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The sun sets at the corner of East Kenosha and North 84th Street in Broken Arrow. Photo by Miles Lacy
The sun is setting behind an enthused crowd as some lift their arms up to the chorus Students Alyssa Walker (left), 11, and Tyla Habeck, 10, prepare to test out their kart
of “Mony Mony.” The Fabulous Midlife Crisis Band performed at the first night of
wheel racer during Camp Invention, a STEM camp at Centennial Middle School in
Tuesdays in the Park. The Broken Arrow Arts Council sponsors live music each Tuesday
Broken Arrow, on Thursday. JAMES GIBBARD/Tulsa World
in June at 7 p.m. in Central Park.
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Mark Barrett of Broken Arrow swings at Chance Brown of Tulsa during their MMA bout during the Extreme Fight Night 23 held at the River Spirit Casino Event Center in Tulsa on June 5. Barrett won the bout in the second round after a tap-out by Brown. MICHAEL WYKE/Tulsa World
Broken Arrow students (from left) Kelly Johnson and Kiyree Pucket talk about examples of banana leaves that have been woven into ilter mediums to capture algae, during a presentation at the high school in Broken Arrow on Tuesday. The team of students, led by teacher Donna Gradel, have been working on an aquaponics project to help feed people in Kenya. They all will present their project at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, next week. MICHAEL WYKE/Tulsa World
Broken Arrow student Addison Wimpee talks about a scale model of an aquaponics project to be built in Kenya. MICHAEL WYKE/Tulsa World
Kaden Neil (left), 12, of Collinsville and Tyler Sisson, 14, of Broken Arrow jump into a pond at Camp Strong, a summer camp for children who have battled heart conditions or cancer, in Avant on Wednesday. MATT BARNARD/Tulsa World
The sun sets near the corner of East Kenosha and North 84th Street in Broken Arrow. Photo by Miles Lacy
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Looking Back at Broken Arrow Elam — Broken Arrow dates its history
A cardinal has made a hanging planter at Aspen Villa Apartments in Broken Arrow her new home for her hatchlings. Photo by Brittany Utz
and Florence (111th), lay a distant ive
back to 1902. W.S. Fears sited the town
miles from it. While ive miles is not
along the rail line being constructed
a great distance today, in 1901 it was a
from Tulsa to Muskogee, a privilege
considerable obstacle. Hauling goods
granted to the railroad. However,
back and forth to the rail station with
before there was Broken Arrow, there
draft animals and wagons would be no
was Elam. Named after one of three
small feat. It also meant missing out
brothers, Elam Hodges, Elam was
on the communication network of the
founded around 1901. Early pioneers
day, the telegraph. So, the town moved.
such as W.N. “Newt” Williams and his
The railroad encouraged this by giving
brother M.C. “Mac” Williams moved
them their choice of lots in the new
to the area to start their businesses.
town. Many of the residents, including
The Williams brothers along with W.T.
the Williams brothers, moved their
Brooks and N.L. Sanders set up a number
businesses to the new town of Broken
of businesses in Elam, including a cotton
Arrow. They moved everything they
gin. A dry goods store followed, and in
owned, even hiring a contractor from
September 1901, a post oice was opened
Collinsville to move whole buildings like
to serve the citizens. Prosperity was
the homes and stores. In short order,
not to follow, however. When the rail
the town of Elam became something of
line was built, Elam, located south and
a memory with the post oice closing in
west of the intersection at Aspen (145th)
1906.
Courtesy of the Broken Arrow Historical Society Students Ragan Shrum, 8 (left), and Vivian Welker, 7, create light and sounds from circuit boards during Camp Invention, a STEM camp at Centennial Middle School in Broken Arrow, on Thursday. JAMES GIBBARD/ Tulsa World
Teacher Serenity Thompson (left) and her class watch as student Eli Edwards tests out his stomp rocket during Camp Invention, a STEM camp at Centennial Middle School in Broken Arrow, on Thursday. JAMES GIBBARD/ Tulsa World
Student Owen Wolfe, 8, makes a snap circuit during Camp Invention, a STEM camp at Centennial 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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