Kunc Family Homestead/Bradbury Corner Historical Marker

Oklahoma County · on Second Street at the entrance to Holiday Inn Express · location approximate

James and Katherine Kunc and son, William, made the run and homesteaded a quarter section on the southwest corner of Second and Sooner on April 22, 1889. In 1923, Everett Bradbury purchased one acre of land on the northeast corner of the homestead and established a campground and filling station. This intersection was the junction of US Highway 66 and US Highway 77 and became known as Bradbury Corner.

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Kunc Family Homestead/Bradbury Corner Historical Marker

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