This booklet presents an overview of the city's history and to identify some of the key historic resources in the downtown core. The residential neighborhoods are broken down into six major areas with an attempt made to highlight the distinctive architectural features, as well as, explain the key reasons these neighborhoods developed as they did. The influence of Shawnee's principal industry, the railroad shops is assessed, along with the impact of the Oklahoma oil boom in the 1920s on residential construction. The importance of the streetcar system also is analyzed as a factor in the spatial development of Shawnee.
