OK History Rosettes, Oklahoma Capitol South Plaza - OKC, OK
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member vulture1957
N 35° 29.477 W 097° 30.204
14S E 635750 N 3928556
South Plaza, Oklahoma State Capitol 2300 N Lincoln Ave Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73105
Waymark Code: WM11JD5
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 10/31/2019
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Bear and Ragged
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In preparation for Oklahoma's 100th Anniversary of Statehood in 2007, the South Plaza, redesigned as the "Centennial Memorial Plaza of the Oklahomans" was one of nearly 200 projects of the Oklahoma Centennial Commission. A highlight of the plaza is 22 rosettes of granite that have a design based on the Oklahoma State Seal. The designs commemorate 22 events in the history of the state, beginning with 18,000 B.C., when the first Native Americans occupied the land of Oklahoma and ending with the 2002 completion of the State Capitol dome. The plaza redisign was completed in 2003.

Inscriptions on each rosette:

18,000BC • Native Americans Occupy Present-Day Oklahoma

1200 AD • Mississippian Culture Peaks At Spiro Mounds

1541 • Coronado First Europeans To Explore Oklahoma

1750s • Osages Push Wichitas & Caddos To Red River

1803 • Louisiana Purchase Includes Most Of Oklahoma

1817-1842 • Eastern Tribes Removed Over “Trail of Tears”

1821 • Santa Fe Trail & Texas Road Cross Oklahoma

1824 • Ft. Gibson First Fort Established In Oklahoma

1865-1885 • Chisholm Trail & Cattle Trails Cross Oklahoma

1869 • Fort Sill Is Established On Medicine Creek

1870 • Coal Mining Started Near City of McAlester

1870 • MK&T Rail Service Begins In Indian Territory

1921 • Broadcasts Of First Radio Stations Go On Air

1926-1937 • Route 66 Built Under National Highway System

1928 • First NY To LA Air Service Transfer At Waynoka

1934 • CCC Builds Parks And Reclaims Land Across OK

1942 • Tinker Air Field Established At Midwest City

1943 • The Play “Oklahoma” First Opens On Broadway

1949 • First Turnpike “Turner Turnpike” Started

1959 • Oklahoma Voters Repeal Alcohol Prohibition

1995 • Bombing Of The Alfred P. Murrah Fed Bldg OKC

2002 • Capitol Dome & Plaza Of Oklahomans Dedicated

ref: https://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=60212

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