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4 unusual facts about Chanute


Chanute

Octave Chanute Award, awarded by the Western Society of Engineers since 1901

Chanute High School

Chanute High School is a public secondary school in Chanute, Kansas.

Missouri Valley League

The Coffeyville team, with a 9-30 record, relocated to Chanute, Kansas, where they had a 32-51 record, on June 23.

William B. Pine

He moved to Chanute, Kansas and was employed in the oil producing business; he moved to Oklahoma in 1904 and continued in the oil industry.


American-Hawaiian Steamship Company

During World War II, the company operated many Liberty ships and Victory ships under the War Shipping Administration, including the Daniel Boone, the John Milledge, the John Drake Sloat, the Benjamin Goodhue and the Chanute Victory.

Chanute Air Force Base

The Chanute AFB airfield and its associated hangars and flight line facilities have been converted into an uncontrolled general aviation airport known as the Rantoul National Aviation Center / Frank Elliott Field.

Gary Bathing Beach Aquatorium

Gary Bathing Beach Aquatorium, formerly known as Lakefront Park Bathhouse and also known as Chanute Aquatorium, is located at One Marquette Drive at Miller Beach in Marquette Park, Gary, Indiana.

KKOY

KKOY-FM, a radio station (105.5 FM) licensed to Chanute, Kansas, United States

Norma Elaine Brown

Her last post in the Air Force was as the Commander of the Chanute Technical Training Center in Rantoul, IL.


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