Wichita's Lebanese heritage
Price, Jay M., 1969- Sherry, Victoria Foth Namee, Matthew
Price, Jay M., 1969-
Sherry, Victoria Foth
Namee, Matthew
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2010
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Lebanese,Lebanese Americans
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Price, Jay M., et al. Wichita�s Lebanese Heritage. Arcadia Publishing, 2010.
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Wichita, a city of entrepreneurs, offered an ideal home for Middle Eastern Christians who started arriving in the 1890s. Initially identifying themselves as Syrians, they operated as peddlers across southern Kansas and northern Oklahoma. Peddling rapidly gave way to wholesale, grocery, and dry goods companies. Patriarchs such as N. F. Farha and E. G. Stevens established themselves in local business and civic circles....The Lebanese established two churches, St. George Orthodox Church and St. Mary Orthodox Christian Church, that became focal points of community life.
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Arcadia Publishing