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…plants. One of the first plants in Wichita was Cudahy, located north of 21st Street on the east side of Broadway, and opened in 1901 and hired Mexican laborers very early in its history. Compared to the railroads, meat packing plants provided more stable year-round employment and were important factors in the establishment of Mexican American communities…
https://www.wichita.edu/academics/fairmount_las/history/local/NorthMarket/NorthEnd.php