1962 OKC highway map.

[Waltercat]

Wedgewood and Spring Lake Amusement Parks. Fun times. This map is apparently not old enough to show where the original; site was for the state fair. I got to metal detect it several years ago and found some old wheaties, Idian Heads, Barber Dimes and a Seated quarter.

Does anyone here remember or even know where that was? I'll bet most don't even know.

I don't. Where was it?
Back then was when people carried coins. I recall being there when a ferris wheel stopped and the top cage pretty much remained upside down and coins fell from a rider came out of their pockets. I was a kid and it was the sound of big money.

 

[67RS/SSx2]

I found this interesting. Thought some of you might too.

It shows the old Grand Blvd loop and I-40 west of I-35 is just a suggestion.

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That is cool. I have several old maps from when I was younger but I don't think I-40 west is missing on any of them. I think the west segment of I-40 was built in the mid 60s.

 

[Perplexed]

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[JEVapa]

Neat

 

[kcatto]

They were amusement parks.. wasn't Wedgewood around nw 63rd nw highway just west of nw 63rd intersection. I think I remember Spring lake was on south side near where okc spring lake police division is now...

 

[cowadle]

used to be a big shanty town on the river and the stockyards were out in the country or kinda like between towns.

 

[Catt57]

Wedgewood and Spring Lake Amusement Parks. Fun times. This map is apparently not old enough to show where the original; site was for the state fair. I got to metal detect it several years ago and found some old wheaties, Idian Heads, Barber Dimes and a Seated quarter.

Does anyone here remember or even know where that was? I'll bet most don't even know.

Just east of I35 and south of NE 10th I believe. Water treatment plant used to be just south of that location.

 

[elwoodtrix]

Wiley Post used to be North of Hefner, the Bluff creek area.

 

[sherrick13]

Cool map.

 

[dennishoddy]

It does show I-35. When a kid, I think it was hwy 77 or 177 that was the only route to OKC from Ponca? Two lane road back then.