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69-569: Great Bend is a city in and the county seat of Barton County , Kansas , United States. It is named for its location at the point where the course of the Arkansas River bends east then southeast. As of the 2020 census , the population of the city was 14,733. It is home to Barton Community College . Prior to American settlement of the area, the site of Great Bend was located in the northern reaches of Kiowa territory. Claimed first by France as part of Louisiana and later acquired by

138-399: A BMX track. Veteran's Park is located in the northwestern part of the city and includes an 18-hole disc golf course, a fishing lake with limited boating, sand volleyball, ballfields, a playground, and walking trails. The department also maintains hiking and biking trails along flood control levies around the city along with Stone Lake, a 43-acre (17 ha) fishing lake immediately south of

207-682: A National Wildlife Refuge . Following the Pittman–Robertson Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act of 1937, which taxed sporting arms and ammunition, funds became available to develop the Bottoms. In 1952, after the construction of dikes, roads and hunting blinds, part of the area was opened to public hunting. In 1957, a new canal from the Arkansas River was built. However, relatively little water from

276-531: A Superior Court and Sheriff (as an officer of the court ), both located in a designated "shire town". Bennington County, Vermont has two shire towns; the court for "North Shire" is in the shire town Manchester , and the Sheriff for the county and court for "South Shire" are in the shire town Bennington. In 2024, Connecticut , which had not defined their counties for anything but statistical, historical and weather warning purposes since 1960, along with ending

345-586: A coursing event in the bottoms in 1886. In 1900, a project known as the Koen Ditch attempted to divert Arkansas River water 12 miles (19 km) to the Bottoms so that it could be used for irrigation. The ditch washed out in a flood. During the 1920s, various plans were put forth to drain the Bottoms and convert it to farmland. However, residents downstream in Hutchinson, Kansas protested that doing so would create flooding problems for them. In 1925,

414-429: A smallpox outbreak in 1882 which resulted in a brief quarantine. In 1886, local speculators began to fund exploration for petroleum in the area. By 1930, the oil and gas industry brought more than $ 20 million annually to the county. More than 3,000 wells produced during the 1930s, and the influx of workers dramatically increased the city's population. The U.S. Army Air Forces opened Great Bend Army Airfield west of

483-446: A bachelor’s degree or higher was estimated to be 14.8% of the population. 24.7% of the population was under the age of 18, 7.8% from 18 to 24, 24.4% from 25 to 44, 23.9% from 45 to 64, and 19.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38.6 years. For every 100 females, there were 105.7 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older, there were 106.9 males. The 2016-2020 5-year American Community Survey estimates show that

552-618: A circulation of over 6,200 copies. The Interrobang was the student newspaper at the Great Bend-based Barton Community College . Great Bend is a center of broadcast media for central Kansas. Two AM and ten FM radio stations are licensed to and/or broadcast from the city. Two television stations, one NBC affiliate and one ABC affiliate, also broadcast from the city. Both are satellite stations of their respective affiliates in Wichita as Great Bend

621-410: A county seat may be an independent city surrounded by, but not part of, the county of which it is the administrative center; for example, Fairfax City is both the county seat of Fairfax County, Virginia and completely surrounded by Fairfax County, but the city is politically independent of the county. When the county seat is in the independent city, government offices such as the courthouse may be in

690-667: A county was the magistrate , who oversaw both the day-to-day operations of the county as well as civil and criminal cases. The current number of counties mostly resembled that of the later years of the Qing dynasty . Changes of location and names of counties in Chinese history have been a major field of research in Chinese historical geography, especially from the 1960s to the 1980s. There are 1,355 counties in Mainland China out of

759-656: A critical habitat for threatened and endangered bird species, Cheyenne Bottoms is one of 29 places in the United States on the List of Ramsar wetlands of international importance . A core 19,857 acres (80.36 km ; 31.03 sq mi) parcel belongs to the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP). The Nature Conservancy owns an adjacent 7,300 acres (29.54 km ; 11.41 sq mi). The Kansas State and Nature Conservancy lands are managed with

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828-522: A family was $ 46,969. Males had a median income of $ 33,623 versus $ 25,038 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 24,529. About 10.2% of families and 13.7% of the population were below the poverty line , including 15.7% of those under age 18 and 7.7% of those age 65 or over. Agriculture is the predominant industry in Great Bend, and its grain elevators are visible from miles away. The oil industry flourished from about 1930–1960. There

