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Bricktown (Paperback)
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Bricktown (Paperback)
Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)
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List price R556
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Discovery Miles 4 480
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From the moment 10,000 settlers descended upon Oklahoma Station in
1889 and declared it Oklahoma City, the land surrounding the depot
was destined to become the new communityas hub of commerce. The
wholesale district was first home to massive cotton operations.
Wholesale grocers, livery stables, and hardware and implement
distributors followed, building up sturdy brick edifices in the
years leading up to Oklahomaas statehood in 1907. Almost every
major railroad line dissected the area, which was once bordered to
the south and east by the North Canadian River, and by World War I,
oil derricks were popping up like trees. By the 1970s, the once
proud wholesale district was a ghost town. But most of the old
brick buildings and streets had survived the ravages of time.
Developers just as ambitious as the cityas early settlers
rechristened the area Bricktown, and a city seeking to reclaim its
past spent millions adding a canal, ballpark, and other
improvements that have made Bricktown a popular regional
entertainment district.
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