|
Search over 100 encyclopedias and dictionaries: |
Research categories | Follow us on Twitter |
Research categories
View all topics in the newsView all reference sources at Encyclopedia.com |
|||
Hutchinson
Hutchinson city (1990 pop. 39,308), seat of Reno co., S central Kans., on the Arkansas River; inc. 1872. It is a commercial and industrial center in a grain (especially wheat), livestock, and oil region. There is grain milling (Hutchinson has a giant grain elevator, over half a mile long), and the manufacture of vehicle parts, fuel tanks, bakery products, industrial valves, welding supplies, asphalt, and ambulances. Salt is extracted from great beds beneath the city. The Kansas Cosmophere and Space Center and the Kansas state fairgrounds are there. |
|
|
Cite this article
"Hutchinson." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Hutchinson." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Hutchinso.html "Hutchinson." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Hutchinso.html |
|
Hutchinson
Hutchinson, South Africa, USA 1. South Africa (Northern Cape): founded in 1885 as Victoria West Road. In 1901 it was renamed after Sir Walter Hely‐Hutchinson (1849–1913), governor of Natal (1893–1901) and of Cape Colony (1901–10).2. USA (Kansas): named after C. C. Hutchinson who founded it in 1872 at a point on the Santa Fe Railroad.
|
|
|
Cite this article
JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Hutchinson." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Hutchinson." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Hutchinson.html JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Hutchinson." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Hutchinson.html |
|