As many of you know the past 4 years my hobby has been finding Oklahomans with unclaimed property at the Oklahoma State Treasurers office in OKC. There are nearly a million people on the website who do not know they have money to claim. To date I have connected over $2 Million Dollars with the…

Update: April 12, 2024This webpage created Jan 1, 2009 What others are saying…… 6/08/21 Bitter Enders Cave – I grew up camping at Turner Falls in the early 90s with my dad and ended up on many trips out there over the years with friends, family, and the Boy Scouts. I’d always known about several caves…

A Glimpse Into The Past Wirt – The Town That Was Always Burning The little combination justice of the peace-insurance agency office of Judge O. B. Orr in Wilson is a peaceful looking place. The judge himself has always been a peaceful man and the town of Wilson itself is peaceful. But the tenant of…

Looks like there will be too many clouds next Monday th 8th to see the eclipse in Ardmore. I sure wanted to view it, but I guess it’s not to be. I even bought a pair of solar eclipse glasses at the local walmart. I wonder if I can get a refund if its cloudy…

Tommy Whiteman (Ft Worth) and I went history hunting Saturday. Tommy may be one of the foremost authority on Choctaw/Chickasaw history. He took me to Dr. Thomas Howell’s grave at I-35 and Highway 7 (Davis OK). Dr. Howell is one of Tommy’s ancestors. I have lots more to share, and will over the next few…

May 25, 1936The Daily Ardmoreite Charles E. Ryan dies in TulsaFormer Ardmoreite, Widely Known As Inventor, Passes Away At Home (Tulsa) – Charles Edward Ryan (1879-1936), 57, inventor of the Braden winch, a truck device used widely in the mid continent field, died at his home here yesterday of a heart attack which followed a…

Last Saturday Tommy Whiteman of Ft Worth and I took pictures of the entire Overton Love Cemetery 8 miles SE of Marietta next to the Red River. Overton was a prominent Chickasaw tribal member. WHen I got home I made a discovery. A popular website had him buried in the Love Cemetery (Oil Springs) 15…

Back in the late 1970s Alfred “Al” F. Davis was a bail bondsman in Ardmore. I transported his wife, Lois Davis, several times in the ambulance. As a thank you Al gave me a solid black German shepherd puppy. About all I remember is going over to his house near Chickasaw Boulevard and Cottonwood Street…

October 27, 1914The Daily Ardmoreite Don’t Fail To Hear The Marine Band The finest military band in the world, supported by the people of the United States – Monday afternoon And exceptional opportunity to hear the finest military band in the United States will be afforded the people of Ardmore and vicinity on Monday afternoon…

The Daily Ardmoreite June 4, 1919 Second Ardmoreite Awarded Coveted Croix De Guerre French Government Honors Captain Willis L. Pearce, Who Died While Fighting The Ardmoreite is in receipt of a letter from Mrs Ada D. Pearce of Healdton giving the information that a French Croix De Guerre has been post-humously awarded her husband Captain…