Wamego is found at the intersection of U.S. Route twenty four and K-99. It’s concerning twenty six kilometer (16 mi) east of Manhattan, home of Kansas State University; and concerning seventy five kilometer (47 mi) west-northwest of state capital, the urban center. The Kansas flows on the southern fringe of the town. Settled in Wamego may be a deposit dedicated to The Wizard of Oz , that includes a set of over twenty five,000 Oz artifacts on permanent loan from mendicant Johnpaul Cafiero. The deposit was based in Apr 2004, and light-emitting diode to the event of many different little businesses with the oz theme, that have return to be called the “Oz Cluster.” outstanding Oz-related businesses embrace the Oz wine maker and Toto’s Tacoz.
On the primary weekend of Gregorian calendar month, Wamego holds its Annual OZtoberFEST, associate Oktoberfest-type celebration with associate Oz theme. The 2009 pageant hosted three of the prevailing original Munchkins from the MGM picture, Oz scholarly person and Emmy Award winner John Fricke, parliamentarian and Roger Lyman Frank Brown (Great Grandsons of L. Frank Baum), vocalist Collector archangel Siewert, and Author Steve Cox. The pageant conjointly hosted Hot Air Balloon Rides, tall-grass still tap house, the Yellow Brick Road Bike Ride, and therefore the Columbian Theatre’s Production of The Wizard of Oz.
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