1940s
Terry Allen is born in Wichita, Kansas.
1950s
Bruce Conner begins undergraduate studies at the Municipal University of Wichita (now Wichita State University).
1960s
Bruce Conner and Jean Conner move back to Wichita, Kansas, and then to the Boston area, living briefly at Timothy Leary and Richard Alpert’s commune.
1970s
Bruce Conner is considered part of the Wichita Group, which includes playwright Michael McClure and publisher of the Rat Bastard poets David Haselwood.