This oil rig is less than a half mile from my house. They dot the landscape everywhere. Even one of the malls has one, in the parking lot at Macy's.
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Daily photos from Oklahoma City and the surrounding metro area
Oklahoma is called the Sooner State, because when the state was opened up land was given away not by lottery but by land run, in a "shotgun start" style. At a certain time, all the settlers lined up at the starting line took off at a dead run and ran as fast as their buggies, coaches, buckboards, horses and legs could take them until they could find land that no one had claimed, 160 acres at a time. Unfortunately, not everyone waited for the starting shot and took off Sooner than they were supposed to: hence, the Sooner State. This bronze statue, actually a series of statues depicting the land run, is found along the canal in Bricktown, in downtown Oklahoma City (OKC) and when finished will be the largest bronze statuary in the world.
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2 comments:
Nice. Nothing like having some crude in your own backyard...and they are so hypnotic to watch in action too.
Is Moore, Ok where Toby Keith is from? I think of him when I see this photo!
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