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The MS Mitch Mitchell Floodway, formerly the Wichita-Valley Center Floodway and known locally as “The Big Ditch”, is a canal in Wichita, Kansas, United States. [1] Built in the 1950s after a series of floods in the preceding decades, the Floodway diverts water from Chisholm Creek, the Little Arkansas River, and the Arkansas River to the west, around central Wichita, before emptying back ...
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The Kansas City District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers manages Wilson Dam, Wilson Lake, and 13,000 acres (53 km 2) of land surrounding the reservoir for the purposes of flood control, recreation, fish and wildlife management, and downstream water quality improvement. Corps staff maintain the dam and outlet works, conduct dam safety ...
The Flood Control Act of 1938 authorized construction of Tuttle Creek Reservoir, and funds for initial planning were authorized in 1944. The construction of Tuttle Creek Dam as a Corps of Engineers project was given particular impetus by the Great Flood of 1951 , which inundated downtown Manhattan, Topeka, and the West Bottoms of Kansas City.
Downtown restauranteurs are a hearty bunch with good tastes to offer: pizza, steak, burgers, barbecue, tacos and . . . cereal. The list goes on.
The Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival – July 24, 2010; KDGS Power 93.9's Freaknic Jam – July 30, 2010; KZSN Kissin' 102.1's Summer Splash – July 25, 2010; Ted Nugent – August 8, 2010, with Val Halla and June 19, 2012, with Styx and REO Speedwagon; Randy Montana – August 25, 2010; Kansas & The Wichita Symphony Orchestra – September 18, 2010