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City in Oklahoma, United States
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Enid is the county seat of Garfield County, Oklahoma. The population was 47,045 at the 2000 census. It is in the Red Carpet Country region of Oklahoma. Enid was founded during the opening of the Cherokee Outlet by land run in 1893 and was originally a stop along the Chisolm Trail. It has also been the home of Vance Air Force Base since 1941.
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Some people lost their cart and everything just to get a piece of land.
Victorian style home that has been refurbished. It is known as the "Glidewell Home." The original land office where pioneers lined up to file their claims after the great land rush of 1893 that opened the Cherokee Strip Outlet to settlement. Enid's oldest church building and an original one-room schoolhouse are also located in the village.
A spring where cattle and cattle drivers would quench their thirst on the Chisholm Trail.
Featuring six cabooses from railroads that have served Enid (Union Pacific, BNSF, Grain Belt), a baggage car, motor cars, a three-dome tank car, and a 50-ton engine. Railroad memorabilia is displayed inside the museum building.
Train rides and carousel are $1 and other rides are 50¢.
Includes a mini city design especially for children under the age of five, a water area where students will learn about rivers a water flow, a galleon with weather measuring instruments, a research quality telescope, a three-story slide and maze, an obstacle course, a dino-time line, a three-story ball machine, an amphitheater, greenhouse and picnic areas and more.
Voted #1 Burgers in Enid by local newspaper at least 3 times. A little pricey for just a burger, but well worth it.
Locally famous steak fingers. Don't forget the block of cheese with that.
Some Irish and Asian delectables and a choice of different beers.
This one features a pretty bountiful breakfast.
As there is no passenger train or bus service to Enid, you will have to drive, bike or walk to get there. It is located about 70 miles from Oklahoma City.
Read in the guideEnid Transit and Ms Debbie's Taxi, +1 580-747-9708, are two methods of getting around in Enid, Oklahoma.
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