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OK Theatre

A theater whose opening was delayed by the influenza pandemic.

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The OK Theatre facade in Enterprise. The marquee records a moment in the past, not a current program.
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The OK Theatre facade in Enterprise. The marquee records a moment in the past, not a current program.

Ian Poellet · 2012-08-05 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Image & source ↗

The city dates the theater’s construction to 1918 and its opening to January 25, 1919. Public-gathering restrictions during the influenza pandemic delayed the opening.

That sequence connects a familiar building to a much larger event. The historical record remains distinct from a current performance calendar.

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1918

Construction of the theater; opening delayed during the influenza pandemic.

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January 25, 1919

Grand opening reported in the city’s historical account.

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An aerial view of Enterprise and the surrounding fields.View photograph
Enterprise

Enterprise, from above

Sam Beebe2007-07-08
Brick storefronts along a street in Enterprise.View photograph
Enterprise

Enterprise street corners

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An old truck in a field near Enterprise, with the Wallowa Mountains behind it.View photograph
Enterprise

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Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives14 June 2011
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Brick storefronts along a street in Enterprise.
Chapter 03 Towns & settlement

Every main street has many lives.

An influenza-delayed theater, a bank with a hospital upstairs, and a pharmacy sharing a roof with a lodge: follow the rooms where the valley’s towns repeatedly remade their lives.

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