Nestled in the Wichita Mountains you will find this Holy City built out of native stone. The area looks much like Israel
The Holy
City of the Wichitas started as an Easter Passion
Play in the Wichita
Each year the Passion Play expanded its cast and
worshipers. In 1930, it attracted 6,000 people. By 1931, the congregation has
swelled to 15,000 with 150 cast members, and by 1934, 40,000 worshipers came.
Because of the event's popularity, it received a
grant of $94,000 from federal funds. The first buildings were
completed by the Federal Works Progress Administration (WPA).
A radio broadcast of the pageant took place in
1936, during which a telegram from President Franklin D. Roosevelt was read.
That year 2,000 cast members came from 65 cities and towns, and there was a
congregation of 100,000.
Thousands of tourists have come each year to see the city
and the chapel, where various types of chapel services are held, including
weddings.
