History of Garden City, Kansas
Garden City is a city in Finney County, Kansas|Finney County, Kansas, United States. The population was 28,451 at the United States Census 2000|2000 census. It is the county seat of Finney County, Kansas|Finney County{{GR|6}}, and provides the campus of Garden City Community College. It is also home to the largest zoological facility, Lee Richardson Zoo, in western Kansas. It was one of the towns depicted in Truman Capote's In Cold Blood (book)|In Cold Blood and, as county seat, was the location of the trials of the murderers. [http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2005/apr/03/the_book_that/] The community boasts more than sixty restaurants and around forty churches, which in both cases cater to a diverse and changing local population. 2006 marked the town's 80th annual Community Mexican Fiesta celebration, in honor of Mexico's independence from Spain.
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