Centennial Plaza - Ponca City, OK
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.
N 36° 42.190 W 097° 04.683
14S E 671679 N 4063665
With its backdrop of Spanish Colonial Revival architecture, features the dramatic Centennial Monument of a settler stepping off his horse to stake his claim. Feel history beneath your feet with 6,527 named bricks of homesteaders
Waymark Code: WMNB7Y
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 02/05/2015
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member DougK
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County of plaza: Kay County
Location of plaza: Grand, between 5th St. & 6th St., Ponca City

Centennial Plaza, with its backdrop of Spanish Colonial Revival architecture, features the dramatic Centennial Monument by Jo Saylors, a statue of E.W. Marland and a War Memorial Fountain.
Feel history beneath your feet with 6,527 bricks, named with homesteaders and their descendants.

A lot of details, like the donation names for the statue, etc can be found Centennial Plaza site

Name: Centennial Plaza

Street Location: 516 East Grand

Local Municipality: Ponca City

State/Province, etc.: Oklahoma

Country: United States

Web Site: [Web Link]

Memorial/Commemoration: The Great Land Rush of 1893

Date Established: September 16, 1993

Picnic Facilities: Benches

Recreational Facilities:
None

Monuments/Statues: Centennial Monument, E.W. Marland, Lewis H. Wentz

Fountains: One large one

Ponds/Lakes/Streams/Rivers/Beach: None

Traditional Geocaches:
a couple both call "for whom the bell tolls" one seems to be by the bell (GC4NW9Z)

Art (murals/sculpture, etc.): Not listed

Special Events: Not listed
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