897-581: A total of 2,851 county-level divisions. In Taiwan , the first counties were first established in 1661 by the Kingdom of Tungning . The later ruler Qing empire inherited this type of administrative divisions. With the increase of Han Chinese population in Taiwan, the number of counties also grew by time. By the end of Qing era, there were 11 counties in Taiwan. Protestant missionaries in China first romanized

966-598: Is a section of Middle Township , an incorporated municipality. In some states, often those that were among the original Thirteen Colonies , county seats include or formerly included "Court House" as part of their name, such as Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia . Most counties have only one county seat. However, some counties in Alabama , Arkansas , Georgia , Iowa , Kentucky , Massachusetts , Mississippi , Missouri , New Hampshire , New York , and Vermont have two or more county seats, usually located on opposite sides of

1035-420: Is elected at-large , also for a two-year term. The mayor and city council together constitute the city's Governing Body which sets goals, establishes policies, and approves all ordinances and resolutions. The council meets on the first and third Monday of each month. As the county seat , Great Bend is the administrative center of Barton County. The county courthouse is located downtown, and most departments of

1104-623: Is part of the Wichita-Hutchinson, Kansas television market . The city government's Park Department maintains 10 parks in the city. The two largest are Brit Spaugh Park and Veteran's Memorial Park. Located in the north-central part of the city, Brit Spaugh Park includes the Great Bend Zoo , the Wetlands Aquatic Center, two softball fields, horseshoe courts, picnic areas, playgrounds, a skateboarding area, and

1173-505: Is relatively low; compared to a U.S. average of 100, the cost of living index for the city is 79.4. As of 2012, the median home value in the city was $ 78,300, the median selected monthly owner cost was $ 979 for housing units with a mortgage and $ 400 for those without, and the median gross rent was $ 539. Great Bend is a city of the second class with a mayor-council form of government. The city council consists of eight members, two elected from each city ward for two-year terms. The mayor

1242-587: Is the largest wetland in the interior United States. The Bottoms is a critical stopping point on the Central Flyway for millions of birds which migrate through the region annually. According to legend, a battle in 1825 between the Cheyenne and the Kiowa (or Pawnee ) turned one of the streams blood red. Blood Creek now flows into the lowlands. Greyhound racing in the United States traces its start to

1311-512: The Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area . The Bottoms is impounded and divided into a set of pools by a network of dikes . Pool 1, itself subdivided into three sub-pools, comprises the center of the wetland with Pool 2 located to its west, Pools 3A and 3B to its north, Pools 4A and 4B to its east, and Pool 5 to its south. U.S. Route 281 runs north-south 2 miles (3.2 km) west of the Bottoms. Kansas Highway 4 lies to

1380-469: The Kansas Legislature extended the legal "dead line" restricting the presence of Texas cattle 30 miles west of Barton County. The cattle trade moved westward accordingly, and the city became more peaceful. Over the following decades, Great Bend continued to grow and modernize, becoming a center of area commerce. This was despite two disasters which struck the city: a downtown fire in 1878 and

1449-752: The People's Republic of China . Xian have existed since the Warring States period and were set up nationwide by the Qin dynasty . The number of counties in China proper gradually increased from dynasty to dynasty. As Qin Shi Huang reorganized the counties after his unification, there were about 1,000. Under the Eastern Han dynasty , the number of counties increased to above 1,000. About 1400 existed when

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1518-542: The Sui dynasty abolished the commandery level (郡 jùn), which was the level just above counties, and demoted some commanderies to counties. In Imperial China, the county was a significant administrative unit because it marked the lowest level of the imperial bureaucratic structure; in other words, it was the lowest level that the government reached. Government below the county level was often undertaken through informal non-bureaucratic means, varying between dynasties. The head of

1587-522: The United States , a county is an administrative or political subdivision of a state that consists of a geographic area with specific boundaries and usually some level of governmental authority. The city, town, or populated place that houses county government is known as the seat of its county. Generally, the county legislature, county courthouse, sheriff's department headquarters, hall of records, jail and correctional facility are located in

1656-554: The United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 10.71 square miles (27.74 km), of which 10.60 square miles (27.45 km) is land and 0.11 square miles (0.28 km) is water. Located near the convergence of North America's humid continental (Köppen: Dfa ), humid subtropical (Köppen: Cfa ), and semi-arid (Köppen: BSk ) climate zones, Great Bend experiences hot summers and cold, dry winters. The hottest temperature recorded in Great Bend

