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Hollis Garden is a part of a larger Lake Mirror complex that includes the Frances Langford Promenade, a site built in the 1920s and dedicated to American actress and Lakeland local Frances Langford, in 1946; [5] the Magnolia Building, a city owned formal event space built in 1938, originally known as the Lakeland Community Center; [6] Garden ...
This list of botanical gardens and arboretums in Oklahoma is intended to include all significant botanical gardens and arboretums in the U.S. state of Oklahoma [1] [2] [3] Name Image
A post office named for Hollis was established October 31, 1901. [5] Hollis was in Greer County, Oklahoma until 1909, when Governor Haskell divided the old county into Greer County and Harmon County, Hollis fell into Harmon County. An election was held to choose a county seat. Contenders were Hollis, Dryden, Looney and Vinson. Hollis won the ...
All lakes listed are man-made. Oklahoma's only natural lakes are oxbow and playa lakes. Oklahoma has sixty-two oxbow lakes at least 10 acres in size. The largest, near the Red River in McCurtain County, is 272 acres. Playa lakes are found in saucer-shaped depressions in the high plains region. They are usually intermittent, holding water only ...
In 1930, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the boundary between Texas and Oklahoma was actually 3,800 feet (1,200 m) farther east than originally believed. It returned the disputed land to Texas, reducing the county's area to its present size. [4] A railroad built from Altus, Oklahoma to the Texas state line came to Hollis and Gould in 1910.
1 Myriad Gardens Oklahoma City, OK 73102-9219: Location: Downtown Oklahoma City: Coordinates ... The Beach Boys – May 4, 1975, with Chicago and May 10, 1990, ...
The 520-acre (2.1 km 2) park, located in the panhandle region of Oklahoma, offers dune buggy riding on 300 acres (1.2 km 2) of sand hills, fishing, hiking trails, a playground and two campgrounds. Hackberry Bend Campground is located next to Beaver Lake, approximately 2 acres (8,100 m 2 ), stocked with largemouth bass, channel catfish, and ...
The park operates under a partnership between the state of Oklahoma's Department of Tourism and Recreation and the citizens of Fairview, Oklahoma. In 1977, the state appropriated $125,000 to match $125,000 from the Federal Land and Water Conservation Fund to buy 640 acres along U.S. Highway 412 for a public park. However, the state could not ...