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This classic OKC amusement park opened just in time for Memorial Day in 1958
It was anticipated as the Southwest's "most unusual tourist attraction." Frontier City U.S.A. would open on Memorial Day weekend in 1958. The amusement park would literally open with a bang! since a miniature, but powerful cannon would be fired, and Oklahoma Gov. Raymond D. Gary was asked to pull the trigger of an old-fashioned six-shooter to try and hit a rope stretched across the entrance to make it official.
Last Cain's Coffee HQ in Oklahoma City, sold by Farmer Brothers, to be redeveloped in 2025
Cain's Coffee Co.'s last grounds have been filtered through several owners through the years, and next year the 8.5 acres and big coffee-roasting plant that was its last headquarters in Oklahoma City, where Cain's was founded in 1919, will be deposited onto the industrial property market. Tulsa-based TruCore Investments paid...
Midwest City history remembered in new book by native Oklahoman who grew up there
"Tinkertown: A Wheatfield, an Airbase, and Us: The Story of Midwest City & Tinker AFB" by Jim Willis (ArtStrings, LLC, 457 pages, in stores) At an early age, author Jim Willis demonstrated remarkable talent for writing and storytelling. Growing up in Midwest City after World War II, Willis was having...
Buthion brings French bistro flair to new gallery dining experience
The team behind La Baguette Bistro and Buthion Fine Foods has partnered with the proprietor of 1515 Lincoln Gallery, 1515 N Lincoln Blvd., to bring a new dining option to the Lincoln Terrace neighborhood, just steps from the Capitol. With 1515 Bistro, gallery founder Susan McCalmont and Michel Buthion invite...
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