Daily photos from Oklahoma City and the surrounding
metro area
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Norman park
This park is close to the OU campus in Norman, 15 miles south of OKC. There is an Art Center adjacent to the park with several interesting pieces which I will be posting in the next few days. Check out the two eyes in the back, just above the park sign.
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.
1 comment:
Very cool! Long time since I've been to Norman....
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