Title: Prairie city, the story of an American community /
Authors: Debo, Angie,
Date: 1944
Publisher: A. A. Knopf,
Physical description: xiv, 245, viii pages : plates, portraits ; 22 cm
Language: English
LC classification: F
Abstract: The story of an American community.
Contents: Staking the claim -- The little store in the wilderness -- Building a government -- A society in the making -- The old-time religion -- The run into the Cherokee Strip -- Prairie City feels a boom -- The economic basis -- The people come to town -- The passing of the pioneer era -- The coming of the railroad -- City ways -- The shock of tragedy -- Prairie City gambles with its future -- The magic of statehood -- The peaceful years -- Prairie City graduates -- Over there -- The sheeted terror -- Never again -- Flowing gold -- The weakest link -- The Depression years -- The rules are changed -- The doldrums -- Pearl Harbor.
Notes: Includes index. "First edition." "The chronicle of a typical, rather than an actual community, a composite of numerous Oklahoma settlements."--Pref.
Subject headings (LCSH): Cities and towns--Oklahoma.; Oklahoma--History.