1725-411: The provinces of Ontario , Quebec , New Brunswick , Prince Edward Island , and Nova Scotia have counties as an administrative division of government below the provincial level, and thus county seats. In the provinces of Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia the term "shire town" is used in place of county seat. County seats in China are the administrative centers of the counties in

1794-467: The American Legion national championships in 1971, 1972, and 1973. The Rebels were one of the thirteen founding member corps of Drum Corps International , finishing in 5th place in 1972 and 11th in 1973. Greyhound racing got its start in the United States in the bottoms in 1886 during a formal coursing event. Great Bend was home to minor league baseball . The Great Bend Millers team

1863-472: The Arkansas was pumped into the wetland because of drought and claims by other entities on the water supply. In the 1990s, an extensive renovation subdivided the marshes. The renovations allowed the marshes to be more self-sustaining, although an adequate water supply and management of water levels continue to be critical problems. Also in the 1990s, The Nature Conservancy began acquiring land adjacent to

1932-543: The Great Bend Sand Prairie region of the Great Plains , the city is situated on the north side of the Arkansas River where the river's course shifts from northeast to southeast. Dry Walnut Creek, a tributary of nearby Walnut Creek, flows east along the northern edge of the city. Cheyenne Bottoms , a large inland wetland, is located approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) to the northeast. According to

2001-762: The Great Bend Town Company, anticipating the westward construction of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad , founded Great Bend at a site roughly three miles west of Fort Zarah on the Santa Fe Trail . They named the settlement after its location at the "great bend" in the Arkansas River where the river's course turns eastward. The town began to grow as more settlers arrived over the following year and opened several businesses. The railroad reached Great Bend in July 1872, and an election at about

2070-477: The Kansas Forestry, Fish and Game Commission was created to develop and care for the Bottoms. In August 1927, 14 inches (36 cm) of rain upstream turned it overnight into "Lake Cheyenne" and caused flooding downstream of Little Cheyenne Creek. Kansas politicians including Clifford Hope , Charles Curtis , Henry Allen and Arthur Capper made an unsuccessful plea to get federal money to convert it into

2139-497: The United States with the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, it lay within the area organized by the U.S. as Kansas Territory in 1854. Kansas became a state in 1861, and the state government delineated the surrounding area as Barton County in 1867. The first settlers of the area arrived in 1870. Living in sod houses and dugouts, they worked as buffalo hunters since trampling by bison herds precluded crop farming. In 1871,

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2208-420: The acreage of the wildlife management area. The pools average less than one foot deep. Pools one and five are closed to all human activities. Surrounding the pools are mudflats, ponds, and islands. Elevated areas are primarily grasslands with a few trees. Waterfowl hunting, primarily for geese, is permitted along the southern border of the state wildlife management area. Cheyenne Bottoms is especially noted for

2277-572: The age of 18 and 10.7% of those ages 65 or over. As of the 2010 census , there were 15,995 people, 6,483 households, and 4,038 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,509.0 inhabitants per square mile (582.6/km). There were 7,113 housing units at an average density of 671.0 per square mile (259.1/km). The racial makeup of the city was 84.0% White , 1.7% African American , 0.6% American Indian , 0.2% Asian , 0.1% Pacific Islander , 11.0% from other races, and 2.3% from two or more races. Hispanics and Latinos of any race were 19.8% of

2346-562: The city in 1943. The base served as training facility for B-29 bomber aircraft personnel during World War II . After the war, the City of Great Bend acquired the base and repurposed it for civilian use as Great Bend Municipal Airport . The city continued to grow through the 1950s, its population peaking at almost 17,000 in 1960. In 1973, the Fuller Brush Company relocated its production facilities to Great Bend, becoming one of

2415-461: The city's major employers. Despite a modest decline in population in recent decades, Great Bend continues to serve as a commercial center for central Kansas. Great Bend is located at the intersection of U.S. Route 281 and U.S. Route 56 highways in Kansas. Driving by highway, it is approximately 116 miles (187 km) northwest of Wichita and 60 miles (97 km) southwest of Hays . Lying in

2484-595: The city. The Club at StoneRidge, located on the northern edge of the city, includes a private, 18-hole golf course that opened in 1940. A second 18-hole course, the Lake Barton Golf Course, lies approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) north of the city. From 1947 to 1989, Great Bend was the home of the Argonne Rebels Drum and Bugle Corps . Under the direction of Glenn and Sandra Opie, the corps achieved national fame, most notably winning

