Altus is one of Oklahoma's fastest-growing, most prosperous, and
progressive cities. But at the same time, it is a southwestern city
of unique charm and grace a city of trees, parks, and play grounds.
Altus
offers a good family life and some of the finest game lands in the
country. The Annual Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute at Quartz Mountain
State Park draws students, artists and performers from across the
state. County fairs, rodeos, and roundups are all part of the
Altusan's life. Altus offers something for everybody, including
theaters, roller skating, bowling, miniature golf, horseback riding, swimming,
boating, golfing, baseball, basketball, football, hiking, camping, exploring,
rock climbing, back packing and rock hunting. For stock car enthusiasts, Altus
has one of the finest tracks in the state.
Altus has grown from less than
10,000 residents in 1950 to more than 23,000 today.