TOWNS AND CITIES IN OKLAHOMA


The Stockyards in Oklahoma City, the largest cattle market in the world, and the Historic Stockyard City with its restaurants and shops are well worth a visit. In contrast, Bricktown, once a busy warehouse district, has a thriving new existence as a nightspot. The Oklahoma City National Memorial Park with its Museum is a moving reminder of the 1995 attack; other excellent museums are the Oklahoma History Center and the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum.


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“Cowboys and Indians” are characteristic features of both Kansas and Oklahoma States, but not, as is the case elsewhere, as folksy make believe for visitors. On the contrary, “Cowboy Culture” and “Native America” are what sets these states apart and makes them particularly interesting.


Tulsa rejoices in the nickname “Terracotta City” which is justifi ed by a host of well- preserved art deco buildings in the city centre. The Gilcrease Museum, a high- calibre collection of Western Art and the Philbrook Museum with a range of different art forms are must-sees. The 23m high Golden Driller on Expo Square commemorates the town’s oil boom.


TOWNS AND CITIES IN KANSAS


Wichita is a modern city at the confl uence of the Little Arkansas and Arkansas Rivers. Not only does the sculpture of the “Keeper of the Plains” (with a Native American museum) provide a reminder of the past; the Wild West also lives on in Old Cowtown Museum. The hostelries of Old Town are a favourite meeting place in the renovated brick district, where the strange, but fun, Museum of World Treasures is also located.


The Rosedale Arch, a smaller replica of the Arc de Triomphe, is an unusual sight in Kansas City; a major attraction is the Kansas Speedway, a well-known Nascar race track. Overland Park was not designated a city until 1960 and offers the Overland Park Arboretum and Botanical Gardens and the Deanna Rose Children’s Farmstead, an agricultural museum of interest to the whole family.


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