2553-433: The city. U.S. Route 281 runs north–south through Great Bend, intersecting U.S. Route 56 , K-96 , and K-156 which run concurrently east–west through the city. K-96 splits from U.S. 56 and K-156 in western Great Bend, exiting the city to the northwest. U.S. 56 and K-156 continue concurrently west, then turn south and ultimately southwest. Great Bend Municipal Airport is located approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) west of

2622-416: The city. Great Bend Regional Hospital, a 33-bed general medical and surgical facility, is the city's sole hospital. St. Rose Ambulatory & Surgery Center, formerly Central Kansas Medical Center, was an outpatient care facility affiliated with Catholic Health Initiatives . St. Rose Ambulatory & Surgery Center was closed and demolished in 2015. The Great Bend Tribune is the city's daily newspaper with

2691-485: The city. Used primarily for general aviation. A Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad line runs east–west through the city with a second line branching off to the northwest, paralleling K-96. The city government's Public Works Department is responsible for water distribution, waste water treatment, and sewer maintenance. One of the few cities in the area not to have a water treatment plant or water tower, Great Bend obtains its water supply directly from ten wells located throughout

2760-411: The city. Waste water is treated and recycled at the city's Wastewater Treatment Facility and then emptied into the Arkansas River. Two regional energy cooperatives, Midwest Energy, Inc. and Wheatland Electric, provide electric power. Local residents primarily use natural gas for heating fuel; Midwest Energy and Kansas Gas Service both provide natural gas service. There is one primary medical facility in

2829-629: The city: The Roman Catholic Diocese of Dodge City oversees the Holy Family School (PreK–6). There is also one non-denominational Christian school in the city, Central Kansas Christian Academy (K-8). Great Bend was located on the National Old Trails Road , also known as the Ocean-to-Ocean Highway, that was established in 1912. Currently, two U.S. Highways and two Kansas state highways pass through

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2898-522: The concentration of migratory shorebirds that come here to feed on the mudflats. As many as 600,000 shorebirds from 39 species pass through Cheyenne Bottoms during spring migration and up to 200,000 in fall. About 45 percent of all shorebirds in North America utilize the area. Cheyenne Bottoms is critical habitat for many endangered species, including the whooping crane . At least 340 species of birds have been observed at Cheyenne Bottoms. As

2967-723: The county government base their operations in the city. Great Bend lies within Kansas's 1st U.S. Congressional District . For the purposes of representation in the Kansas Legislature , the city is located in the 33rd district of the Kansas Senate and the 112th district of the Kansas House of Representatives . Barton Community College , a two-year public college, is located approximately three miles northeast of Great Bend. Great Bend USD 428 public school district serves approximately 3,000 students and operates eight schools in

3036-432: The county seat is the entire county. Ellicott City , the county seat of Howard County, Maryland , is the largest unincorporated county seat in the United States, followed by Towson , the county seat of Baltimore County, Maryland . Likewise, some county seats may not be incorporated in their own right, but are located within incorporated municipalities. For example, Cape May Court House, New Jersey , though unincorporated,

3105-491: The county seat, though some functions (such as highway maintenance, which usually requires a large garage for vehicles, along with asphalt and salt storage facilities) may also be located or conducted in other parts of the county, especially if it is geographically large. A county seat is usually an incorporated municipality . The exceptions include the county seats of counties that have no incorporated municipalities within their borders, such as Arlington County, Virginia , where

3174-420: The county. Examples include Harrison County, Mississippi , which has both Biloxi and Gulfport as county seats, and Hinds County, Mississippi , which has both Raymond and the state capital of Jackson . The practice of multiple county seat towns dates from the days when travel was difficult. There have been few efforts to eliminate the two-seat arrangement, since a county seat is a source of civic pride for

3243-713: The freezing point 32 °F (0 °C) an average of 119.5 days a year. The 2020 United States census counted 14,733 people, 6,136 households, and 3,690 families in Great Bend. The population density was 1,403.4 per square mile (541.9/km). There were 7,081 housing units at an average density of 674.5 per square mile (260.4/km). The racial makeup was 77.34% (11,395) white or European American (70.47% non-Hispanic white ), 1.55% (228) black or African-American , 0.64% (95) Native American or Alaska Native , 0.36% (53) Asian , 0.01% (1) Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian , 10.96% (1,615) from other races , and 9.14% (1,346) from two or more races . Hispanic or Latino of any race

