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1958 – Oklahoma City sit-ins led by Clara Luper for racial desegregation begin. [21] 1960 Penn Square Mall in business. Population: 324,253. [10] 1962 – Oklahoma City 89ers baseball team formed. 1964 July: Oklahoma City sonic boom tests begin. Founders Tower built. 1965 Central Business District redevelopment plan ("Pei plan") adopted. [12]
Arthur Rothstein's Farmer and Sons Walking in the Face of a Dust Storm, a Resettlement Administration photograph taken in Cimarron County, Oklahoma, in April 1936. The Dust Bowl was the result of a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the American and Canadian prairies during the 1930s.
This left downtown Oklahoma City in even worse shape than it had been in, with vacant lots where Victorian brownstones once stood. The 1970s and 1980s were periods of stagnation for Oklahoma City proper (and was the case for almost all major cities in the United States) and periods of affluence and explosive development for the suburbs.
The storm first hit the Oklahoma panhandle and northwestern Oklahoma and moved south for the day. [1] It hit Beaver, Oklahoma around 4 p.m., Boise City around 5:15, and Amarillo, Texas, at 7:20. [1] The conditions were the most severe in the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles, but the storm's effects were also felt in surrounding areas. [1]
Considered one of the first residential areas on the north side of Oklahoma City, Mesta Park was founded in 1902 and began being heavily developed from 1906 to 1915, with further development expanding into the 1930s. [3] Henry Overholser and his family constructed the Overholser Mansion in 1903, and is now a state historical landmark.
New York City (1930s) Image credits: Old-time Photos #3 A Smartly Dressed Lady From Kentucky, C.1900. ... #32 New York City Street Life In 1954. Image credits: Old-time Photos
It took place in the middle of the Great Depression and Dust Bowl of the 1930s and caused more than 5,000 deaths. Many state and city record high temperatures set during the 1936 heat wave stood until the 2012 North American heat wave. [2] [3] Many more endure to this day; as of 2022, 13 state record high temperatures were set in 1936.
The Oklahoma City Oil Field is one of the world's giant petroleum fields and is located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in the United States of America.The field was opened just south of the city limits on December 4, 1928, and first entered Oklahoma City limits on May 27, 1930.