1877Culture
Ponca City is named after the Ponca tribe, part of whom were relocated from Nebraska to northern Oklahoma from 1877 to 1880.
1879History
An additional irritant occurred upon the death of Standing Bear's oldest son in 1879.
1893Architecture
== History ==
Ponca City was created in 1893 as "New Ponca" after the United States opened the Cherokee Outlet for European-American settlement during the Cherokee Strip land r...
1911Government
He founded the 101 Ranch Oil Company, located on the Miller Brothers 101 Ranch, and drilled his first successful oil well on land he leased in 1911 from the Ponca tribe of Ameri...
1913History
In 1913, New Ponca changed its name to Ponca City.
1918Government
Marland built the Ponca City refinery in 1918 and founded the Marland Oil Company.
1919Military
McFadden, oilman and philanthropist
Jake McNiece (1919–2013), a US Army paratrooper in World War II, was the leader of the Filthy Thirteen, an elite demolition unit whose exploi...
1924Sports
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...
1927Culture
In 1927, miniature 3 feet (0.9 m) sculptures were submitted as part of a competition by 12 U.S.
1929Economy
In 1929, the Continental Oil Company merged with Marland, and the two became Conoco Inc.
1930History
His full-scale work was unveiled in a public ceremony on April 22, 1930.
1932Government
He was elected in 1932 as a U.S.
1934Government
congressman and in 1934 as governor of Oklahoma.
1949Culture
The company maintained its headquarters in Ponca City until 1949 and continued to grow into a global corporation.
1954History
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.
1957Sports
The Ponca City Cubs played through 1957, the last season of professional baseball in Ponca City.
1958Architecture
A related museum commemorating Oklahoma women was opened on September 16, 1958, on the 65th anniversary of the Cherokee Strip land run.
1979Military
Killblane, military historian and author
Jon Kolb, former offensive lineman with Pittsburgh Steelers
Candy Loving, Playboy model, January, 1979, magazine's 25th-Anniversary Play...
1981Economy
During the oil boom years of the 1980s, Conoco was owned by the DuPont Corp., which took control of the company in 1981.
1983History
President Barack Obama
Terry Forcum, 1983 World Champion professional long drive golfer
Randy 'Raygun Busch' Heyer, lead singer of Chat Pile
Richard E.
1994Government
In 1994, the six tribes established the Standing Bear Foundation and Pow-wow, beginning the first of annual shared pow-wows, to which they invite the public.
1998Economy
After nearly two decades of ownership and an oil bust that crippled Oklahoma's economy in the late 1980s, DuPont sold off its Conoco assets in 1998.
2002History
In 2002, Conoco merged with Phillips Petroleum (another major petroleum player with roots in northern Oklahoma) to become ConocoPhillips.
2005Culture
In 2005, ConocoPhillips announced plans to build a $5 million museum across from its Ponca City refinery.
2006History
In February 2006, the tribe received a grant of more than $800,000 from the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community of Minnesota for debt retirement and economic development.
2007Architecture
Opened to the public in May 2007, the Conoco Museum features artifacts, photographs, and other historical items related to the petroleum industry and its culture in northern Okl...
2009History
In February 2009, ConocoPhillips announced that all of its remaining nonrefinery operations in Ponca City (representing 750 jobs) would be moved out of the city.
2010History
=== 2010 census ===
At the 2010 census, 25,387 people, 10,440 households and 7,019 families resided in the city.
2012Infrastructure
In 2012, ConocoPhillips split into two separate companies, with the upstream portion retaining the ConocoPhillips name and the refining and transportation portions taking the na...
2013Education
WildCat Academy Program, starting in the 2013–2014 year, became the new alternative school for high-school students in the area.
2014Military
The film was to star the Academy Award winner Jennifer Lawrence, and was originally expected to start in 2014.
2015Education
The school later reopened in 2015 as an elementary school.
2018Education
In 2018, the UC began an ambitious project seeking to create STEM opportunities for younger students to encourage a higher-education pursuit.
2020History
The 2020 children’s film Adventures of Rufus: The Fantastic Pet was largely filmed at the Marland Mansion.
2024Military
On September 17, 2024, the National Park Service announced that the Ponca City and Kay County were jointly named a World War II Heritage City.