3312-625: The independent city under an agreement, such as in Albemarle , or may in be enclaves of the county surrounded by the independent city, such as in Fairfax . Others, such as Prince William , have the courthouse in an enclave surrounded by the independent city and have the county government, the Board of Supervisors, in a different part of the county, far from the county seat. The following counties have their county seat in an independent city: Bedford

3381-547: The largest percentages of the working civilian labor force were: educational services, health care, and social assistance (27.3%); retail trade (11.9%); manufacturing (9.8%); and arts, entertainment, recreation, and accommodation and food services (9.8%). Great Bend Public Schools, Barton Community College , and CUNA Mutual Retirement Solutions are the city's three largest employers. Other major employers include local government, local hospitals, Wal-Mart , Superior Essex , and Fuller Brush Company . The cost of living in Great Bend

3450-419: The median household income was $ 46,659 (with a margin of error of +/- $ 3,811) and the median family income was $ 64,453 (+/- $ 6,131). Males had a median income of $ 39,595 (+/- $ 4,131) versus $ 26,684 (+/- $ 4,324) for females. The median income for those above 16 years old was $ 32,273 (+/- $ 2,536). Approximately, 8.0% of families and 15.3% of the population were below the poverty line , including 18.0% of those under

3519-453: The north and runs east-west, and Kansas Highway 156 runs northeast-southwest through the wetland's southeast portion. The Bottoms is directly accessible via a network of unpaved gravel roads, several of which run along the tops of the dikes. The formation of the wetland in a natural basin in a semi-arid area is not entirely understood. It is surrounded on the north, east, and west by bluffs as high as 100 feet (30 m). The basin traps

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3588-545: The northwest. Its other inflow is an inlet canal from Walnut Creek to the southwest. The wetland's primary outflow is an outlet canal to Little Cheyenne Creek to the southeast. Little Cheyenne Creek empties into Cow Creek, a tributary of the Arkansas River . Cheyenne Bottoms lies entirely within Barton County . The entire wetland occupies a natural land sink spanning 41,000 acres or 64 square miles (170 km ). Of that area, 19,857 acres (80.36 km ) constitutes

3657-409: The objective of providing a diverse marsh habitat for the use of migrating and breeding waterfowl and shorebirds. The Kansas Wetlands Education Center within the wildlife management area interprets the wetlands and wildlife for visitors. Approximately 60,000 people visit Cheyenne Bottoms yearly. On January 29, 2008, Quivira National Wildlife Refuge and Cheyenne Bottoms were jointly named as one of

3726-442: The population. There were 6,483 households, of which 32.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.4% were married couples living together, 10.6% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.3% had a male householder with no wife present, and 37.7% were non-families. 32.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size

3795-401: The same time declared the town the permanent county seat. Great Bend was incorporated as a city soon thereafter. The county courthouse and the city's first public school were built the following year. In 1873, following the arrival of the railroad, Great Bend became a shipping point for cattle. This stimulated local business but also transformed the city into a rowdy, violent cowtown. In 1876,

3864-513: The state wildlife area. Cheyenne Bottoms is located at 38°28′10″N 98°39′21″W  /  38.46944°N 98.65583°W  / 38.46944; -98.65583 (38.4694559, -98.6559125) at an elevation of 1,795 feet (547 m). It lies in central Kansas in the Arkansas River Lowlands region of the Great Plains . Its primary inflows are two small local streams, Blood Creek and Deception Creek, which flow into it from

3933-777: The state's area, has no borough government or borough seat. One borough, the Lake and Peninsula Borough , has its borough seat located in another borough, namely King Salmon in Bristol Bay Borough . In Louisiana , which is divided into parishes rather than counties, county seats are referred to as "parish seats". In New England , counties have served mainly as dividing lines for the states' judicial systems. Rhode Island has no county level of government and thus no county seats, and Massachusetts has dissolved many but not all of its county governments. In Vermont , Massachusetts , and Maine county government consists only of

4002-580: The term as hien . When Taiwan became a Japanese colony in 1895, the hierarchy of divisions also incorporated into the Japanese system in the period when Taiwan was under Japanese rule. By September 1945, Taiwan was divided into 8 prefectures ( 州 and 廳 ), which remained after the Republic of China took over. There are 13 county seats in Taiwan, which function as county-administered cities , urban townships , or rural townships . In most of

