City’s Past Building Its Future: Historic commercial structures helped shape Hutchinson’s business, housing and transit

Since the turn of the century, Hutchinson began to grow through three key factors: salt, railroads and grain production. Reno County Museum chief curator David Reed said those three factors caused Hutchinson’s success in the early 1900s, with dozens of residents building large commercial spaces. “There’s a reason why things are here in Reno County,” Reed said. “There’s a reason why Hutchinson had three railroad lines at one time — I want people to have that sense of community, and that we’re all here because these guys were doing something 100 years ago.”
Source: Hutch News