Chapter 01
1961: a hill and a hundred redbuds
A dozen refinery families pooled their savings, bought forty acres above Lake Ponca, and planted redbuds along the first road before a single building went up.
Our story
Sixty-some years on the hill
How a group of refinery families built a place to grow old, and how it grew.
Our story
Our story, in five chapters
Chapter 02
1964: the first cottages
Twenty-four cottages opened with a shared dining hall. The first residents included a refinery chemist, two schoolteachers and the town's longtime piano tuner.
Chapter 03
1983: care on the hill
Eastmoor Health Center opened so residents who needed nursing care wouldn't have to move to Enid or Wichita. Marland House assisted living followed in 1996.
- 1961founded by Ponca City families
- 52acres of lawns, gardens and woods
- 4levels of care on one hill
- 10minutes to the Marland Mansion
Ratings & recognition · sample
- Sample: Best Senior Living, Regional Readers' Poll
- Sample: Not-for-Profit of the Year
- Sample: Top Workplace
The redbuds bloom in April. Come see them.
Or come any month. Call Caroline's office, or book a tour online.