摘要: |
This year, the Tulsa Port of Catoosa celebrates two closely related but distinct anniversaries: the 50th anniversary of the Mc-Clellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System (MKARNS) and that of the port itself, which sits at the head of the system.The anniversary of the MKARNS will be marked this year June 4, to commemorate the June 5, 1971, speech by President Richard M. Nixon that formally opened the system. Nixon began his speech by noting that the famous "cowboy philosopher," political commentator and newspaper columnist Will Rogers once mocked infrastructure bills coming out of Congress by saying he could get a harbor built on the Verdigris River. |