![]() ![]() “Huge structures,” he explained in 2017, “made of reinforced concrete and re-bar.”Ī few years ago he set out to find remnants of those sites near Willow, Oklahoma and Granite, Oklahoma, among other places. You’re just working and paying bills, and trying to raise a family.”īrewer did hear stores from his father about what it was like to build the Atlas Missile sites that surrounded the Altus Air Force Base in the 1950’s. “What I’ve come across is this phenomenon,” he states, “that when you live through history you don’t realize that it was history. Southwestern OSU history professor Landry Brewer argues, “The 1950’s and 1960’s were the most frightening years.”īut he says the days of ‘duck and cover’ drills and fallout shelters can seem remote from our every day life because the people who lived it often fail to realize just how unique it was. The Cold War officially ended in 1991 with the collapse of the Soviet Union. WEATHERFORD, OKLAHOMA - It isn’t ancient history. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. ![]()
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