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At the center of the memorial is a flag plaza with a 30-foot (9.1 m) pole for the American flag and two 25-foot (7.6 m) poles for the Oklahoma flag and the POW/MIA flag. The flag plaza is surrounded by a polished concrete walking area with a stained five-pointed star stretching the entire width and height of the walking area.
In addition to providing this responsibility to the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority, limitations were placed on the selection of toll road locations. It is the sole discretion of the Oklahoma Legislature to authorize projects considered for construction by the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority. Originally, fourteen toll road projects were approved.
Ed Galloway's Totem Pole Park consists of eleven objects and one building on 14 acres (57,000 m²) in Rogers County, in northeastern Oklahoma. The park is ten miles (16 km) north-east of Claremore and is located 3.5 miles (6 km) east of historic U.S. Route 66 and Foyil. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 30, 1999.
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The following is a list of companies based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Major companies based in Oklahoma City Expand ... Ben E. Keith Company; The Boeing Company; Chase;
Heritage Hills' largest house, and largest in Oklahoma City, is the Hales Mansion, spanning 20,021 square feet (1,860.0 m 2). The Châteauesque-style Overholser Mansion , the neighborhood's second largest house, is a historic house museum and is open to the public with guided tours .
Lawton is the fifth-largest city in Oklahoma. The city has a total area of 75.1 sq mi (195 km 2), all land. [30] Lawton is located about 84 mi (135 km) southwest of Oklahoma City. Other surrounding cities include Wichita Falls about 47 mi (76 km) to the south, Duncan about 33 mi (53 km) to the east, and Altus about 56 mi (90 km) to the west. [31]
Marland, a Pennsylvania oil man, came to Oklahoma and founded the Marland Oil Company, which once controlled about 10% of the world's oil reserves. [10] He founded the 101 Ranch Oil Company , located on the Miller Brothers 101 Ranch , and drilled his first successful oil well on land he leased in 1911 from the Ponca tribe of American Indians ...