhood
City Manager Search Update
Ravenwood Manor Is Now Open
Fire Prevention Week

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Public Input Sought on Storm Water Improvement Plan Only until Oct. 27, click here now.

Fire Prevention Week
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Learn more about the Wichita Smoking Ordinance!

AMR Meters
Learn more about the high-tech water meters being installed in your yard!
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Find out why MSN.com has rated Wichita as one of the Most Livable Cities!
Civic HybridCity Unveils Hybrid Vehicles
Read the press release and view video of the press conference!
Downtown Wichita at nightDowntown: Everyone's Neighborhood, Wichita's Future
Read the Mayor's comments and related documents!
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Want to learn how City government works? Sign up for Citizens Academy!
Keeper of the Plains2009-2010 Proposed Budget
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Visit Old Cowtown Museum!
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Learn more about New Communities Initiative!
Local Mentors Serving Area Youth
The Real Men, Real Heroes project partners with the City of Wichita. Find out more about the partnership and view the Mayor's Proclamation.
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Find out more about riding the Q-Line in downtown Wichita!
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A Page From Wichita History
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Mrs. Carrie Nation

Carrie Nation, prohibition crusader, first "rocked" her way into fame in 1900 when she raided the swank Carey House bar on the southwest corner of Douglas and St. Francis. She smashed the beveled back bar and hurled rocks through John Noble's "Cleopatra at the Bath". She was arrested and taken to the Wichita jail. While in jail Mrs. Nation wrote a letter to Governor W. E. Stanley, a Wichitian on personal stationary provided to her by Chief of Police G. T. Cubbon. The letter read:
Governor Stanley
Dear Sir,
I want to see you. Please call at once, I am Co. Pres. W.C.T.U. of Barber County. I am detained unlawfully of my liberty. If you can not come to see me send for me forthwith and oblige a grandmother and a Christian.

Mrs. Carrie Nation
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See something that needs to be repaired or cleaned up in downtown Wichita? Click here to see whom to call to report items requiring attention.

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