14 August 1880, New Echo (Phelps Co., Mo) “ It has been said to me by some of my good Democrat friends that they did not want me to lea...

A few years ago at an event a local woman approached me and shared a story of her own which was indeed strange.  She lived in southeast O...

Between mining disasters, gas line breaks, industrial accidents and oil field happenings, Southeastern Oklahoma was pretty explosive. I...

A large and very nice memorial stands in the now open area of the cemtery. Gone are the fences and gates and many of the headstones. Most a...

One morning in mid November of 1917 the busy mining community of Virginia, Minnesota had its peace shattered by the discovery of the grisly...

From the "who knew?" files:  Lucille Leseur, who would become the famous Joan Crawford, was born in San Antonio, Texas.  Briefl...

Doug Dawgz Blog: Marilyn Hudson, Bizarre History Genie

There is a fascinating character who comes out of Virginia and moves into Kentucky in the very early days of that region. His moniker is int...

In those days before sidewalks, cement, and even available bricks at a reasonable price, how did people walk around their houses when it ra...

This smiling family group were caught enjoying a swimming area in Oklahoma (most likely either Creek or Oklmulgee County).  Note there is e...

Known primarily as the location of the Oklahoma State Penitentiary, the historic community of McAlester is today a fascinating community.  ...

I must admit a weakness for old buildings, mysteries, and vintage times.  So I was interested when I ran across a newspaper piece from Marc...

Marxism, Communism, and Socialism all lifted high the rights of the "Worker."  Many of the first labor organizations were comi...

In the years between WW 1 and the Great Depression, the socialist party (sometimes also labeled the progressive but this is generally in...

Agnosticism’s strong right arm, Robert G.Ingersoll, figures prominently in two interesting stories from America’s heartland.  In Oklah...

Doors from the time period Although it had been around for at least ten  years, in 1903 'Big Ann's Place' became the reco...

They sit there on most formal forms, little boxes asking people to place themselves into small, political, cultural, and biological boxes ...

THE MEADOWS MURDER, PART TWO THE CRIME According to records of the event presented in court and through newspaper articles, the event...

From , "Tales of Hell's Half Acre", Marilyn A. Hudson: THE MEADOWS MURDER OF 1907, part 1: It was little wonder the st...

The Meadows Murder, Part 4 As if staged by a Hollywood director of suspense or horror, the grave was uncovered in the dead of night, by ...

Dec.12,1937 the Oklahoman , carried an article, "St. Joseph's to Try Novel Experiment", (pg.34) by building cabins on the l...

A haunting image comes out of one of America's most economically challenged cities shows a large old office space with thousands of squ...

A previous entry covered a Dark Spring in Oklahoma City.  A portion of the area's older homes were, at that time, destined for demo...

The ubiquitous windmill, featured in the early painting of nearly every would be artist of the west, is a haunting image often set in l...