Editing Ponca City, Oklahoma (section)

==Tourism==

===Sports===
Ponca City hosted minor league baseball from the 1920s through the 1950s. The '''Ponca City Poncans''' played in 1924, the '''Ponca City Angels''' played from 1934–1938 (winning three [[Western Association]] championships), and the '''Ponca City Dodgers''' (an affiliate of the [[Brooklyn Dodgers]]) operated from 1947–1952. The '''Ponca City Jets''' played in the [[Western Association]] in 1954, only to be replaced in 1955 by a new club in the [[Sooner State League]] called the '''Ponca City Cubs'''.  The Ponca City Cubs played through 1957, the last season of professional baseball in Ponca City.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi?city=Ponca%20City&state=OK&country=US|title=Ponca City, Oklahoma Encyclopedia|website=www.baseball-reference.com}}</ref>

===Points of interest===
* [[Miller Brothers 101 Ranch|101 Ranch Memorial]]
* [[Cann Memorial Botanical Gardens]]
* [[Kaw Lake]]
* [[Marland Grand Home]]
* [[E. W. Marland Mansion]]
* [[Pickens Museum]]
* [[Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma|Ponca Tribe]] headquarters
* [[Standing Bear]] Memorial
* Ponca City Concert hall

===Landmarks===
Ponca City is home to several landmarks on the [[National Register of Historic Places]], including the [[Poncan Theatre]], the [[Marland Mansion]], and [[Marland Grand Home|Marland's Grand Home]]. Ponca City also holds several regional events each year.

On September 17, 2024, the [[National Park Service]] announced that the Ponca City and [[Kay County, Oklahoma|Kay County]] were jointly named a [[World War II Heritage City]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=National Park Service Announces New American World War II Heritage Cities - Sept 2024 - Office of Communications (U.S. National Park Service) |url=https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1207/national-park-service-announces-new-american-world-war-ii-heritage-cities-sept-2024.htm |access-date=2024-09-18 |website=www.nps.gov |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Media |first=Griffin |title=Ponca City Recognized As American World War II Heritage City |url=https://www.news9.com/story/66e9a58251ef992c9701acff/ponca-city-recognized-as-american-world-war-ii-heritage-city |access-date=2024-09-18 |website=www.news9.com |language=en}}</ref>

===Pioneer Woman statue and museum===
[[File:Pioneer Woman in Winter.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Pioneer Woman (statue)|''Pioneer Woman'' statue]] was modeled by sculptor Bryant Baker and was unveiled in a public ceremony on April 22, 1930.]]

Ponca City is the site of the [[Pioneer Woman]] Museum and the [[Pioneer Woman (statue)|''Pioneer Woman'' statue]]. The statue was erected to commemorate women pioneers. In the early 1920s, E. W. Marland decided to create a statue commemorating the [[Pioneer Woman|pioneer woman]].<ref name=PCOLOilman>John Joseph Mathews, ''Life and Death of an Oilman: The Career of E.W. Marland'', University of Oklahoma Press, 1974</ref> [[E. W. Marland|Marland]] was reportedly asked, "E. W., why don't you have ... a statue to the vanishing American, a Ponca, Otoe, or an Osage - a monument of great size?" Marland answered, "the Indian is not the vanishing American - it's the pioneer woman."<ref name=PCOLOilman/> He sponsored a competition for the winning statue.

In 1927, miniature {{convert|3|ft|m|sigfig=1}} sculptures were submitted as part of a competition by 12 U.S. and international sculptors: [[John Gregory (sculptor)|John Gregory]], [[Maurice Sterne]], [[Hermon Atkins MacNeil]], [[James Earle Fraser (sculptor)|James Earle Fraser]], [[Alexander Stirling Calder]], [[Wheeler Williams]], [[Mario Korbel]], F. Lynn Jenkins, [[Mahonri Young]], [[Arthur Lee (sculptor)|Arthur Lee]], [[Jo Davidson]], and [[Bryant Baker]]. They were displayed in 12 cities around the state, where they were viewed by 750,000 people, who voted for their favorite. The original submissions have been on display at the museum at [[Woolaroc, Oklahoma|Woolaroc]] near Bartlesville, Oklahoma since the 1930s.  Marland sold them to [[Frank Phillips (oil industrialist)|Frank Phillips]] after losing control of the Marland Oil Company.{{Citation needed|date=December 2015}}

British-born American sculptor Bryant Baker was chosen as the winner. His full-scale work was unveiled in a public ceremony on April 22, 1930.  About 40,000 guests came to hear [[Will Rogers]] pay tribute to Oklahoma's pioneers. The statue is {{convert|27|ft|m}} high and weighs 12,000&nbsp;lb.{{Citation needed|date=December 2015}} Widely known as the Pioneer Woman Statue, the bronze sculpture's true name is "Confident".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pioneerwomanmuseum.com/learnmore.html|title=Learn More|website=PIONEER WOMAN MUSEUM}}</ref>

A related museum commemorating Oklahoma women was opened on September 16, 1958, on the 65th anniversary of the [[Cherokee Strip]] land run.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pioneerwomanmuseum.com/themuseum.htm |work=Pioneer Woman Museum |title=The Museum |publisher=The Pioneer Woman Museum |access-date=2010-09-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100618062153/http://www.pioneerwomanmuseum.com/themuseum.htm |archive-date=2010-06-18 }}</ref> It recognizes the work of Native American, as well as European-American women, and their leadership and stamina in creating homes, raising children, and taking care of the work of sustaining life and communities.{{Citation needed|date=December 2015}}