A new playground blasted off at Hutchinson’s Rocket Hill Park in September 1999. A number of local businesses assisted the Hutchinson Kiwanis Club in donating $5,800 worth of playground equipment, including this modular play structure that resembles a rocket. Pictured are Parks Manager John Arlt and Kiwanis President John Bernhagen. HUTCHINSON LEADER ARCHIVES
125 YEARS AGO: 1899 An uncommonly large acreage of sorghum cane was planted this year and, as the crop is a fine one, people hereabouts…
