For a man whose name was once said to be “inseparably linked with the early history of Wichita,” we don’t hear much about Peter Getto anymore. The German immigrant had his hand in multiple industries in early day Wichita and the Getto name could once be seen all over town.
While some people today assume that Peter must not have been as business savvy as other pioneers, in Wichita’s early days Peter was considered as important as William Greiffenstein (at least by Victor Murdock). Peter was labeled as a “big citizen, big in capacity, big in vision, alertly alive to the adventure before [him].” Like other pioneers…..