Ralph Blane Boyhood Home - Broken Arrow, OK
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N 36° 03.019 W 095° 47.348
15S E 248751 N 3993130
Broken Arrow native Ralph Blane's boyhood home. Ralph wrote over 700 songs for movies and Broadway.
Waymark Code: WM9XDV
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 10/10/2010
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The Ralph Blane home is one of many with historical markers in this section of Broken Arrow. The City of Broken Arrow is doing a great job marking the historical and interesting sites in the city. The Broken Arrow Historical Society and Museum is just down the street, on Main at the railroad tracks just north of Katy Depot.
Text on marker:
Ralph Blane Boyhood Home
Ralph Blane Hunsecker was born in Broken Arrow on July 26, 1914. he gained fame as a songwriter, NBC vocalist, arranger and actor for stage and screen in New York and Hollywood. He wrote more than 700 songs for movies and Broadway and received numerous awards for his music under the Ralph Blane name. He died in Broken Arrow in 1995.
(BA 100 Yr. History, PG. 214-215)
Broken Arrow Centennial 2002
County: Tulsa
Record Address::
230 E. Dallas
Broken Arrow, OK U.S.A.
74012
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Date Erected: Not listed
Sponsor (Who put it there): Not listed
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