Ardmore, Oklahoma 73402 Email:  butchbridges@oklahomahistory.net , 580-490-6823 On Friday April 22nd at 2:00pm the Greater Southwest Historical Museum in Ardmore will be host to a small group of individuals who survived the 1966 airplane crash NE of the Municipal Airport. 5 of the 15 survivors (83 perished) have been located and will be the honored guests…

Ardmore, Oklahoma Email:  butchbridges@oklahomahistory.net , 580-490-6823 Last Tuesday, March 29th, the new Sonic Drive-in opened for its first day of business in the same https://oklahomahistory.net/ttphotos16a/BirdEggs032716.jpg A few pavers I sandblasted. https://oklahomahistory.net/BSA/BSAEaglePatrolPaver.jpg https://oklahomahistory.net/BSA/BSAJohnnyWatsonPaver.jpg https://oklahomahistory.net/BSA/BSAOwlPatrolPaver.jpg You can find current gas prices for a particular Oklahoma town by entering the name or zip code in the GasBuddy search box.…

Email:  butchbridges@oklahomahistory.net , 580-490-6823 Back in 2005 we talked about Joe Leonard’s of Gainesville Texas book, Bah Bah Blacksheep. His book centers around Haney Liddell and the two bank robberies he orchestrated in 1928 at Marietta. This book is one of those that once you start reading through its 100 pages you cant put it down.…

PO Box 2, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73402 Email: butchbridges@oklahomahistory.net Issue 1,000 has arrived. Its hard to believe I am in my 19th year of sending out this weekly rag. Every now and then someone will ask me how I got started with my newsletter. I tell them I really don’t know because it was sure not…