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Created in 1975, Tom Steed Reservoir is a reservoir in Kiowa County, Oklahoma, 6 miles (9.7 km) northwest of the city of Snyder, Oklahoma. [a] The reservoir area was created by damming West Otter Creek and diverting flows of Elk Creek through the Bretch Diversion Canal by Mountain Park Dam.
Snyder is located at the junction of U.S. routes 62 and 183. It is also 28 miles (45 km) south of Hobart, 22 miles (35 km) east of Altus and 36 miles (58 km) west of Lawton. [5] According to the United States Census Bureau, Snyder has a total area of 1.3 square miles (3.4 km 2), all land.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,031 square miles (2,670 km 2), of which 1,015 square miles (2,630 km 2) is land and 15 square miles (39 km 2) (1.5%) is water. [6] The county is largely composed of flatlands, although the southern border is covered by the Washita Mountains. [5]
On 1950-03-06, US-62 was rerouted through Oklahoma City. [7] US-62 followed Newcastle Boulevard into the city and turned eastbound onto S.E. 29th Street, which it followed to Robinson Avenue. It then turned north onto Robinson, which was also US-77, towards downtown. Through downtown, US-62 followed Robinson, while US-77 paralleled it one block ...
Fires destroyed most of the wood-frame buildings along Main Street in 1906 and 1908. The town rebuilt with all brick structures. [5] According to Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture, the Oklahoma City and Western Railroad offered Mountain Park resident Sol Bracken six thousand dollars for a 160 acres (65 ha) tract on which to build a ...
A locally-founded cosmetology school in north Minneapolis is teaching beauty techniques for all skin tones and textures.
Lake Overholser is a reservoir within the city limits of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. [ a ] Lake Overholser is formed by Overholser Dam on the North Canadian River in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma . [ b ] The lake is 2.9 miles (4.7 km) west of Bethany [ 2 ] and 4.4 mi (7.1 km) from Yukon .
A judge dismissed criminal charges against former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder in the Flint water crisis, months after the state Supreme Court said indictments returned by a one-person grand jury ...