Surprise Estate in Ponca

The oil baron of Ponca E W Marland in the 1920s created the most surprising mansion and estate rivaling in many ways the stately homes of Europe. The gold leaf on one ceiling would cost $1.5 million to replace today. I also suspect he was quite a party animal as he had a huge hall with its own bar in the basement with underground tunnels to th boathouse next to the lake. The tunnels also had a secret whiskey safe used during prohibition years.
Now in Fort Smith just in Arkansas from where members of the 188 deployed to Afganistan today.