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325- The Worst Way to Start a City

325- The Worst Way to Start a City

Released Tuesday, 16th October 2018
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325- The Worst Way to Start a City

325- The Worst Way to Start a City

325- The Worst Way to Start a City

325- The Worst Way to Start a City

Tuesday, 16th October 2018
 2 people rated this episode
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Sam Anderson, author of Boom Town, guides us through the chaotic founding of Oklahoma City, which happened all in one day in 1889, in an event called the Land Run.

Plus, we talk about Operation Bongo, the supersonic flight tests that rattled OKC residents in the 1960s. Anderson calls Operation Bongo his favorite research discovery of his entire career.

The Worst Way to Start a City

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