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Carter Atwell, 11, spins as he goes of the diving board at the Family Aquatic Center in Broken Arrow on Thursday. MICHAEL WYKE/Tulsa World
Ethan Tatro, 8, wears goggles in the water at the Family Aquatic Center in Broken Arrow on Thursday. MICHAEL WYKE/Tulsa World
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Jewel Reynolds, 3, is spun around in the water by Paula Mace at the Family Aquatic Center in Broken Arrow on Thursday. MICHAEL WYKE/Tulsa World
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Broken Arrow World weekly gallery
Jana Jae (second from left) performs with her daughter and grandchildren during the ninth annual National Fiddler Hall of Fame Induction Concert on May 28 at the Broken Arrow Performing Arts Center in Broken Arrow. Jae became the irst woman inducted into the hall of fame. TIMOTHY TAI/Tulsa World
Byron Berline and Jana Jae perform during the ninth annual National Fiddler Hall
Regina Scott, 13, performs a song by Howdy Forrester during the ninth annual
of Fame Induction Concert on May 28 at the Broken Arrow Performing Arts Center in
National Fiddler Hall of Fame Induction Concert on May 28 at the Broken Arrow Per-
Broken Arrow. Jae became the irst woman inducted into the hall of fame.
forming Arts Center in Broken Arrow. Forrester was posthumously inducted into the
TIMOTHY TAI/Tulsa World
hall of fame. TIMOTHY TAI/Tulsa World
National Fiddler Hall of Fame President Bob Fjeldsted (from left), Roy Clark and
Barry “Bones” Patton and Jana Jae perform during the ninth annual National Fid-
Jana Jae stand onstage during the organization’s ninth annual induction concert on
dler Hall of Fame Induction Concert on May 28 at the Broken Arrow Performing Arts
May 28 at the Broken Arrow Performing Arts Center. TIMOTHY TAI/Tulsa World
Center. TIMOTHY TAI/Tulsa World
Jana Jae performs during the ninth annual National Fiddler Hall of Fame Induction Concert on May 28 at the Broken Arrow Performing Arts Center. TIMOTHY TAI/Tulsa World
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Looking Back at Broken Arrow Before Wal-Mart and before Ben
Kendric Douglas, 11, of Broken Arrow applies a bandage to Tulsa County Sherif’s Deputy Roger Humphrey during the 6th annual Sherif’s Boy Scout Camp on Wednesday. Douglas had attended a irst aid class and noticed that Humphrey had a scratch on his arm, so he asked if he could bandage it. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
send the car’s owner to Barth’s to buy a
Franklin, there was the J.A. Barth
set of replacement spark plugs, which
Mercantile Co.. Born on Valentine’s Day
cost $2.40 in 1919 for a set of four. They
in 1860 in St. Louis, J.A. Barth came to
also did soldering repair on radiators.
Broken Arrow and opened his store in
Ever the entrepreneur, Barth expanded
October 1903. It was located on the south
his oferings. He opened a funeral home
end of the 200 block of South Main Street.
and sold caskets. It was literally possible
It expanded rapidly. He had to add on to
to get everything you would need from an
his existing structure initially but then
actual cradle to a casket to put in a grave
occupied adjacent buildings. During
under one roof. The store framed pictures,
those early days of Broken Arrow, it was
sold gardening supplies and equipment,
one of the few places in town for newly
and even pipe ittings. With the advent of
arrived citizens to stock their new homes.
mail order and other forms of retail, Barth
The store carried a variety of items such
eventually closed the auto parts of his
as furniture, cookware, horse tack, rugs,
business. He sold the store entirely in 1945
guns and other goods. As times changed,
at the age of 85 due to health concerns. He
so did the store. With the advent of the
celebrated his 100th birthday in 1960 and
automobile, local garages turned to Barth’s admonished people that if they wanted to for a steady supply of goods such as spark
live as long they needed to give up their
plugs, tires and paint. Mechanics would
cigarettes and cigars.
Courtesy of the Broken Arrow Historical Society
Spring surrounds Our Lady of Sorrows convent in Broken Arrow. The convent is scheduled for demolition. Photo by Joey Bowles
Sunset arrives at the corner of North 84th and Kenosha streets in Broken Arrow. Photo by Miles Lacy
A foot bridge ofers access to Ray Harral Nature Park in Broken Arrow. Photo by Alan Bates
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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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