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Broken Arrow’s Brad Verel pitches against Bishop Kelley during a high school baseball game in Broken Arrow on Tuesday. JAMES GIBBARD/Tulsa World

Cancer survivor Shelly Forbes sits at her home in Broken Arrow on March 20.

Forbes is taking part in the 2015 Mom Prom fundraiser to beneit cancer patients.

MATT BARNARD/Tulsa World

Vietnam veteran Melvin Merley looks over a tiger cage at the Military History Museum in Broken Arrow on March 19. STEPHEN PINGRY/Tulsa World

Broken Arrow indoor percussion team members perform their contest piece “Shadow” at a send-of performance March 20 at the Broken Arrow High School gym.

Photo by Vicki Webb

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City of Broken Arrow Parks Department employee Jimmy Links cleans a mower in preparation for mowing season. Photo by Krista Flasch

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Bishop Kelley’s No. 27 Philip Scott tags out Broken Arrow’s Kade Goins during a high school baseball game in Broken Arrow on Tuesday.

JAMES GIBBARD/Tulsa World

Broken Arrow’s Kaeton Stamp tries to tag Bishop Kelley’s Riley Smith during a high

Broken Arrow’s Kaeton Stamp throws the ball after tagging out Bishop Kelley’s Ryan

school baseball game in Broken Arrow on Tuesday.

Martin during a high school baseball game in Broken Arrow on Tuesday.

JAMES GIBBARD/Tulsa World

JAMES GIBBARD/Tulsa World

Jerry Sue Renfrow (front) and Shirley Cook take part in a yoga lesson at the Broken Arrow Senior Center in Broken Arrow on March 18.

MATT BARNARD/Tulsa World

Linda Young exercises during a yoga class at the Broken Arrow Senior Center in Broken Arrow on March 18. MATT BARNARD/Tulsa World

Broken Arrow Mayor Craig Thurmond (foreground) talks about a proposed Vision 2025 tax renewal as other dignitaries, including Tulsa Mayor Dewey Bartlett (left), Broken Arrow indoor percussion team members perform their contest piece

Jenks Mayor Lonnie Sims (center), Bixby City Manager Doug Enevoldsen and Collins-

“Shadow” at a send-of performance March 20 at the Broken Arrow High School gym.

ville City Manager Pam Polk (right), listen during a press conference at First Oklahoma

Photo by Vicki Webb

Bank in Jenks on Tuesday. MATT BARNARD/Tulsa World

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 Looking Back at Broken Arrow  Civilian Conservation Corps Camp

The City of Broken Arrow dedicates the pond at Chisholm Trail South Park to D.C. and Janice Anderson for their contributions. Photo by Krista Flasch

installation of dams and drainage ditches,

— Soon after his inauguration in 1933,

primarily to conserve water. For this,

Franklin Roosevelt began putting in place

the men were paid $30 per month with

the pieces of his New Deal program. One

$25 of that going to their families and $5

such piece was the Civilian Conserva-

going directly to the men to be spent at

tion Corps. This organization, composed

their discretion. As time passed and the

of unmarried men between the ages of

drought lessened, the camp here evolved.

18 to 25, was tasked with a multitude of

In later years it would have been more

jobs. In drought-ravaged Oklahoma, soil

akin to a trade school today, with the

and water conservation and manage-

teaching of skilled labor such as carpen-

ment were at the top of the list. A camp

try. In addition, classes were ofered that

in Keystone, west of Tulsa, was opened in

would take the young men from elemen-

1933. In 1934, a branch camp of Keystone

tary-level classes all the way through

was started in Broken Arrow due to the

high school. There was a drive for local

lobbying eforts of local businessmen. The businesses to hire these men for jobs that

The City of Broken Arrow celebrates Arbor Day by planting cypress trees at Chisholm Trail South Park, 21101 E. 101st Street. Photo by Krista Flasch

following year a full-ledged camp was

included typing, mill work, farming, cook-

opened here. Construction soon began on

ing and many more. The Broken Arrow

the camp and on July 18, 1935, 220 young

camp closed at the beginning of World

men moved in. It was located near the

War II. All but a few of the buildings were

high school athletic ield (northwest of

dismantled and moved to Stillwater. They

Dallas and Lynn Lane). At irst, their job

were reconstructed to house military

consisted of improving farms through the

veterans attending college.

Courtesy of the Broken Arrow Historical Society

David Sheldon and his

Natali Gonzalez, 10, of Broken

wife, Leilani Sheldon,

Arrow cooks a popusa, a corn

arrange food on their

tortilla illed with beans that is

display representing

a native dish from El Salvador,

Hawaii during Broken

during Broken Arrow Public

Arrow Public Schools’

Schools’ Multicultural Festival

Multicultural Festival on

on Thursday.

Thursday.

JAMES GIBBARD/

JAMES GIBBARD/

Tulsa World

Tulsa World

Ivanka Devries, 8, of Broken

Kylie Simmons (right), 9, ar-

Arrow tries on a hat as Terri

ranges portions of apple pie on

Wong of Broken Arrow

a table representing America

watches during Broken

during Broken Arrow Public

Arrow Public Schools’

Schools’ Multicultural Festival

Multicultural Festival on

on Thursday. Helping are her

Thursday.

sister Cassidy Simmons, 11,

JAMES GIBBARD/

mother, Jennifer Simmons, and

Tulsa World

Sarah Landers.

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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