2023.4_Board Orientation

OUR PAST DRIVES

May 1889 – The Board of Trade (now the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber) formed

1890s – Board of Trade recruits rail service and utilities to OKC

April 22, 1889 – Oklahoma City settled in historic land run

1907 – The State Fair of Oklahoma founded in the Chamber boardroom

1909 – Chamber recruits OKC’s first major industry - a meat packing plant

Aug. 27, 1903 – The Chamber’s first Goodwill Tour held

1920 – The aircraft industry takes flight; the Chamber

June 11, 1910 – State Capitol moves to OKC after a Chamber- coordinated election

1910 – Chamber connects OKC to other cities by planning highway routes

organizes its aviation research committee

April 1, 1932 – Chamber purchases land and provides staff for Will Rogers Airport

1935 – Chamber leads bond issue to build the City/County/ Municipal complex

1927 – OKC establishes its first passenger flights

1943 – Chamber successfully recruits the Douglass Aircraft Plant at Tinker Field

1941 – Chamber raises funds to purchase Tinker Field

1944 – Chamber promotes bond issue to build Lake Hefner

8 • BOARD ORIENTATION 2023

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