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Oklahoma Historical Society

- A statue entitled "Hopes and Dreams," in downtown Perry was created by local sculptor Bill Bennett and placed there on a massive granite pedestal as a Cherokee Strip Centennial memorial. The statue portrays an early-day couple coming to the newly opened western frontier.
- Oklahoma was among the states hardest hit by the Great Depression and the drought that created the Dust Bowl in the 1930s.
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