For years Dino the Dinosaur lived at the Sinclair Service Station 2428 West Broadway when the service station was located there (now Jimmy’s Western Wear). But the Department of Transporation and the City of Ardmore told him in 1993 he had to move back into his own yard away from the curb. Not being the…

Ardmoreite Robert Hensley sent in the above photo this week of the new Carter County Courthouse dome. What a magnificent building even at 115 years old! Of course I may be a little bias as I spend 18 years there. I love that old building. The song “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” was composed in present-day…

Recently the City of Ardmore street crews were working on the parking lot at 115 West Main and uncovered an old abandoned water well in the street. There were at least 2 water wells back before 1900 in Main Street where people could get a cool drink or water for their horses. One well was…

“Nine miles southwest of Anadarko (Caddo County, Oklahoma) near the intersection of U.S. Highway 62 and State Highway 9, one of Oklahoma’s largest and perhaps least known natural bridges spans a small gorge –” Oklahoma Publishing Company, 1946. Found at the Gateway to Oklahoma History Mail from the Mailbag Butch, here are the pictures of…

Carter Seminary Ardmore Oklahoma, Chickasaw Boulevard and Highway 142. The story of the Carter Seminary at Ardmore goes back to 1852 when it was founded south of Durant as Bloomfield Academy for Indian girls. The school was jointly sponsored by the Methodist Indian Conference and the Chickasaw Nation. Reverend John Harpole Carr, the founder, selected…

Carter Seminary Ardmore Oklahoma, Chickasaw Boulevard and Highway 142. Carter Seminary The story of the Carter Seminary at Ardmore goes back to 1852 when it was founded south of Durant as Bloomfield Academy for Indian girls. The school was jointly sponsored by the Methodist Indian Conference and the Chickasaw Nation. Reverend John Harpole Carr, the…

Lasley’s Grocery East Main and E Street NE Behind Lasley’s grocery store was Fraser’s slaughter house (Mac Fraser). I stopped by this week at the Seaman First Class Billy Turner State Veterans Cemetery (1555 Myall Street SW, Ardmore). I was told the National Gravesite Locator should go live in the vestibule in front of their…

Roxy Theater #13 East Main, Ardmore Oklahoma Theaters in Ardmore where a big attraction for the servicemen and townspeople alike and in 1942 Ardmore had seven; the Jewel, the Paramount, the Ritz, the Roxy, the Stars, the Temple and the Tivoli. In 1943 the Roxy suffered fire damage and came back to life as the Globe…

The Daily ArdmoreiteArdmore, OklahomaSunday, July 18, 1982

This is the 1902 home where Maurice Bridge lived. Many people put an S on the end of his name, but it is Bridge. Maurice owned Bridge’s Jewelry on East Main. He was also the owner of the Ardmore Indians baseball team. I’m sure some of you Ardmoreites will remember the “Rocket” at Broadland Park…