As the anniversary of 9/11 rolls around this year it will mark the opening of the memorial in NYC and in the field in Pennsylvania.  The ter...

Shots from A Box Car Were Fatal to A Hutchinson Man  Wellington, Kas., June 2 - John P. Cates, depot master, and yard watchman here for the...

WELLINGTON, KS., Nov. 22---Last evening, Levi Meeker, his wife and 8-year-old daughter were found dead on the Southern Kansas railroad track...

Oklahoma, with its vast vistas of sky and distant blue horizons, has long attracted those who love aviation. In August 1909, in Belle Isle...

Photo from U.S. Army Corp of Engineers (Public Domain) On a sunny April morning in 1995, the worst terrorist act on US Soil occurred wit...

When the federal building in Oklahoma City exploded in April 1995, it was a shock that rippled at sonic speed across the psyche of the count...

A little girl in Wellington, Kansas in the early 1960's and her first visit to the historic Antlers Hotel: I was waiting eagerl...

The urban legend, folklore, and sometimes out right 'fakelore' of the numerous Cry Baby Bridges across the country is only a little ...

In this photo from 1945 a young Oral Roberts is shown attending his denomination's general conference, held in Oklahoma City that year. ...

In 1945, the Pentecostal Holiness Church meet in conference at the Oklahoma City First Church.  This church had begun in 1907 in the old ...

According to NOAA , there have been several tornado storms since 1947 which ranked F4 and F5.  The Woodward storm of April 1947 was part of ...

It has always been the silent voices, the untold stories, the hidden truths and the buried subtexts which have appealed  as I began delving ...

I was asked this the other day and as I searched I found there are numerous lists from as few as six signs to as many as sixteen and some wh...

In the movement west, European-Americans found strange and mysterious earthen mounds - some of awesome size - and reflecting a great amount ...

No, not the National Press Club. These are terms used in the newspapers of early Oklahoma City to describe a serious of awful finds in the c...

One of the longest and most intriguing tales of the Sooner state involves a woman who masqueraded as a man.  Various versions have been shar...

The cemetery has now been opened, the final graves appear to all be gone, and only the memories of those who lived, died, and grieved there ...

Top image is late 1960's shortly before it closed at the Bethany location. The sport fields between Route 66 and the front of the insti...

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THE SAINT JOSEPH CHILDREN’S HOME A Brief History based on an entry in the Bethany Centennial History Book (2009) By Marilyn A. Hudson Just...

Spring times are supposed to be about life and renewal and second chances.  Once upon time in central Oklahoma City the spring was dark an...

(March 17, 2011 Stillwater, Okla.) – Great resources for Women’s History Month with an Oklahoma focus are just a click away. The Oklahoma O...

I In Cheswick, PA in 1904 over 100 men were killed when an explosion ripped through the Hartwick Coal Mine igniting gas and trapping the  mi...

Krebs # 11 It was cold that January 7th in 1892 and a cold winter raced across the Indian Territory.  It was to be the last day for many ...

In the landscape of Oklahoma legends and myths one tale continues to rise to the top and be repeated periodically.  A scanning of websites w...

Wondering through an antique mall I chanced upon something I had not seen since a tiny child.  A small class container with an ornamental li...

Having enjoyed a class in the history of photography, when I saw this jewel in a second hand shop, I decided to pick it up for my collection...