A hutchinson
[huhch-in-suh n] /ˈhʌtʃ ɪn sən/
noun
anne marbury
[mahr-buh-ree] /ˈmɑr bə ri/ (show ipa), 1591–1643, american religious liberal, born in england: banished from m-ssachusetts 1637.
thomas, 1711–80, american colonial administrator: royal governor of m-ssachusetts 1769–74; in exile from england after 1774.
a city in central kansas, on the arkansas river.
hutchinson
city, seat (1872) of reno county, south-central kansas, u.s. hutchinson lies on the arkansas river. it was founded by c.c. hutchinson, an indian agent, in 1871 upon the arrival of the santa fe railway. salt beds discovered there in 1887 became the basis of a major industry. hutchinson is also a princ-p-l hard-wheat market and is the centre of one of the midwest’s richest oil fields. the city’s economy is based chiefly on these local resources. it is the site of the annual kansas state fair. hutchinson also has a munic-p-l zoo and is home to the kansas cosmosphere and sp-ce center. hutchinson community college was founded in 1928. sand hills state park is located nearby. inc. 1872. pop. (1990) 39,308; (2000) 40,787.
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