Topeka, city in northeastern Kansas, capital of the state, and seat of Shawnee County, on the Kansas (Kaw) River. It is a commercial and manufacturing center situated in a fertile wheat- and cattle-raising area. Major manufactures include processed food, printed materials, and rubber and metal products. Government operations, tourism, and the insurance industry are also important to the city's economy. Commercial air transportation is through Forbes Field Airport and Philip Billard Airport.
Topeka, a city of wide avenues and open spaces, is the site of Washburn University of Topeka (1865) and Menninger, a noted neuropsychiatric clinic that maintains research and teaching facilities as well as a museum which boasts a large collection of papers belonging to psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud. Points of interest include the Kansas Museum of History; the Combat Air Museum, with a collection of military aircraft; and the Mulvane Art Center, which features displays of American painting and sculpture. Other landmarks are the State House, built between 1866 and 1903 and modeled after the United States Capitol, and the Topeka Zoological Park and the Reinisch Memorial Rose and Rock Gardens, both located in Gage Park.
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