Wichita Falls: Sheppard AFB and the North Texas Oil Patch
Wichita Falls sits in Wichita County in north central Texas, roughly 140 miles northwest of Fort Worth, with approximately 101,000 residents. The city was founded in 1876 along the Wichita River and took its name from a small waterfall that washed away in a flood in 1886. A replica waterfall, built in 1987 as part of the city's centennial celebration, stands along Lucy Park today.
The discovery of oil in Electra, Burkburnett, and other Wichita County sites between 1911 and 1919 briefly made the region one of the most productive oil fields in the world. Wichita Falls grew to a peak of roughly 43,000 by 1930 on the strength of the boom, and much of the early 20th-century architecture downtown dates from that period.
Sheppard Air Force Base, established in 1941 on the north side of the city, is the primary technical training base for the U.S. Air Force and also hosts the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training program, the only multinational undergraduate pilot training operation in the world. The base and its training mission remain the largest employer in the Wichita Falls metro area. Midwestern State University, founded in 1922 and now part of the Texas Tech University System, enrolls about 5,400 students.
For Wichita Falls, the Escortservice.com directory contains reviews of escort websites operating in the area. Its function ends at listing. Escortservice.com never arranges meetings, confirms licensing, or intervenes in transactions. Only visitors who are at least 21 may use the directory.
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Wichita Falls sits in Wichita County in north central Texas, roughly 140 miles northwest of Fort Worth, with approximately 101,000 residents. The city was founded in 1876 along the Wichita River and took its name from a small waterfall that washed away in a flood in 1886. A replica waterfall, built in 1987 as part of the city's centennial celebration, stands along Lucy Park today.
The discovery of oil in Electra, Burkburnett, and other Wichita County sites between 1911 and 1919 briefly made the region one of the most productive oil fields in the world. Wichita Falls grew to a peak of roughly 43,000 by 1930 on the strength of the boom, and much of the early 20th-century architecture downtown dates from that period.
Sheppard Air Force Base, established in 1941 on the north side of the city, is the primary technical training base for the U.S. Air Force and also hosts the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training program, the only multinational undergraduate pilot training operation in the world. The base and its training mission remain the largest employer in the Wichita Falls metro area. Midwestern State University, founded in 1922 and now part of the Texas Tech University System, enrolls about 5,400 students.
For Wichita Falls, the Escortservice.com directory contains reviews of escort websites operating in the area. Its function ends at listing. Escortservice.com never arranges meetings, confirms licensing, or intervenes in transactions. Only visitors who are at least 21 may use the directory.
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