4071-416: The towns involved, along with providing employment opportunities. There are 33 counties with multiple county seats in 11 states: Alaska is divided into boroughs rather than counties; the county seat in these case is referred to as the "borough seat"; this includes six consolidated city-borough governments (one of which is styled as a "municipality"). The Unorganized Borough, Alaska , which covers 49% of

4140-544: The use of county seats in particular, will fully transition with the permission of the United States Census Bureau to a system of councils of government for the purposes of boundary definition and as county equivalents. Two counties in South Dakota , Oglala Lakota and Todd , have their county seat and government services centered in a neighboring county. Their county-level services are provided by Fall River County and Tripp County , respectively. In Virginia ,

4209-416: The water of Blood and Deception Creeks. One of the most popular theories is that Cheyenne Bottoms was created as a sinkhole when incoming freshwater dissolved underground salt. However, this theory is challenged by critics who say that not enough salt is present in the base to cause this. Other theories to explain the formation of Cheyenne Bottoms are that there was structural movement in its base, that it

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4278-404: Was 111 °F (43.9 °C) on July 11–13, 1954, June 27, 1980, June 30, 1980, and July 14, 1980, while the coldest temperature recorded was −21 °F (−29.4 °C) on December 22, 1989. The high temperature reaches or exceeds 90 °F (32 °C) an average of 69.7 days a year and reaches or exceeds 100 °F (38 °C) an average of 12 days a year. The minimum temperature falls below

4347-420: Was 2.41 and the average family size was 3.04. The median age in the city was 36.7 years. 26.2% of residents were under the age of 18; 9.2% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 23.5% were from 25 to 44; 24.5% were from 45 to 64; and 16.6% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48.5% male and 51.5% female. As of 2010, the median income for a household was $ 42,293, and the median income for

4416-425: Was 23.5% (3,462) of the population. Of the 6,136 households, 29.4% had children under the age of 18; 42.3% were married couples living together; 30.3% had a female householder with no spouse or partner present. 35.0% of households consisted of individuals and 15.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.4 and the average family size was 3.0. The percent of those with

4485-527: Was an independent city from 1968 to 2013, while also being the county seat of Bedford County . Bedford reverted to an incorporated town, and remains the county seat, though is now part of the county. The state with the most counties is Texas, with 254, and the state with the fewest counties is Delaware, with 3. Cheyenne Bottoms Cheyenne Bottoms is a wetland in the central Great Plains of North America . Occupying approximately 41,000 acres (170 km ; 64 sq mi) in central Kansas , it

4554-850: Was based in Great Bend in 1905 and from 1909 to 1914. The Millers played as members of the Class D level Kansas State League in 1905 and from 1909 to 1911, the Central Kansas League in 1912 and the Kansas State League in 1913 and 1914. Great Bend won three consecutive league championships from 1911 to 1913. In 2016, the Great Bend Boom played as members of the Independent level Pecos League . The first nationwide NHRA sponsored event called "the Nationals"

4623-700: Was even an oil well in the city park. But this industry has been on the decline for years. Cattle raising is also an important source of income for many people. As of 2012, 66.5% of the population over the age of 16 were in the labor force. 0.0% were in the armed forces, and 66.5% were in the civilian labor force with 61.0% employed and 5.5% unemployed. The composition, by occupation, of the employed civilian labor force was: 30.2% in management, business, science, and arts; 27.8% in sales and office occupations; 19.2% in service occupations; 9.6% in natural resources, construction, and maintenance; 13.3% in production, transportation, and material moving. The four industries employing

4692-582: Was held in 1955, in Great Bend, Kansas at the Great Bend Municipal Airport . Notable individuals who were born in and/or have lived in Great Bend include jazz singer and pianist Karrin Allyson (1963– ), co-inventor of the integrated circuit (IC) and 2000 Nobel Prize laureate in physics Jack Kilby (1923–2005), and 1952 gold medal-winning U.S. Olympic basketball player John Keller (1928–2000). County seat In Canada ,

4761-510: Was part of a Pleistocene drainage system involving the Smoky Hill River , and that it was created by sand dunes that scoured the flatlands and blocked drainage. Historically, Cheyenne Bottoms has been a lake of varying size, a mudflat, or dry. With management to control water and provide a secure way-station for migrating waterfowl and shore birds, it now has 5 pools, crisscrossed by dikes, canals, and pathways, that cover most of

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