Ardmore, Oklahoma Email: butchbridges@oklahomahistory.net, Phone: 580-490-6823 Q.  In 1892 a coal mine explosion occurred in what town?A.   Q. A.  (answer in next weeks T&T) Butch and Jill Bridgeshttps://oklahomahistory.net

Ardmore, Oklahoma If you travel about 15 miles west of Ardmore on Highway 70, just before reaching the first Wilson turn-off, you come to Dillard Road.  Turning north on Dillard road and going 1 mile you come to Dillard, Oklahoma.  If you go 2 miles on north you will arrive at what used to be…

Ardmore, Oklahoma Email: butchbridges@oklahomahistory.net, Phone: 580-490-6823 I was thumbing through County Superintendent Kate Galt Zaneis 1923 School Book, and Cool Branch School caught my attention.  Cool Branch was located just north of Ratliff City back in 1923.  With the temperature hovering around 100 or more the past week, it sure would be nice to take…

Ardmore, Oklahoma Email: butchbridges@oklahomahistory.net, Phone: 580-490-6823 A lot of people love to go to garage sales.  Jill and I do, although I will admit we don’t go that often.  But if we are driving down the street and see a garage sale sign, we either slow way down to look or just stop and browse. …

PO Box 2, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73402 Email: butchbridges@oklahomahistory.net, Phone: 580-490-6823 Ardmore Bedding Company, Albert C. Butzow, Proprietor  1923 https://oklahomahistory.net/ttphotos8a/ArdmoreBeddingCompanyButzow1923.jpg https://oklahomahistory.net/ttphotos8a/BuckHale08.jpg https://oklahomahistory.net/ttphotos8a/MysteryBell08a.jpg https://oklahomahistory.net/ttphotos8a/EricScooter071008.jpg https://oklahomahistory.net/ttphotos8a/LowWaterCrossing071308a.jpg https://oklahomahistory.net/ttphotos8a/LowWaterCrossing071308b.jpg http://www.billeo.com/ Visit the Oklahoma History Boards, start a topic if you want too! http://oklahomaroots.proboards83.com/ Q.  What is Oklahoma’s state tree?A.  Red Bud Tree Q.  What famous Apache leader was imprisoned at Ft…

Ardmore, Oklahoma Email: butchbridges@oklahomahistory.net, Phone: 580-490-6823 A Reader told me this week about a piece of property for sale west of Davis that back before 1900 played a very important part in history.  The land I speak of is where Fort Arbuckle stood about 5 miles west of Davis and then back north.  The fort…

Ardmore, Oklahoma Email: butchbridges@oklahomahistory.net, Phone: 580-490-6823 I guess we have all heard the old saying bigger is better.  This week I found out that sure does NOT hold true for telephone companies.  I went to the local Chickasaw Telephone Company office here in Lone Grove to order phone service.  Within 2 hours they had sent…

Ardmore, Oklahoma Email: butchbridges@oklahomahistory.net, Phone: 580-490-6823 Speaking of mail, my wireless internet developed a hiccup last Friday evening, not sure what is wrong, but its got a lot of hesitations when I go from website to website, or try to send emails.  So I hope this issue of T&T goes out with no problems.  It…

Ardmore, Oklahoma Email: butchbridges@oklahomahistory.net, Phone: 580-490-6823 This week the mayor of Overbrook, Oklahoma stopped by to see me, at least that is the title I always call Albert Cullum. Al had a little story to share about his childhood and his parents’ jennies.  A jenny is a young female donkey. A trained jenny was controlled with…

Ardmore, Oklahoma Email: butchbridges@oklahomahistory.net, Phone: 580-490-6823 Walmart greeters, move over.  For over 10 years there has been an unofficial greeter at the Ardmore post office almost every morning between about 7am to a little after 8am, Monday through Friday.  He’s always got a hello or good morning to everyone who comes into the building to…