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The city of Purcell is directly across the river from Lexington, connected by U.S. Route 77. US 77 leads north from Lexington 16 miles (26 km) to Norman and 38 miles (61 km) to the center of Oklahoma City. According to the United States Census Bureau, Lexington has a total area of 2.4 square miles (6.2 km 2), all land. [4]
45th Infantry Division Museum – Oklahoma City. [42] Boise City Bomb Memorial – Boise City. Boise City bombed by mistake on a training mission during World War II. [43] Brigadier General Stand Watie Grave Site – Grove. Last Confederate general to surrender. [44] Cabin Creek Civil War Battle Site – Pensacola. Two Civil War battles fought ...
Altus (/ ˈ æ l t ə s /) is a city in and the county seat of Jackson County, Oklahoma, United States. [5] The population was 18,729 at the 2020 census. [6] Altus is home to Altus Air Force Base, the United States Air Force training base for C-17, KC-46 and KC-135 aircrews. It is also home to Western Oklahoma State College and Southwest ...
When Oklahoma became the 46th U.S. state (November 16, 1907), old "Greer County" was divided into Greer, Jackson, and part of Beckham counties. Altus was originally designated as the seat of Jackson County. Olustee vied in an unsuccessful bid to replace Altus as the seat in an election on July 18, 1908. [3]
The highway passes through fifteen of Oklahoma's counties. Along the way the route serves two of Oklahoma's largest cities, Lawton and Oklahoma City, as well as many regionally important cities, like Altus, Chickasha, Muskogee, and Tahlequah. Despite this, US-62 has no lettered spur routes like many other U.S. routes in Oklahoma do.
The Oklahoma County Crisis Center at 2625 General Pershing Blvd. in Oklahoma City opened in 2013. The facility is expected to serve as a model for how the upcoming MAPS 4 Mental Health Crisis ...
Oklahoma City Councilmembers approved a real estate donation agreement Tuesday with Echo for 9 acres downtown for a new MAPS 4 Multipurpose Stadium.
The current iteration of State Highway 44 was first added to the Oklahoma State Highway system on April 14, 1932. [2] The highway as originally designated was a split route; its southern section began at SH-34 in Eldorado, and proceeded northeast to end at US-62 west of Altus.