View and search this newspaper by clicking on the Chronicling America link below. This newspaper comes from the collections of the Kansas Historical Society and was digitized with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program. In 1872, the Wichita City Eagle debuted as the dominant newspaper of south-central Kansas and a pioneer newspaper of the state. The first issue of what would later become widely known as the Eagle was published on April 12, 1872. The Wichita City Eagle changed its name to simply the Wichita Eagle beginning April 19, 1883.