PO Box 2, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73402 Email: butchbridges@oklahomahistory.net, Phone: 580-490-6823 When I was a kid in the 60s and worked for Kenneth Chandler’s gas station on East Main, I fixed many many flats (Kenneth charged $1). But they would not let me work no the truck tires with the “ring”. Said it was too dangerous.…

PO Box 2, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73402 Email: butchbridges@oklahomahistory.net, Phone: 580-490-6823 The following is a story told to me by Ella Bone (1892-1981) back in the 60s. Ella and her husband A.B. Bone lived in the NE corner of 4th and F Street NE when I was a wee lad. In 1907 my grandfather Stanley Carmon…

PO Box 2, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73402 Email: butchbridges@oklahomahistory.net, Phone: 580-490-6823 I learned this week of the passing of Ardmoreite Harry Dodd. Many that knew him just called him Coach Dodd. Someone told me back in 2001 that Coach Dodd had a large collection of engraved bricks in his backyard from all of the country. In September of…

PO Box 2, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73402 Email: butchbridges@oklahomahistory.net, Phone: 580-490-6823 The following is from one of my newsletters in 2001. In November 2001 in The Daily Ardmoreite there was a photo of the Sheriff Harvey Burkhart loaning one of three Thompson Submachine Guns to the Military Memorial Museum here in Ardmore. Since no one remembers…

PO Box 2, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73402 Email: butchbridges@oklahomahistory.net, Phone: 580-490-6823 McCurtain, Oklahoma is a small town of a little over 500 people in Haskell, County in far eastern Oklahoma. Last week I received a book in PDF format, Chant-McCurtain Pictorial History 1890-1980. The PDF file is huge, 475 megs, that would take up about 3/4ths of…

PO Box 2, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73402 Email: butchbridges@oklahomahistory.net, Phone: 580-490-6823 On Monday, September 27, 1915Martial Law was declared in Ardmore, Oklahoma by Ardmore Chief of Police Bob Hutchins as a result of what would from that day forward be known as the “big explosion”. A railroad worker caused some kind of spark while working on…

PO Box 2, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73402 Email: butchbridges@oklahomahistory.net, Phone: 580-490-6823 It has been hotter than Hades out the past few days. Over 100. Of course it depends on what weather channel you’re listening to, and what your home thermometer reading is, and usually the two are not the same. Use to years ago when you…

PO Box 2, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73402 Email: butchbridges@oklahomahistory.net, Phone: 580-490-6823 I found another great utility to remove adware, spyware, toolbar hijackers, and potentially harmful and unwanted programs. It’s Adware Removal Tool by TSA. It even does a deep scan of the registry to remove the bad stuff hidden in there.  It is a little slow…

PO Box 2, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73402 Email: butchbridges@oklahomahistory.net, Phone: 580-490-6823 It’s hard to believe a year ago last week I retired from the Carter County Commissioners office in Ardmore. I had a great 17 years there and worked with some great co-workers and employers. I as I look back I guess one of my proudest…

PO Box 2, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73402 Email: butchbridges@oklahomahistory.net, Phone: 580-490-6823 As of last week the Ardmore’s old Lincoln School at Stanley and F Street SW is no more. It has been removed. You can see the new Lincoln School behind where the old one stood in the picture below. https://oklahomahistory.net/ttphotos16b/LincolnSchoolRemoved.jpg Back before statehood Ardmore High…