Kansas Cities: Garden City

By Luke Ranker

Friday, September 11, 2009

City: Garden City

Nickname: Garden

County: Finney

Location: Southwest Kansas

Distance from Lawrence: 352.07 miles or five hours and 39 minutes

Founded: 1878

Population (2000 census): 28,451

Destinations: Garden City is home to the world’s largest outdoor municipal concrete swimming pool. “The Big Pool” is larger then a football field and holds 2.2 million gallons of water. Originally hand dug in 1922, the pool features 50-meter Olympic swim lanes and three slides. Garden City is also home to the Lee Richards Zoo, which features over 300 animals, Finney County Museum and the Buffalo Game Preserve, home to one of the largest herds of bison in the world.

Interesting Fact: University of Georgia head basketball coach Mark Fox and former University of Kansas basketball player Harold “Prince Hal” Patterson are both Garden City natives.

Sources: mapquest.com, wikipedia.com, roadsideamerica.com

What was your favorite thing about living in Garden City?

Jon Urban, junior: “It’s nice running into people you know. There’s a lot of diversity for a small town, and they have really good Mexican food.”

Ethan Doll, freshman: “My friends bought a special-ed bus and painted it black and tinted the windows. We would cruise around town in it.”

Christina Nguyen, freshman: “I knew everyone in town and you could go anywhere in five minutes.”

Rubie Peters, freshman: “It’s a city but at the same time it’s small. You can walk around and know everyone.”

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