PO Box 2, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73402 Email: butchbridges@oklahomahistory.net, Phone: 580-490-6823 A Glimpse into the Past DR. CHARLES AND RUTH (DIXON) BAKER Charles Baker was born February 22, 192L, in Chickasha, Oklahoma. His parents, Charles A. and Jettie Baker, moved with their family to Ardmore in 1932. The other Baker children are Dorothy, Tom (who is…

PO Box 2, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73402 Email: butchbridges@oklahomahistory.net, Phone: 580-490-6823 A Glimpse into the Past HINTON HARRIS “HARRY” AND CAROLINE (BAILEY) ATKINSON In the year 1895, H.H. Atkinson, wife and children arrived in Ardmore, Indian Territory. They were from the Tom Bean area, Grayson County, Texas. H.H. wore the gray in the War Between the…

PO Box 2, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73402 Email: butchbridges@oklahomahistory.net, Phone: 580-490-6823 A Glimpse into the Past Emma Jean Anthis, M.D.Wilson, Oklahoma I was born in Mounds, Indian Territory, September 21, 1906, and when four months old, moved to Muskogee. I received my M.D. degree in 1932, the last Oklahoma University class that could start a practice…

PO Box 2, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73402 Email: butchbridges@oklahomahistory.net, Phone: 580-490-6823 The Daily PointerArdmore OklahomaMonday September 14th 1908 Dick Thompson Has a Broken Head As a result of a lick on the head yesterday afternoon Dick Thompson, Santa Fe warehouse Foreman, is lying at the point of death in A B White, a blacksmith, is in…

PO Box 2, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73402 Email: butchbridges@oklahomahistory.net, Phone: 580-490-6823 THE MARK ARMSTRONG CASE – THANK GOD FOR AN OLD TIMER KNIFE. Three young cowboys from Ardmore decided one Saturday evening to have some fun, so they drove in my client Mark Armstrong’s old pickup to Davis to a dance nightclub that featured cold beer,…

PO Box 2, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73402 Email: butchbridges@oklahomahistory.net, Phone: 580-490-6823 This newsletter, for the first time in many many years, is a day late. I had problems configuring my online mailing program I’ve been using for years, so I switched to another online free service. Hope this one reaches everyone ok. A SHALLOW GRAVE &…

PO Box 2, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73402 Email: butchbridges@oklahomahistory.net, Phone: 580-490-6823 A true crime story that haunts me still since it was the only case I never solved when I was District Attorney: Early in my first term as Chief Prosecutor of a 5-County district, I received a phone call from the Davis Police Department. “D.A.…

PO Box 2, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73402 Email: butchbridges@oklahomahistory.net, Phone: 580-490-6823 A Glimpse into the Past Fire Caused DisasterArdmore continued to grow during the early 1890s, and farmers in the area produced bumper crops of cotton, corn, oats, cattle, hogs, fruits and vegetables from the fertile soil. Ardmore was the principal marketing center f or all…

PO Box 2, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73402 Email: butchbridges@oklahomahistory.net, Phone: 580-490-6823 The Earliest White Settlers in the Chickasaw Nation John Harpole Carr- born in Lebanon, Tennessee; came to Chickasaw Nation in 1847 as superintendent of the construction of Bloomfield Academy. He chose the site, and construction began in 1852. Reverend J. C. Robinson- In l85l was…

PO Box 2, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73402 Email: butchbridges@oklahomahistory.net, Phone: 580-490-6823 CHARLES DAVID CARTER 1907-The family for whom Carter County was named.1892-Appointed Auditor of Public Accounts, Chickasaw Nation.1894-House of Representatives from Pickens County.1897-Secretary of the Building Commission for the Chickasaw Nation, involving the erection of the capitol building at Tishomingo.I 898-National Secretary.1900-Appointed by President-of the United…