I landed in Wichita last night after a mammoth 20+ hour journey from my home in the UK. Having never even set foot in the state of Kansas before, I did some research on the city I’m visiting for the next week as part of TBEX Wichita, and here’s what I’ve learned so far…

The area at the confluence of the Arkansas and Little Arkansas Rivers denotes the pre-settlement era of the city. It was a long-time trading and meeting place for nomadic people, with human habitation dating back as far as 3000 BC.

This morning I walked past The Keeper of the Plains, an iconic 44-foot steel sculpture by Native American artist Blackbear Bosin that was installed at the river confluence in 1974 to honour the city’s Native American heritage.

The city of Wichita is named after the Wichita tribe,

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