Oklahoma City: Capital on the Plains, Built on Oil and Rebuilt After Tragedy
Oklahoma City became the state capital in 1910, three years after statehood, following a controversial relocation from Guthrie. Oil was discovered within the city limits in 1928, and derricks soon appeared on the Capitol grounds themselves. Working pumpjacks still operate on the lawn of the state Capitol building, a detail that distinguishes the site from any other statehouse in the country. Devon Energy Center, completed in 2012 and rising 844 feet, is the tallest building in the state.
The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building bombing on April 19, 1995 killed 168 people and injured hundreds more. It remained the deadliest act of domestic terrorism in United States history until September 11, 2001. The Oklahoma City National Memorial now occupies the site, with 168 empty chairs arranged in nine rows representing the floors of the destroyed building. The memorial museum documents the attack, the investigation, and the recovery effort.
Bricktown, a former warehouse district east of downtown, was redeveloped through the MAPS program passed by voters in 1993. A mile-long canal was dug through the district, lined with restaurants, a ballpark for the Oklahoma City Dodgers, and the Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. The Paycom Center, home to the Thunder of the NBA since the team moved from Seattle in 2008, anchors the arts district to the west.
Tinker Air Force Base, located in the adjacent city of Midwest City but part of the metro fabric, is the largest single-site employer in Oklahoma. The OKC metropolitan area has a population of roughly 1.5 million, and the city itself covers more than 620 square miles, making it one of the largest American cities by land area.
The Oklahoma City stockyards in the Stockyards City district south of downtown have operated continuously since 1910 and handle one of the largest live cattle markets in the world. The Cattlemen's Steakhouse on Exchange Avenue has served beef to stockyard workers and visitors since 1910, making it the oldest continuously operating restaurant in the state.
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Oklahoma City became the state capital in 1910, three years after statehood, following a controversial relocation from Guthrie. Oil was discovered within the city limits in 1928, and derricks soon appeared on the Capitol grounds themselves. Working pumpjacks still operate on the lawn of the state Capitol building, a detail that distinguishes the site from any other statehouse in the country. Devon Energy Center, completed in 2012 and rising 844 feet, is the tallest building in the state.
The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building bombing on April 19, 1995 killed 168 people and injured hundreds more. It remained the deadliest act of domestic terrorism in United States history until September 11, 2001. The Oklahoma City National Memorial now occupies the site, with 168 empty chairs arranged in nine rows representing the floors of the destroyed building. The memorial museum documents the attack, the investigation, and the recovery effort.
Bricktown, a former warehouse district east of downtown, was redeveloped through the MAPS program passed by voters in 1993. A mile-long canal was dug through the district, lined with restaurants, a ballpark for the Oklahoma City Dodgers, and the Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. The Paycom Center, home to the Thunder of the NBA since the team moved from Seattle in 2008, anchors the arts district to the west.
Tinker Air Force Base, located in the adjacent city of Midwest City but part of the metro fabric, is the largest single-site employer in Oklahoma. The OKC metropolitan area has a population of roughly 1.5 million, and the city itself covers more than 620 square miles, making it one of the largest American cities by land area.
The Oklahoma City stockyards in the Stockyards City district south of downtown have operated continuously since 1910 and handle one of the largest live cattle markets in the world. The Cattlemen's Steakhouse on Exchange Avenue has served beef to stockyard workers and visitors since 1910, making it the oldest continuously operating restaurant in the state.
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