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Arch "Beaver" Aplin. In 1982, founder Arch "Beaver" Aplin was a partner in the opening of a store in Clute, Texas, the first to bear the name "Buc-ee's".He formed the name Buc-ee's by combining his childhood nickname; the name of his Labrador Retriever, Buck; as well as the appeal of Ipana toothpaste's animated mascot, Bucky the beaver.
Boomarang Diner is a full-service, 1950s-style American restaurant chain specializing in freshly made hamburgers, chicken fried steak, chicken and breakfast served all day. There are currently 54 Boomarang Diner locations, all of which are located in Oklahoma. Boomarang Diner was named the 2015 Restaurant of the Year by the Made In Oklahoma ...
Cleveland Municipal Airport covers an area of 172 acres (70 ha) at an elevation of 912 feet (278 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 18/36 with an asphalt surface measuring 4,000 by 60 feet (1,219 x 18 m). [1]
The Rock Café in Stroud, Oklahoma, a historic restaurant on U.S. Route 66, takes its name from the local sandstone used in its construction. [2]Originally built in 1936 and opened in 1939, the Rock Café reopened on May 29, 2009 [3] after extensive repairs by historic preservationist David Burke [4] due to damage from a 2008 fire. [5]
Location of Cleveland County in Oklahoma. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Cleveland County, Oklahoma. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Cleveland County, Oklahoma, United States. The locations of National Register ...
In 1904, a railroad line owned by the Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad (later known as Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway or Katy) from Oklahoma City reached Cleveland and crossed the Arkansas River into Osage County. On May 27, 1904, the first oil well was spudded near the community, and it caused an influx of oil workers and other people.
Cleveland Area Rapid Transit (known as CART) is a public transit system operating in Norman, Oklahoma. It is named after Cleveland County, Oklahoma of which Norman is county seat . [ 2 ] While CART was initially the primary bus network in Norman, in 2019 the city of Norman partnered with Embark to run the city buses outside of campus.
The area became part of the Unassigned Lands and was opened for white settlement on April 22, 1889. After the passage of the Organic Act in 1890, Cleveland County was organized as County 3 (of 7) [5] and Norman became the county seat. For a short time, Cleveland County was known as Little River County, until an election in 1890.