This week’s newsletter will be a short one. My new website is still under construction, fine tuning and cosmetic changes. We’ve had one technical problem after another, but we are making progress. So bear with us until its all done.  A Glimpse Into The Past  Three R’s in a wagon Mrs Nora Hoffman says that…

This week’s newsletter will be another short one. My new website is still under construction, but coming along nicely. Most of the actual webpage have been converted to the new WordPress format. Now to copy over 20,000 photos from the old website, and paste them into the new one, within their respective Folders. So bear…

Oklahoma History Website Continuance Plan Go Fund Me Program Administered by Butch BridgesArdmore, Oklahoma580-490-6823 This webpage updated 05/25/22 Online since 01/21/22 Email Butch Bridges butchbridges@oklahomahistory.net Purpose: Money received will be used to pay for the yearly expenses of my website Expenses would include among others, the $156 a year to the Hosting Service where the…

The Daily Ardmoreite May 25, 1915Frisco will use new Ringling Depot in ArdmoreWill discontinue use of Rock Island, Santa Fe, and move over as soon as it is completed.  It became known for a certainty that the Frisco railroad company would use the new Ringling Depot in Ardmore for their local business as soon as…

We haven’t been to Enos (south of Madill) by Lake Texoma in over 10 years. Enos is 15 miles south of Madill. Its just a wee little town, but I’ve heard its grown like a weed the past few years and no longer a wee little hamlet. And it has a great place to eat…

My 2005 Newsletter Revisited – September 22, 2005 On September 22, 2005 I stopped by the Burger Ranch at 708 E Lake Murray Drive to try a Super Dog On A Stick. Many of you will remember this is the first location of Ponder’s Superdog back in the early 1950s. Here is a picture of…

A Glimpse Into The Past From my Feb 4, 2008 newsletter:“Dear Butch Bridges: My name is Jerome Benson 78 years old, Chula Vista, CA. Your Oklahoma History awoke me from what I thought was a touch of Alzheimer’s. Suddenly I can recall almost before I was born. I was raised a mile north of Ravia,…

I hope everyone is staying safe in all this ice and snow and cold. I have some good news to report. Since I announced my GoFundMe account two weeks ago there has been tremendous progress made that will assure my Oklahoma History website continues for years to come. To date I have received double the…

PO Box 2, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73402 Email: butchbridges@oklahomahistory.net, Phone: 580-490-6823 The new year brings to me good memories and looking forward to what’s to come in 2020. But it also brings me sadness and memories of what is no longer. I think back over the last 12 months and those in our T&T family who…