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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.
The first church building was a wood structure built in May 1919 on NW 31st Street between Western and Lake. The following month the parish held a ground breaking for a combination church and school building. Construction of the present church building was begun on July 3, 1923, and was completed in February 1924.
In 1931, Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in Oklahoma City became the new cathedral for the diocese. [7] Bishop Eugene J. McGuinness from the Diocese of Raleigh was appointed coadjutor bishop of Oklahoma City-Tulsa in 1944 by Pope Pius XII to assist Kelley. [8] When Kelley died in 1948, McGuiness automatically succeeded him as bishop.
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History of the Oklahoma Press and the Oklahoma Press Association (Oklahoma City: Oklahoma Press Association, 1930). Federal Writers' Project (1941), "Newspapers", Oklahoma: a Guide to the Sooner State , American Guide Series , Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, pp. 74– 82, ISBN 9781603540353 – via Google Books
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