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The I.M. Pei Plan
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...
C.G. Jones and the Mill Stone
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,...
History of the Unassigned Lands
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...
Plaza Dedicated to C.G. Jones
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...
OCPD Photo History 1889-1907
Welcome to what may be one of the best single collection of Oklahoma City history - all from the archives of the Oklahoma City Police Department. Anyone interested in the history of the OCPD should first read "Oklahoma Justice" by Ron Owens or visit the history site...
