Editing Ellis, Kansas (section)

===Points of interest===
Ellis is the site of [[Walter Percy Chrysler|Walter P. Chrysler]] Boyhood Home and Museum. Chrysler, founder of the [[Chrysler Corporation]], grew up in Ellis. When he was 17, he began his career working in the railroad [[Railway roundhouse|roundhouse]], where he became a machinist's apprentice and developed his expertise for metal working and machinery.<ref>{{cite web | title = Walter P. Chrysler's boyhood home | publisher = Walter P. Chrysler Boyhood Home and Museum | url = http://www.ellis.ks.us/Chrysler/chrysler.html | access-date = 2010-12-18}}</ref> In the summer of 1993, the Chrysler Corporation recognized Chrysler's hometown by sponsoring a parade and Chrysler festival, attended by several members of the Chrysler family. A prototype [[Dodge Viper]] was loaned to the museum for one year.

Founded in 1994, the Ellis Railroad Museum features items and photographs from Ellis's railroading past. A {{convert|5000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} model train exhibit is also on display. Outside the museum is a miniature railroad that runs on a one-mile (1.6&nbsp;km) loop track, called the BK&E Railroad.<ref>{{cite web | title = Railroad Museum | publisher = Ellis Railroad Museum Committee | url = http://www.ellis.ks.us/rrmuseum.html | access-date = 2010-12-18}}</ref> This stands for the "Buddy King and Ellis Railroad", named for its primary donor the late Francis "Buddy" King, a former mayor of Ellis who died in office in 1994.