Oklahoma County

Oklahoma County, Oklahoma

Oklahoma County is one of seven counties in the United States to share the same name as a state it is located in.

Oklahoma County was originally called County Two and was one of seven counties established by the Organic Act of 1890.

County business initially took place in a building at the intersection of California Avenue and Robinson Street until the construction of the first Oklahoma County Courthouse at 520 West Main Street in the 1900s. In 1937, the county government was moved to a building at 321 Park Avenue, which now serves only as the county courthouse.

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American Indian Cultural Center & Museum

The American Indian Cultural Center & Museum is currently under construction. Visit www.aiccm.org for more information.

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American Mutual Company

A pioneer of the warehouse club retail industry, AMC was established by the Homsey brothers and operated on this site from 1961 until 1987. The Homseys fought in court to give business owners t…

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Arcadia Round Barn

Route 66 Roadside Attraction. Built in April 1898 by William Odor on his farm. Restored in 1992 by Luke Robinson, community workers and local business.

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By King Charles II Charter

By King Charles II Charter 1663 Carolina Included Oklahoma Oklahoma was a part of Carolina. A strip of land from the Atlantic to the Pacific, by English Grand this event commemorated by…

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CCC - Will Rogers Park

Civilian Conservation Corps Companies 872, 875,and 895 built this vast city park during the Great Depression from 1933 to 1942. The young men planted trees and built roads and nurseries. The pa…

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Centennial Land Run Monument

This monument commemorating the Oklahoma land run of 1998 was almost 25 years in the making. The tireless efforts of several visionary Oklahomans, generous contributions form a trio of initial …

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Central State College

Central State College Two Blocks N.E. Established by First Legislative Assembly on Dec. 24, 1890, as first Normal School in Oklahoma, Terr. Opened Nov 9, 1891, Richard Thatcher 1st President…

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Civil War 10 Pounder

Civil War 10 Pounder Three Inch Civil War Cannon used by N. J. Volunteer Artillery. Donated to Union Veterans Home, Oklahoma City By Maj. Gordon W. Lillie …

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Council Grove School

Council Grove During the Land Run of 1889 there was a section area of land held back from the homesteading bordered by what is now Melrose Lane on the south, the Canadian River on the west, no…

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Delmar Garden

This marker is located in the heart of the area where the largest and most lavish amusement park in the history of Oklahoma once stood. Delmar Garden extended westward from Reno and Western and…

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Devon Energy Oil and Gas Park

The story of oil and gas exploration and discovery is a tale of risk, innovation, fortunes won and lost, spectacular successes and dramatic challenges. The Devon Oil and Gas Exploration Park at…

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First Cultivated Tree

First Cultivated Tree From Chouteu's Post at Salina Transplanted From site of State's first permanent white settlement, this tree is a descendant of first trees ever set out by white man …

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First Tornado Forecast

March 25, 1948 This memorial is dedicated to the first operational tornado forecast issued on March 25, 1948 by Major Ernest J. Fawbush and Captain Robert C. Miller at Tinker air force base,…

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Harn Homestead / 1889ers Museum

Harn Homestead The Harn Homestead, claimed during the Great Land Run Of April 22, 1889 in the Oklahoma Territory. President Benjamin Harrison appointed Mr. William Fremont Harn to be a specia…

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Heartland Memorial Tree Grove

Heartland Memorial Tree Grove At 9:02 a.m. Wednesday, April 19, 1995 the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City was destroyed in and explosion which killed 168 people, includi…

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Kickingbird

Publisher and founder of the Edmond Sun, Milton W. "Kicking Bird" Reynolds was a nationally known newspaperman who promoted opening the Unassigned Lands in the 1880s. He made the Land Run of 18…

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Liberty Bell Replica

Liberty Bell Replica Cast in Ammecy, France On Tour of Oklahoma Beginning Many 15, 1950 For U.S. Indepencence Bond Drive

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Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum

A memorial and museum dedicated to educating visitors about the April 19, 1995, bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City.

