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Perry, Oklahoma

Sooner Lake straddles the county line 22 miles northeast of Perry across Noble County and Pawnee County. With a surface area of 5,400 acres and an average depth of 28 feet, Sooner Lake is considered one of Oklahoma's premier bass lakes. Its primary use is a cooling reservoir for the coal fired electric generating plant, but its recreation opportunities make it fun place for the family to spend the day.

Although there is no overnight camping, Sooner Lake does provide boat ramps, picnic tables, restrooms and a swimming beach. Public access is provided to the heated water discharge area east on the county road off Highway 177.

The Lake has a well-established striper fishery and a newly developed Saugeye fishery.

SPECIAL REGULATIONS:14 inch minimum length limit on Largemouth bass. Buoy marked warm-water discharge area has a daily creel limit of 5 hybrids, striped bass, white bass or aggregate with no size limits.

HABITAT TYPES STATUS AND IMPROVEMENTS: Small amounts of standing timber in the south west portion of lake. Approximately 80 brush rows and 3 tire reefs were constructed prior to impoundment and are marked on OG & E public use maps. Extensive areas of concreted rip-rap on channel embankments and road fills; rock rip-rap on dam.

Attractions and Upcoming Events

The Famous Store

James Lobsitz founded the Famous Store in October of 1893 in a modest frame building a half a block east of the present building. His general merchandise business prospered and he erected the 50 by 90 foot two-story brick building in 1908

Perry, OK Historic Buildings

Carnegie Library

Perry Carnegie Library was built in 1909 at a cost of $10,000, the exact amount provided in a gift from Pittsburgh steel magazine Andrew Carnegie. It is regarded as one of Perry's most prized possessions. An extensive renovation and space expansion project with an estimated cost of $450,000

Perry, OK Carnegie Libraries

The Pancoast Building

J.A.. Pancoast, a lawyer, erected this building in approximately 1905

Perry, OK Historic Buildings

Cherokee Strip Museum

Through the use of artifacts, photographs, and documents the museum traces the history of the Cherokee Outlet and its people. In addition to exhibits detailing the chronological history of life in the Outlet, there are vignettes of a *General Store, * Kitchen, *

Perry, OK Museums

Outdoor Murals

This cowhand perception can be admired on the building north of Delaware Street on 6th. The artist is D.J. Mane, 1993. Another mural by D.J. Mane (1994) is painted on the north side of the Foster Drug Store depicting the old fashioned soda fountain days at Foster's.

Perry, OK Arts

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