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Texas [[Governor]] [[Greg Abbott]] was born there in 1957. | Texas [[Governor]] [[Greg Abbott]] was born there in 1957. | ||
| − | It has one large public university (Midwestern State University, the state's only public liberal arts college) and is home to Sheppard Air Force Base, the main training facility for pilots in | + | It has one large public university (Midwestern State University, the state's only public liberal arts college) and is home to Sheppard Air Force Base, the main training facility for pilots in [[NATO]]; notwithstanding the above, the city is fairly conservative. |
| − | The city was originally named for a series of waterfalls on the Wichita River, which were washed away in | + | The city was originally named for a series of waterfalls on the Wichita River, which were washed away in an 1886 flood; after nearly 100 years of repeated requests by visitors to visit the "Wichita Falls", the city created an artificial waterfall alongside the river. |
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[[Category:Texas Cities and Towns]] | [[Category:Texas Cities and Towns]] | ||
Revision as of 17:40, July 21, 2018
Wichita Falls is a city in north Texas with a population of 104,000.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott was born there in 1957.
It has one large public university (Midwestern State University, the state's only public liberal arts college) and is home to Sheppard Air Force Base, the main training facility for pilots in NATO; notwithstanding the above, the city is fairly conservative.
The city was originally named for a series of waterfalls on the Wichita River, which were washed away in an 1886 flood; after nearly 100 years of repeated requests by visitors to visit the "Wichita Falls", the city created an artificial waterfall alongside the river.