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Ponca City is the headquarters for Oklahoma State University's University Multispectral Laboratory. Infrastructure Electricity. The Ponca City region receives electricity generated hydroelectrically at Kaw Lake, a United States Army Corps of Engineers project. The facility, located 7 mi (11 km) east of Ponca City, dams the Arkansas River.
Pioneer Woman. / 36.71000°N 97.06528°W / 36.71000; -97.06528. The Pioneer Woman monument is a bronze sculpture in Ponca City, Oklahoma, designed by Bryant Baker and dedicated on April 22, 1930. The statue is of a sunbonneted woman leading a child by the hand. It was donated to the State of Oklahoma by millionaire oilman E. W. Marland.
WBBZ (1230 kHz, "Newstalk 1230") is an AM radio station licensed to Ponca City, Oklahoma. The station broadcasts an news/talk format and is owned by Sterling Broadcasting, LLC. History. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) records list WBBZ's "Date First Licensed" as September 9, 1925.
The E.W. Marland Mansion is a 43,561 square feet (4,046.9 m 2) Mediterranean Revival-style mansion located in Ponca City, Oklahoma, United States.Built by oil baron and philanthropist Ernest Whitworth (E.W.) Marland, as a display of wealth at the peak of the 1920s oil boom, the house is one of the largest residences in the southwestern United States, and is known as the "Palace on the Prairie."
Awards. Bronze Star (4) Purple Heart (2) Legion of Honour. James Elbert "Jake" McNiece (May 24, 1919 – January 21, 2013) was a US Army paratrooper in World War II. Private McNiece was a member of the Filthy Thirteen, an elite demolition unit whose exploits inspired the 1965 novel and 1967 film The Dirty Dozen. [1]
E. W. Marland. Ernest Whitworth Marland (May 8, 1874 – October 3, 1941) was an American lawyer, oil businessman in Pennsylvania and Oklahoma, and politician who was a U.S. representative and Oklahoma governor. He served in the United States House of Representatives from northern Oklahoma, 1933 to 1935 and as the tenth governor of Oklahoma ...
The Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma, also known as the Ponca Nation, is one of two federally recognized tribes of Ponca people. The other is the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska. Traditionally, peoples of both tribes have spoken the Omaha-Ponca language, part of the Siouan language family. [2] They share many common cultural norms and characteristics ...
Ponca City Public Schools. Ponca City Public Schools is the public school district in Ponca City, Oklahoma. It operates seven elementary schools, two middle schools (one serves grades 6 and 7, the other serves grade 8), and Ponca City High School. It employs 760 people and has over 5,000 students.