‘This is home and this is family’: Garden City woman leads nearly a century-long Hispanic celebration

Hispanic heritage is deeply rooted in western Kansas. Communities in the Kansas triangle, Garden City, Dodge City, and Liberal, make up the densest Hispanic populations in the state according to the U.S. Census. “Garden City is a melting pot,” said Angelica Castillo Chappel, Garden City Hispanic Community Leader. The Mexican Fiesta, or La Fiesta, began in 1926. People from all across the western half of Kansas and into Colorado, poured into the streets of Garden City, to celebrate Mexico’s independence from Spain.
Source: KSN-TV