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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
National
Hailey Branson-Potts

A round barn rises in rural America. There is grief and hope in its rafters

LOGAN COUNTY, Okla. — A curiosity rises amid the wheat fields along rural Highway 33, which cuts through the town of Guthrie.

It's an immense, circular building — about 15,000 square feet inside — with a domed roof topped by an ornate cupola and a copper eagle. Standing at 72 feet, it is visible for miles on the flat Oklahoma expanse.

Jay Branson is building it in his backyard. He calls it his round barn, but it's more of a prairie cathedral.

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