Talk:Ponca City, Oklahoma
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Ponca City is often considered to be the sculpture mecca of Oklahoma.
[edit] Ponca tribe
I don't have time to write the article at the moment but when the article on the Ponca people (or tribe) gets written, it ought to include the fact that Carter Camp, a writer, activist, and American Indian Movement leader is (probably) its most famous member. He is responsible for the famous quote, "We decided that our Indian people were more important than long jail terms." I wanted to get this down before I forget it and didn't have any other place to put it.--Rockero 22:37, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Ideas for Supplementing the Ponca City Article
The following topics may warrant sub-headings: prairie architecture (many historic homes), the arts (as an example, the Ponca Playhouse may well be Oklahoma's oldest community theatre company in continuous operation), city parks (As I understand, most of Ponca City's 10+ parks were planned when the original lots were designed in 1893 at the land run), Native American culture (in addition to the Ponca tribe, the city is surrounded by Kaw, Osage, Otoe-Missouria, Pawnee, and Tonkawa tribes). Home learning2 06:00, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Points of Interest
Recently, several curious items have been added to the Ponca City Points of Interest list. Examples include a local bookstore, a church congregation, and a link to Ponca City High School 2007 seniors. If there is a criteria allowing these type of links, virtually any retail business, church, and interesting public school links should also be included. This is clearly not the intent behind a "Points of Interest" list.
The church in question does not own its own property and meets in temporary rented facilities. From the standpoint of historical interest, perhaps First Christian Church (which exemplifies prairie architecture and design) would be acceptable for inclusion. Nonetheless, barring some regional significance of the properties, I would say that churches should not be listed here. Without this standard, each congregation, synagogue, home group, or other religious organization would feel entitled to use this list as advertising space. This would surely have a negative effect upon the usefulness of this article. Home learning2 19:47, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
I, too, have personally deleted that entry three times, only to find it replaced each time, with no explanation as to what makes this particular church a "point of interest".71.120.34.169 22:03, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
I fixed it again. Doesn't seem to Christian like to keep vandalising the article.
