The Daily ArdmoreiteArdmore, OklahomaMonday, May 28, 1906 HISTORICAL MURDER CASE Final Chapter Being EnactedMurder Committed in 1902 Guthrie, Okla., May 27, 1906 – Sheriff Elliott, who recently went to British Columbia, has wired here that the prisoner under arrest there is Sam Green, one of the men under indictment for murdering Sheriff Bullard and Deputy…

The building below in the northeast corner of Main Street and North Washington was the City Drug Store back in the 1940s-1960s. In later years, it was used for used furniture and antiques. WHen it burned, it was not replaced but was razed. There is a parking lot located on that spot now. What’s interesting…

Below is a sketch of the Whittington Hotel built in 1891 in Ardmore. It was a wooden structure, probably made of cottonwood, which was popular building material at that time. It was built by Wiley Frederick (W.F.) Whittington. He had come to Ardmore from Dexter Texas, and had been a captain in the Confederate army.…

Unidentified gentlemen pose in the famous Dew Drop Inn located in the basement of a drugstore on the northwest corner of Main and Caddo Streets. According to legend, the Dew Drop Inn was connected by tunnel to the California Cafe (old Stolfa Hardware Store) to the west and to the Whittington Hotel across Main Street.…

The Daily ArdmoreiteSunday, October 19, 1930 TEMPLE TO BE OPENEDSOUTHERN OKLAHOMA CITIZENS CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND Ardmore Masons Have Realized Dreamof Many Years in Building HomeThat Will Make Ardmore theMasonic Center of Southern Oklahoma For 30 years Masons have lived in hopes that some day the fraternity in Southern Oklahoma, particularly in Ardmore, would have…

KC5JVT By Butch BridgesArdmore OklahomaUpdated: 2/16/24Online: 12/22/22 UPDATE: On Dec 30, 2022 the FCC granted me back my original 1994 callsign (for $35) of KC5JVT. Hip Hip Hooray! First a little of my HAM background. I started my HAM journey back in September 1994. A group of us local Ardmore, Oklahoma HAMs would meet every…

A lot of progress has been made the past month on the courthouse clock. The horologist from Ft Worth have almost brought the clockworks back from this broken condition, just a little more fine tuning on the bell workings. The courthouse maintenace crew is now working on the badly weathered hands and clock faces on…

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December 10, 1933The Daily Ardmoreite Officer Escapes Assailants FireTwo men attacked Lorenz Boyd, Ardmore city officerBoyd sought to question accupants of motor carAttackers flea after shooting Police are in search of two men in a new model coupe who Friday night fired on Lorenz Boyd, city policeman, when he sought to question them. Bullets from…