Through the years I have seen posts stating that the fired onion burger was invented in Ardmore, Oklahoma and served up by the Hamburger Inn here. This is just a rumor that makes its rounds on the Internet. While many popular dishes are associated with Oklahoma, the most notable “invented” food item is the onion…

The other day I decided to download a free floor planner program to my computer. I wanted to draw a floor plan of Ardmore’s old Washington Elementary school on 5th & G Street NE back in the 1960s. Well, the program was complicated and I really didn’t remember much about how the school was laid…

This Thursday morning has been rainy, as in torrential downpour rainy, from about 10:00am to 1:00pm. Everything is flooded in this area. No telling what kinds of damage. But it looks like the rain has stopped, for now. The Rock Bluff Ferry of Love County, Oklahoma: a Tale of Three Ferries!by the Red River Historian…

There were a lot of questions after a skeleton was discovered in a landmark building (the old IOOF Lodge #6) at 24 North Washington in downtown Ardmore. A human skeleton was found in a casket during a building inspection at the old Odd Fellows Building on North Washington Street in Ardmore, Oklahoma. The Ardmore Fire…

 Ringling, Oklahoma resident and former Corporation Commissioner Hamp Baker passed away at age 91 on April 23, 2025. Many Oklahomans will remember the signs he put up all over Oklahoma when he ran for the state office which he held from 1974-1985. One of his slogans during his campaign was, “Put Your Stamp On Hamp”. In…

To Right A Wrong Made in 2014 In the summer of 2014 I put out a plea to purchase a granite memorial for the two Healdton, Oklahoma police officers who died in the line of duty. Thanks to 14 friends who came forward we were able to raise the $500 in record time. The memorial…

“The following photos were taken in December 1969 showing Colverts Dairy, Frensley Bros lumber co, Coca Cola Bottling, houses on the west side of the block across the street from the Salvation Army Chapel pic 1 is Coca Cola Bottling, pic 2 Frensley.” -Robert Hensley We’ve had so much rain the past week or so,…

Governor Offers $200 for Slayer of Pauline Amsel In an effort to arouse new interest in the apprehension of the slayer of Pauline Amsel, who was murdered in the home of her father, a prominent Jewish dry goods store merchant in Durant, about 6 months ago, Governor Robert L. Williams issued a proclamation of offering…

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…