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Purcell is a city in McClain County, Oklahoma, United States, and the county seat.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 As of the 2010 census, the city population was 5,884.〔 Purcell's railroad heritage includes being named after Edward B. Purcell of Manhattan, Kansas, former director of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (ATSF).〔(Joyce A. Rex, "Purcell," ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture''. ) Accessed April 12, 2015.〕 Purcell is often called the "Quarterhorse Capital of the World" and its official motto is "Heart of Oklahoma"; the city has registered trademarks on both titles.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=City of Purcell )〕 ==History== Purcell was founded as a railroad town in 1887, with the coming of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe. Amtrak still serves the town with the ''Heartland Flyer'' at the station near the old Santa Fe depot. Purcell was at the north end of the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway, owned by the ATSF. Located on the Canadian River, it was called the "Queen City of the Chickasaw Nation."〔 Purcell was the only town on the border of the Unassigned Lands, and began attracting hopeful settlers even before the Land Run of 1889. Town lots went on sale April 5, 1887, and a post office was established 16 days later. Residents elected the town's first mayor, James Taylor Bradley, on August 13, 1895. The town was incorporated on October 3, 1898.〔 In 1895, one of the five district courts of the Chickasaw Nation was located in Purcell, with the first session opening November 18, 1895. The court house escaped destruction the next day, when a fire destroyed most of the buildings in the business district.〔 Construction of the Oklahoma Central Railway, which would connect the Lehigh coal mines with Chickasha, reached Purcell in March 1907. The OCR located its main yards, barns and most of its equipment in Purcell. Although the OCR went bankrupt in the following year, its assets were acquired by the ATSF〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Purcell, Oklahoma」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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