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Oklahoma Historical Society Building

Oklahoma Historical Society Building (added 1990 - Building - #90000124) Also known as Wiley Post Historical Building 2100 Lincoln Blvd., Oklahoma City Historic Significance: Event, Arch…

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Oklahoma History Center Museum

An architectural masterpiece, a decade in the making, the Oklahoma History Center is an 18-acre, 215,000 square-foot learning center exploring Oklahoma’s unique history of geology, transportati…

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Oklahoma Railway Museum

At the Oklahoma Railway Museum you can ride on a real passenger train, visit a red caboose or an authentic dining car, or even a Pullman car that once ferried earlier generations across the cou…

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Oklahoma State Capital

Located on more than 100 acres in NE Oklahoma City, the Oklahoma State Capitol is the only capitol in the world surrounded by working oil wells. One is even named Petunia #1, because it was dri…

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Oklahoma State Firefighters Museum

This museum features extraordinary turn-of-the-century fire engines that were once used in Oklahoma communities. Oklahoma's first fire station is displayed along with the finest specimens of fi…

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Oklahoma's Oil Pioneer

Oklahoma's Oil Pioneers. Oklahoma's rise to prominence as a leading producer of oil, natural gas and refined products can be attributed in great measure to the determination and hardy spirit …

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Old Gasoline Filling Station

This is one of the last gasoline filling stations still standing in this part of the country. No one knows for sure, but it is thought to have been built in the late teens or early twenties. …

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Overholser Mansion

Henry Overholser arrived in Oklahoma as an '89er and soon became a prominent civic leader. He worked tirelessly to bring several railroads to Oklahoma City and operated the Overholser Opera Hou…

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Route 66

Route 66 Whether motorists called Route 66 the Ozark Trail, the Will Rogers Highway, Main Street America or the Mother Road, all remember Arcadia's Round Barn, The well - known land-mark was b…

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Run of '89-E. Boundary

Run of '89 East Boundary At the opening of old Oklahoma April 22, 1889, this was the east line for the Run starting at 12 o'clock noon. Prairies and hills in the 2,000,000 acre tract west w…

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Saint Patrick's Church

As a mission of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Edmond, St. Patrick was reportedly the first rural church of any denomination to be built in the Unassigned Lands following the Run of 18…

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Skirvin Hotel

First Opened in 1911. Two 10-story towers housed 224 rooms when the hotel first opened. A third tower was added in 1930 and the structure raised to 14 stories, increasing the number of guest ro…

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Soloman Andrew Layton

Soloman Andrew Layton This Cupola was preserved from the Baum Building, one of Oklahoma City's most beautiful structures. Its design was adopted from the famous Doge's Palace in Venice by Ok…

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Stanley Draper

He dreamed impossible dreams....then inspired and united all who could make them probable. He strengthen our stakes, lengthened our cords... and the dreams soared in reality. He was the spirit …

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State of Oklahoma Bicentennial Time Capsule

State of Oklahoma Bicentennial Time Capsule PAST TO REMEMBER A FUTURE TO MOLD Motto of the Bicentennial Given to the citizens of Oklahoma living in the year 2076 A.D Below this benc…

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Test Hole

Test Hole City Manage William Gill, Jr. Director Clarence Birch The first "Made in Oklahoma" Manufacturer's Exposition October 12-17, 1928 This granite is from The Oklahoma Granite C…

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Tinker Air Force Base

Tinker Air Force Base has been a critical component of America’s national defense since its creation as a maintenance and supply depot in 1941.

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Tinker Air Force Base POW/MIA Memorial

POW/MIA Memorial Let every nation knew, whether it wishes us well or ill that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the s…

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Tinker Heritage Air Park Museum

Tinker Heritage Air Museum Outdoor display of vintage and present day military air planes.

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U.S.S. Oklahoma Anchor

This anchor was one of three that were added during the Navy's modernization of the USS Oklahoma in 1927. Manufactured in 1919 by Baldt Anchor Company in Chester, Pennsylvania. The Anchor weigh…

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Washington Irving's Camp

Washington Irving's Camp Near here, 1832. Washington Irving hunted wild horses, an exciting event described in his book on his Oklahoma tour as "Ringing the Wild Horse." In party were H.L. E…

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Wiley Post

Wiley Post 1898 - 1935 Barn stormer - Test Pilot - Space Flier- Globe Conqueror

  1. County information from Wikipedia.
  2. Population from U.S. Census Bureau, 2020.