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Ponca City, Oklahoma
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Ponca City is a city in Kay County in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The city was named after the Ponca tribe. Ponca City had a population of 24,424 in the 2020 census, down from 25,387 at the time of th
Veterans Day Parade down Grand Avenue in front of the Ponca City Civic Center and Town Hall
Veterans Day Parade down Grand Avenue in front of the Ponca City Civic Center and Town Hall
Ponca City was founded after the United States opened the Cherokee Outlet for European-American settlement in the Cherokee Strip land run, the largest
Ponca City was founded after the United States opened the Cherokee Outlet for European-American settlement in the Cherokee Strip land run, the largest land run in United States history.
The statue of oilman E. W. Marland, founder of Marland Oil (later Conoco), who later was elected as a U.S. congressman and Oklahoma governor
The statue of oilman E. W. Marland, founder of Marland Oil (later Conoco), who later was elected as a U.S. congressman and Oklahoma governor
The statue of Standing Bear honors the Ponca chief who successfully argued in U.S. District Court in a landmark civil rights case in 1879 that Native
The statue of Standing Bear honors the Ponca chief who successfully argued in U.S. District Court in a landmark civil rights case in 1879 that Native Americans are "persons within the meaning of the law" and have the rights of citizenship.
E. W. Marland
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Ernest Whitworth Marland was an American lawyer, oil businessman in Pennsylvania and later Oklahoma, and politician who was a United States representative and 10th governor of Oklahoma. He served in t
Ponca City, Oklahoma
…Eberswalde, Germany with 3 crew members surviving. Ponca City's history and economy has been shaped chiefly by the ebb and flow of the petroleum industry. E. W. Marland, a Pennsylvania oil man, came to Oklahoma and founded the Marland Oil Company, which once controlled about 10% of the world's oil reserves. He founded…
Portrait by Solomon Trompetter c. 1927
Portrait by Solomon Trompetter c. 1927
Protective by John Gregory: one of twelve Pioneer Woman models displayed at the Marland Mansion.
Protective by John Gregory: one of twelve Pioneer Woman models displayed at the Marland Mansion.
The Pioneer Woman statue was created by sculptor Bryant Baker and was unveiled in a public ceremony on April 22, 1930. Forty thousand guests came to h
The Pioneer Woman statue was created by sculptor Bryant Baker and was unveiled in a public ceremony on April 22, 1930. Forty thousand guests came to hear Will Rogers pay tribute to Oklahoma's pioneers. The statue is 27 feet (8.2 m) high and weighs 12,000 pounds.