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When it opened in 1940, the park was 1,738 acres (703 ha). In 1967, the Texas Legislature transferred 700 acres (280 ha) to The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center for use as a research facility, currently known as the Virginia Harris Cockrell Cancer Research Center at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (Science Park ...
U.S. Route 259 (US 259) is a north–south spur of U.S. Route 59 that runs for 250 miles (400 km) through rural areas of northeastern Texas and southeastern Oklahoma.The highway's southern terminus is near Nacogdoches, Texas, at an interchange with its parent route, US 59.
Lake Thunderbird is a reservoir located in Norman, Oklahoma. The lake was constructed between 1962 and 1965 for the purpose of providing municipal water to the nearby communities of Del City, Midwest City and Norman. It is formed by an earthfill embankment 7,300 feet (2,200 m) long and up to 144 feet (44 m) high on the Little River. In addition ...
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Lake Thunderbird State Park had 1.26 million visitors in the period from January to September 2020, an increase of over 373,000 people visiting the park during the same period in 2019, according ...
The Smithville Visitor Center, James H. Long Railroad Museum & Chamber of Commerce, located at 100 Main Street in Smithville, contains exhibits and relics from Smithville's railroad history. The Smithville post office contains an oil on canvas mural, The Law, Texas Rangers , painted in 1939 by Minette Teichmueller .
From the western terminus at State Highway 203 along the Texas border, the highway travels due east for five miles (8.0 km) and intersects with SH-30 between Madge and Vinson. [5] SH-9 continues east for 23 miles (37 km) [ 5 ] without intersecting another highway until meeting US-283 and SH-34 two miles (3.2 km) north of Mangum .
The nearly 8100 major dams in the United States in 2006. The National Inventory of Dams defines a major dam as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3).