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The history of Oklahoma refers to the history of the state of Oklahoma and the land that the state now occupies. Areas of Oklahoma east of its panhandle were acquired in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, while the Panhandle was not acquired until the U.S. land acquisitions following the Mexican–American War (1846–1848).
The history of Oklahoma City refers to the history of city of Oklahoma City, and the land on which it developed.Oklahoma City's history begins with the settlement of "unassigned lands" in the region in the 1880s, and continues with the city's development through statehood, World War I and the Oklahoma City bombing.
Oklahoma City Urban Renewal Authority spokesman Jack Bagby said the destruction of a block of buildings bounded by Robert S. Kerr, Robinson, Harvey and Park avenues, could be the beginning of the ...
The Pei Plan was an urban redevelopment initiative designed for downtown Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, in the 1960s and 1970s.It is the informal name for two related commissions of noted architect and urban planner I. M. Pei — namely the Central Business District General Neighborhood Renewal Plan (design completed 1964) and the Central Business District Project I-A Development Plan ...
This is a list of properties and historic districts in Oklahoma that are designated on the National Register of Historic Places. Listings are distributed across all of Oklahoma's 77 counties . The following are approximate unofficial tallies of current listings by county.
Oklahoma County already is paying off $9.2 million of revenue bonds the industry authority issued on the public building authority's behalf in 2020.
That event, which started on April 22, 1889, is also a source of generational trauma for many Oklahoma tribal members, who are reminded by the 1889 Oklahoma Land Run of their ancestors' forcible ...
Larger brick buildings were constructed between 1903 and 1911, and the tallest brick buildings were built between 1911 and 1930. [2] Working-class houses were built nearby. Oklahoma City's first black newspaper, the Black Dispatch, was located in Bricktown at 228 E. First; it reported on the struggle to end racially segregated housing in the city.