Reno County played a part in Cold War history. According to Oklahoma history professor Landry Brewer, the author of the recently-released book, "Cold War Kansas," during the Cold War, every city in the U.S. was asked by the government to build fallout shelters. Reno County built two very large ones.The Cold War began after World War II. This rivalry between the U.S. and the Soviet Union lasted through the 1980s.
Source: News – The Hutchinson News