Renowned international architect I.M. Pei was contracted in 1964 by the Urban Action Foundation, a non-profit formed to help launch an urban renewal program for downtown Oklahoma City. His work included creating a 10- by 12-foot model showing how downtown might look...
The mill stone on display at the plaza is a documented remnant of one of the first industrial development attempts in Oklahoma City after it was settled on April 22, 1889. When Charles Grasham "Gristmill" Jones arrived in Oklahoma City in fall of that year,...
From the Oklahoma County Historical Society files: William D. Welge's "History of the Unassigned Lands" series (Museum of the Unassigned Lands / Oklahoma County Historical Society), plus Native American newspaper clippings from the same research...
Sue Ann Arnall Founder of Arnall Family Foundation Sue Ann Arnall is an energy industry veteran, who achieved numerous milestones during her time in the industry before founding the Arnall Family Foundation in 2015. At the Foundation, Sue Ann works to bring about...
If you took Oklahoma history in junior high, there’s a good chance you never learned about one of the state’s most influential early leaders — Charles Gasham “Gristmill” Jones. The Oklahoma City/County Historical Society long sought to tell his story and spent years...
