Mexican Immigrants Influence Southwest Kansas Community

High Plains Public Radio | By Quentin Hope

Published September 5, 2012 at 10:24 AM CDT

Garden City has prospered by the labor, customs, and culture of hardworking immigrants from Old Mexico.

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