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Hard hats and shovels await oicials at a groundbreaking for the Hardesty Center
the Hardesty Center for Dance Education at Tulsa Ballet in Broken Arrow on July 6.
for Dance Education at Tulsa Ballet in Broken Arrow on July 6.
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Tulsa Ballet donors and friends of the ballet applaud during the groundbreaking for
Tulsa Ballet donors and friends of the ballet ready shovels at the groundbreaking for
the Hardesty Center for Dance Education at Tulsa Ballet in Broken Arrow on July 6.
the Hardesty Center for Dance Education at Tulsa Ballet in Broken Arrow on July 6.
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Tulsa Ballet students Audrey Slater (left), Diego Enriquez, Julia Naifeh, Annelise Eggen-McElmurry and Bridie Cooley participate at the groundbreaking for the Hard-
Tulsa Ballet students pose at the groundbreaking for the Hardesty Center for Dance
esty Center for Dance Education at Tulsa Ballet in Broken Arrow on July 6.
Education at Tulsa Ballet in Broken Arrow on July 6.
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Broken Arrow Pride member Camden Crittenden gives blood during the American Red Cross Battle of the Bands Blood Drive at Woodland Hills Mall. Courtesy
Broken Arrow Pride member Hayden Sixsmith gives a “thumbs up� while giving blood at the American Red Cross Battle of the Bands Blood Drive. Courtesy
Jessie Wolters, Kaytlynne Payne, Rachel Cunningham, Reghan Gondles and Landri Collins take a break after giving blood at the American Red Cross Battle of the Bands Blood Drive at Woodland Hills Mall. Courtesy
Rachel Cunningham, Kaytlynne Payne and Chellsi Payne participate in the American Red Cross Battle of the Bands Blood Drive at Woodland Hills Mall. Courtesy
Miranda Schweiger gives blood during the American Red Cross Battle of the Bands Blood Drive at Woodland Hills Mall. Courtesy
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Brothers Isaac Doolen, 9, and Eli Doolen, 7, play a bean bag game during a gathering and movie night at the Farmers Market Plaza in Broken Arrow on Thursday. JAMES GIBBARD/Tulsa World
Looking Back at Broken Arrow The other Chisholm Trail — Since
Alan and Brittany Cook and their 9-month-old daughter, Lyric Cook, listen to music during a gathering and movie night at the Farmers Market Plaza in Broken Arrow on Thursday. JAMES GIBBARD/Tulsa World
Lawson and Andrea Glenn and their daughters Anna Glenn (left), 2, and Jaiden Glenn, 4, listen to music during a gathering and movie night at the Farmers Market Plaza in Broken Arrow on Thursday. JAMES GIBBARD/ Tulsa World
the Shawnee Indians, one of whom
Europeans settled the plains, there have
was Sampson. In June 1870, the Osage
been cattle here. The native bison that
proclaimed that there would be a toll
had dominated the area were gradually
of 10 cents on each head of cattle that
replaced with domesticated cattle
crossed Osage land. That fall, Sampson
imported from Europe. However, the
established his own trail from Chisholm,
plains were isolated and it was diicult
Texas, just east of Dallas to Cofeyville,
to get the cattle from the pasture land
Kansas. It crossed the Red River just
where they were raised to the markets
north of Denison and headed almost due
where they were consumed. The
north to Holdenville where it angled east,
railroads did much of the heavy lifting,
eventually entering what would become
but expansion took time. The solution
Tulsa County. It entered Broken Arrow
was a cattle drive. There were a number
near what would become Elam and
of trails that ran from Texas through
meandered back and forth across what
Oklahoma and into Kansas where they
is today Aspen before angling north and
terminated in various railheads. The
east toward Catoosa, where it continued
most famous of these was the Chisholm
north. The Osage toll was the beginning
Trail that wound through the central
of the end for the cattle drives. More and
part of Oklahoma. It was named after
more ranchers began erecting fences
Jesse Chisholm. However, there was
on their land that impeded the progress
another Chisholm Trail named after
of the cattle. This made the task more
Sampson Chisholm, who, it is believed,
logistically diicult. When the railroad
was an adopted son of Jesse. Jesse had
extended into Texas, the need for the
purchased three Mexican children from
drives disappeared.
Courtesy of the Broken Arrow Historical Society
Residents take part in a
Sisters Jaiden Glenn (left),
gathering and movie night
4, and Anna Glenn, 2, play
at the Farmers Market
a bean bag game during a
Plaza in Broken Arrow on
gathering and movie night
Thursday.
at the Farmers Market
JAMES GIBBARD/
Plaza on Thursday.
Tulsa World
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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