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Broken Arrow’s Brady Bean (left), Kade Goins and Landon Hulet field a ball hit by Owasso’s Cody Wolfe during their game at Broken Arrow High School in Broken Arrow on April 24. BRETT ROJO/for the Tulsa World
Broken Arrow’s Nolan Sturgeon delivers a pitch to Owasso’s Caleb Denny during a game at Broken Arrow High School in Broken Arrow on April 24.
Broken Arrow’s Mark Davis hits a double during a game against Owasso at Broken Arrow High School in Broken Arrow on April 24. BRETT ROJO/for the Tulsa World
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A Founders All Day IPA beer sits on a brick wall during the Tulsa Craft Beer Week Broken Arrow’s Luke Herndon competes in the Union invitational tennis tournament on Tuesday. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
Oklahoma state Reps. Mike Ritze (left), R-Broken Arrow, and Lewis Moore, R-Arcadia, listen to proceeding on the loor of the Oklahoma House at the state Capitol in Oklahoma City on Tuesday. SUE OGROCKI/Associated Press
Broken Arrow head coach Shannon Dobson (seated) watches his team take on Owasso at Broken Arrow High School in Broken Arrow on April 24. BRETT ROJO/for the Tulsa World
event the Rose District Pub Crawl at The Rooftop in Broken Arrow on Wednesday. Photo by Kyle Johnson
Broken Arrow Historical Society/Museum Ladies Tea committee members Ina Dilldine (left), Linda Polk, Jo Ellen Clow (chairwoman), Lori Lewis and Michelle Hadley stand in front of the bufet table on April 21. The theme for the tea was “Self Culture Club.” Photo by Jon Lewis
Earl Grey tea is served by students from TCC and NSU at the Broken Arrow Historical Society/Museum Ladies Tea on April 21. Photo by Jon Lewis
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Bob Wills appears during Rooster Days in 1949.
Composer and lyricist Ralph Blane rides a loat during a Rooster Days parade. The Rooster Days parade remains a Broken Arrow tradition.
Looking Back at Broken Arrow Rooster Days — Depression-era
Leo Wortman is called the Father of Rooster Days, a Broken Arrow tradition.
roosters. Prizes were awarded for best,
farmers had too many roosters. During
largest and noisiest roosters. The next
the Depression, bartering was a
year, the market price was even lower
common form of exchange with chicken
but increased pricing was secured for
eggs, essentially a form of currency
a single day yet again. The celebration
with Broken Arrow merchants. Without
now included the entire city and added
refrigeration, fertilized eggs began
live music and contests, such as hog-
incubation in days and were useless
calling and greased pig-catching. Each
for cooking. Infertile eggs, however,
year the celebration grew. The rooster
stayed fresher longer even without
culling eventually ended and Rooster
refrigeration, which was rare in the
Days just became a citywide celebration.
1930s. Leo Wortman, the high school
In 1966, a boy named Rusty Brainerd
vocational agriculture instructor, knew
reminded people of the festival’s origins
the simplest solution was to cull the
by leading his pet rooster, George, in
roosters. As the secretary-manager of
the parade. George’s feet were injured
the Chamber of Commerce, he formed
and Rusty carried him the remaining
a committee to explore options. W.L.
distance. When parade judges failed to
Patterson secured a price for roosters
award any prize to Rusty and George,
that was five cents over the market
a hat was passed and the proceeds
price of eight cents a pound. The
were deposited in the boy’s name at
Chamber added an additional two
First National Bank. Local Artist Letha
cents. However, the price was good
Nichols captured pictures of the event
for one day and required at least two
and used them as the basis for her
tons of roosters. The year was 1931.
painting “Rooster Boy.” Rooster Days
They gathered two and a half tons of
remains a Broken Arrow tradition.
Courtesy of the Broken Arrow Historical Society
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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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