CENTRAL KANSAS: WORLD HISTORIC BEGINNINGS....

1955... GREATBEND, KS WAS THE VERY FIRST NHRA RACE.(NATIONAL HOT ROD ASSOCIATION) ....1958.. JACK KILBY, GREATBEND, KS NATIVE... INVENTS THE VERY FIRST INTEGRATED COMPUTER CHIP FOR TEXAS INSTUMENTS AND 2000 NOBEL PRIZE WINNER IN PHYSICS.... BRIG. GENERAL PAUL TIBBETS, B-29 BOMBER PILOT OF THE ENOLA GAY, WHO DROPPED "LITTLE BOY" THE FIRST ATOMIC BOMB, ON JAPAN 1945 IN WW2; TRAINED PILOTS AT THE GREATBEND,KS.. WALKER,KS ..AND PRATT,KS AIR BASES.. TIBBETS ALSO IN 2001 DEDICATED THE B- 29 BOMBER MEMORIAL IN GREATBEND, KS