Ardmore, Oklahoma Email: butchbridges@oklahomahistory.net, Phone: 580-490-6823 “What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us,What we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.” The Daily Ardmoreite – 1898 Six thousand, two-hundred foot of floor space which is one of the largest and most complete stock of dry goods ever brought…

Ardmore, Oklahoma Email: butchbridges@oklahomahistory.net, Phone: 580-490-6823 A Glimpse Into The Past The Daily ArdmoreiteArdmore, OklahomaWednesday, January 26, 1916ARCH CAMPBELL WAS SHOT AND KILLED TODAYAFTER A FUSILLADE OF BULLETS WELL KNOWN CITIZEN WAS FOUND TO BE ACORPSE ON BARBER SHOP FLOOR A fusillade of bullets from six revolvers in the hands of five officers of the…

Ardmore, Oklahoma Email: butchbridges@oklahomahistory.net, Phone: 580-490-6823 “What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us,What we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.” A Glimpse Into The Past The Ardmore StatesmanThursday November 25, 1920Kirby Frans KilledKirby Frans, federal probation officer for the Oklahoma City district, was shot while raiding a…

Ardmore, Oklahoma Email: butchbridges@oklahomahistory.net, Phone: 580-490-6823 Email: butchbridges@oklahomahistory.net, Phone: 580-490-6823 A Glimpse Into The Past The Wilson Post, Wilson, Oklahoma. February 29, 1968Flying Saucers Here!Flying saucers, UFOs or whatever you may call them, are back in the news this week. This time it didn’t happen in New Mexico, or Texas, but in southwest Healdton, right…

Ardmore, Oklahoma Email: butchbridges@oklahomahistory.net, Phone: 580-490-682 A Glimpse Into The Past The Daily ArdmoreiteAugust 13, 1918Steam Fire Engine Put Ardmore On MapBack in a corner at the central fire station there sits an old time, horse-drawn fire engine. When motor equipment was installed in Ardmore, and horses no longer used to transport the machines, a…

Ardmore, Oklahoma Email: butchbridges@oklahomahistory.net, Phone: 580-490-6823 A Glimpse Into The PastThe Daily ArdmoreiteJune 19, 1918CARTER COUNTY IS SOON TO HAVE FIRST RURAL ROUTECarter County is soon to have its first rural free delivery mail route, Postmaster C. L. Byrne to whom the matter was referred by the department, having gone over it a few days…

PO Box 2, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73402 Email: butchbridges@oklahomahistory.net, Phone: 580-490-6823 “What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us,What we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.” A Glimpse Into The Past September 25, 26, and 27, 1906 First State Fair at Ardmore Fair Grounds. The Ardmore Fair Association backed…

Ardmore, Oklahoma 73402 Email: butchbridges@oklahomahistory.net, Phone: 580-490-6823 “What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us,What we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.” A Glimpse Into The PastThe Ardmore Morning DemocratMarch 23, 1935 Arrest Made in Transient Death CaseState Bureau Officers to Visit Death Site Again This Morning Two…

PO Box 2, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73402 Email: butchbridges@oklahomahistory.net, Phone: 580-490-6823 “What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us,What we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.” A Glimpse Into The Past Solomon’s Bakery Shortly after the turn of the twentieth century, Julius Kahn, who was in the confectionary business in…

Ardmore, Oklahoma Email: butchbridges@oklahomahistory.net, Phone: 580-490-6823 “What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us,What we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.” A Glimpse Into The Past In 1966, the State of Oklahoma did away with the Justice of the Peace officials and office of the County Attorney. The…