Masonic Lodge/Journal Record Building designed by Leonard H. Bailey What do the Masonic Lodge Building (now the Journal Record...

New Wesley Ties to Anton Classen Unearthed Anton H. Classen Jr. This early business leader of Oklahoma City was also a Method...

In convention in October of 1910 the Oklahoma Methodist Episcopal Church, North set aside $300 to build a new work in what was then the nor...

For me, there is no greater mystery than an old house.  I want to know its history, the people who lived there and the times they experie...

One of the interesting and noteworthy aspects about the work of the modern antiquarian is that in this connected and tech rich world so man...

During its life the Halliburton also existed in partner forms.  Scott-Halliburton (later Gloyd-Halliburton, McEwen-Halliburton, finally simp...

Forever connected to the Nazi Movement beginning in 1920's Germany, the shape commonly known as the swastika has much older roots. It i...

In the 1980's alternatives to traditional jail sentences for sex predators were gaining popularity. It was a process of slowly acceptin...

For a automobile that did not have a long initial life the 1982 Grand Marquis apparently was a popular car then - and now - for criminal el...

The post WWI years were wild, frenzied, and tended to flaunt social conventions in response, no doubt, to the combustion of war, the loss o...

July 11, 1942 a young waitress in Oklahoma City, Norma J. Cowan, ended her shift, put away her apron and decided to walk the five blocks to...

In 1893, Ada Curnutt (or Carnutt) as a deputy U.S. Marshall for a brief time in 1893 as she arrested a couple of forgers.  Normally the Dis...

The city directory of Oklahoma City for 1905 lists several business men. These may not be the only ones - others may have been in the commu...

I remember when I first learned of this thing called 'Urban Renewal' that left in its wake the slaughtered bodies of the past, that...

This work will be reissued soon with more stories and more maps for use with guided tours or individual walking tours.  The buildings may ...

During the Ruth Haddon Fine Arts Festival (Nov.2-3) there will be tours at: Sat. Nov. 2 at 11 a.m., 1:00 and 2:00 p.m. Sun. Nov. 3 at 12...

In 1903 an ad ran in the local Oklahoma City newspaper for 'The Arlington'.  It boasted a telephone exchange (131) and 'modern ...

Recently a newsfeed article proclaimed that evidence had been found that pushed back human occupation beyond the standard 10,000-12,000 year...

HALLOWEEN: OKLAHOMA TRICKS-N-TREATS 1900-1989.   This fun little book shares the history of some ways Halloween was celebrated in Oklaho...

The  young man picks up a young lady walking along a lonely stretch of road and offers to take her home. The strangely silent young lady in...

Shack Home, May Ave Camp, OKC, 1939 "Hoovervilles", Sandtowns, Shantytowns...were all names for mini communities of the home...

It is only a matter of weeks until it is Halloween. Here is a discussion to begin to set the mood for that fun autumn holiday.  It is a ti...

" No man is happy if he does not work. Of all miserable creatures the idler, in whatever rank of society, is in the long run the most m...

This site was closed by 1956 and housed some district offices and then sold. Interesting links so far - http://dougdawg.blogspot.com/20...

I have been contacted to help identify a location. All the person has is a photo from about  1950 the building reads "Libbey Hall"...

MAH/13 "Each man must work for himself and unless he so works no outside help can avail him." Theodore Roosevelt. In 1904...