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Chickasha / ˈ tʃ ɪ k ə ʃ eɪ / is a city in and the county seat of Grady County, Oklahoma, United States. [4] The population was 16,051 at the 2020 census , a 0.1% increase from 2010. [ 5 ] The city is named for and strongly connected to Native American heritage, as "Chickasha" ( Chikashsha ) is the Choctaw word for Chickasaw .
The Oklahoma City and Western Railroad (sold to the St. Louis and San Francisco Railway in 1907) constructed tracks from Oklahoma City to Chickasha, which it extended to the Texas border in the following year. Between 1906 and 1910, the Oklahoma Central Railway (sold to the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in 1914) built from Lehigh to ...
The Express-Star, "Grady County's News Source", is a weekly newspaper published one day a week in Chickasha, Oklahoma, United States. The publication covers Grady County, Oklahoma. It is published Thursday. [1] The publication is owned by Community Newspaper Holdings LLC., a company founded in 1997 by Ralph Martin. [2]
The Little Washita River is situated generally between Chickasha and Lawton in southwestern Oklahoma. [1] Its watershed comprises about 236 square miles (611 square kilometers) over parts of Caddo, Comanche, and Grady counties. [2] [1] The Little Washita is a tributary of the Washita River, [1] and joins that watercourse southeast of Chickasha. [3]
There is a theory that it originated at the sushi restaurant Jingoro in Sonezaki, Kita-ku, Osaka, which was founded in 1929. [12] [13] According to this theory, the owner of the Jingoro invented the idea inspired by tekkamaki, and a stone pillar with the "original cucumber roll" was erected in front of the restaurant. [12]
From 2005 to 2013, Dan Boren, son of former Oklahoma governor and United States Senator David Boren, represented the district in the House. According to the Chicago Tribune, Boren of Oklahoma was the Democrat in the House who backed President George W. Bush most often, with 77.9 percent of his votes, a higher score than set by 26 House Republicans.
"Bromide Pavilion" built by Civilian Conservation Corps in Platt National Park. Photo made July 12, 2007. In 1902, Orville H. Platt, a U.S. Senator from the state of Connecticut, introduced legislation to establish the 640-acre Sulphur Springs Reservation, protecting 32 freshwater and mineral springs, in Murray County, Oklahoma (then part of Indian Territory).
Kitcho (Kanji: 吉兆 Hiragana: きっちょう lit. "good omen") is a kaiseki (Japanese haute cuisine) restaurant chain group and one of the most famous ones in Japan.It was founded by Teiichi Yuki in 1930 in Osaka, and today runs restaurants in Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe, Fukuoka and Tokyo.