325- The Worst Way to Start a City

<p>Sam Anderson, author of <em>Boom Town</em>, guides us through the chaotic founding of Oklahoma City, which happened all in one day in 1889, in an event called the Land Run.</p> <p>Plus, we talk about Operation Bongo, the supersonic flight tests that rattled OKC residents in the 1960s. Anderson calls Operation Bongo his favorite research discovery of his entire career.</p> <p><a href="https://99percentinvisible.org/?p=27112&amp;post_type=episode" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Worst Way to Start a City</a></p>