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A waterfall lows behind Bass Pro Shops in Broken Arrow as the sun goes down Thursday. Photo by Sandy Mortimer
Former state Rep. Mike Reynolds (second from right) and others look at the
Bonnie Regouby (center) listens as her husband and three sons perform in a sing-
reinstalled Ten Commandments monument at the Capitol Jan. 8. Rep. Mike Ritze,
ing quartet during her 80th birthday party at the Southern Magnolia antique shop tea
R-Broken Arrow, led eforts to erect the monument. JIM BECKEL/The Oklahoman
room in Broken Arrow on Jan. 3. JAMES GIBBARD/Tulsa World
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Looking Back at Broken Arrow KATY Depot, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
While the railroad and depot did sufer
(Photograph circa 1960s) Part Two: In
as automobiles became more popular,
1908, the decision was made to move
studying the railroad and depots allows
the depot. Our town was growing. The
us to remember memories from our past,
depot was enlarged and moved to the
sometimes ones we are not fond of. For
west side of Main Street. With our depot
example, during segregation there were
no longer in the middle of the street,
separate waiting rooms for whites and
our Main Street could “extend across
blacks. Another example comes from the
the tracks.” Trains were important to
Korean War. In September 1950, the 45th
our daily life. Western Union, founded
Division of the Oklahoma National Guard
in 1851, operated a telegraph service
boarded the train in Broken Arrow as
out of our depot for about 70 years. (At
they were headed of to serve our country.
the museum, you can see some of the
Sadly, our depot is no longer standing
original glass insulators for their lines in
on Main Street. Our last passenger train
our depot exhibit.) Families would come
was in 1959. The depot fell into disrepair.
to town on Saturdays and gather at the
While a group of citizens researched and
depot to visit with those getting of the
put up a good ight to save and preserve
train. People would share stories of where the depot, it just did not work out. The
Richard McDonald stands with his specialty, steel guitars, at his shop called Spirit Steel Guitar in Broken Arrow on Dec. 31. JOHN CLANTON/Tulsa World
they visited and the news of the world.
depot was sold to Discoveryland in 1988.
Families could take weekend excursions
Many of our citizens still have a special
to St. Louis, Fort Smith or Kansas City.
place in their hearts for our old depot.
Courtesy of the Broken Arrow Historical Society
Broken Arrow’s Jhayden
Broken Arrow’s Idalis
West is guarded by Musk-
Ortiz keeps the ball from
ogee’s Katie Million dur-
Muskogee players dur-
ing the eighth-grade girls’
ing the eighth-grade girls’
basketball game at Ernest
basketball game at Ernest
Childers Middle School in
Childers Middle School in
Broken Arrow on Thurs-
Broken Arrow on Thurs-
day.
day.
JAMES GIBBARD/
JAMES GIBBARD/
Tulsa World
Tulsa World
The Broken Arrow cheerleaders, including Meagan Lewis, 13, cheer during the eighth-grade girls’ basketball game against Muskogee at Ernest Childers Middle School in Broken Arrow on Thursday. JAMES GIBBARD/ Tulsa World
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Broken Arrow is Oklahoma’s fourth-largest city and Tulsa’s largest suburb, with an estimated population of 100,073 in 2011. It is also one of the state’s fastest-growing cities, adding more than 25,000 residents and a slew of big-box retailers since 2000. Known for quiet suburban life and short commutes to Tulsa, Broken Arrow has been named by national publications as one of the best 100 places to live, one of the 10 best places for families, one of the 25 safest cities in America and one of the most afordable suburbs in the south. A downtown revitalization efort that began in 2005 has aimed to create an arts and entertainment district centered on the city’s Main Street, and several new restaurants, a historical museum and a performing arts center have headlined the recent downtown improvements.
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Broken Arrow fans Parker Howell (right to left), Blane Schnautz, Markale Moses and Grant Morris root for their team during the Broken Arrow vs. Sand Springs girls’ basketball game in Broken Arrow on Tuesday. JAMES GIBBARD/Tulsa World
Broken Arrow’s Jalise Smallwood tries to get around Sand Springs’ Sydney Pennington during Tuesday’s game in Broken Arrow. JAMES GIBBARD/Tulsa World
Jack Regouby (sitting) performs in a singing quartet with his sons Mark Regouby
The Broken Arrow Tigettes dance team performs during the girls basketball game against Sand Springs in Broken Arrow on Tuesday. JAMES GIBBARD/Tulsa World
Bonnie Regouby (right) of Tulsa is greeted by her daughter-in-law Jil Hellmann
(left), Steve Regouby and Dan Regouby during his wife’s 80th birthday party at the
Regouby of Miami, Okla., and her grandson Ellis Hellmann Regouby, 3 months, at her
Southern Magnolia antique shop tea room in Broken Arrow on Jan. 3.
80th birthday party at the Southern Magnolia antique shop tea room in Broken Arrow
JAMES GIBBARD/Tulsa World
on Jan. 3. JAMES GIBBARD/Tulsa World