Editing WaKeeney, Kansas (section)

==Culture==
[[File:Trego County Courthouse - west face 20171012 142952.jpg|thumb|right|West side of Trego County Courthouse (2017)]]

===Events===
Since 1950, WaKeeney has hosted an ornate civic Christmas lighting display, which now includes over 6,000 lights and a 35-foot man-made [[Christmas tree]] in the center of town. The tree is ceremonially lit the Saturday night after [[Thanksgiving (United States)|Thanksgiving]] through New Years Day.<ref name=City1/>

===Points of interest===
The train depot, built in 1879 with [[Saline River (Kansas)|Saline River]] and [[Big Creek (Kansas)|Big Creek]] limestone, was the first major building in the town.  It was inaugurated on July 4 of that year, with officials from Warren, Keeney and the Kansas governor in attendance. [[Union Pacific]] later acquired the depot and used it until the 1930s.{{citation needed|date=March 2011}} The Opera House was the next major building, completed in 1884 with ceiling murals, a Rochester electric brass chandelier, and seating for 400. It was destroyed by fire the following year.{{citation needed|date=March 2011}}

The Trego County Courthouse, constructed of Trego County hard stone and Manhattan stone, was designed by Topeka architect George R. Ropes in the [[Queen Anne style architecture in the United States|Queen Anne style]], with a 100-ft cupola and European tin roof which lasted until 1952. The courthouse is still in use, although the basement jail, with unusual flat bars, was closed in 1976.  The building appeared in several scenes in the 1974 film ''[[Paper Moon (film)|Paper Moon]]''.<ref name=City1/>