By Butch BridgesArdmore, OklahomaJune 8, 1996 An Ardmore attorney, an Ardmore physician, A CARTER COUNTY deputy sheriff, two black men and a young woman make up the players to one of the most mysterious deaths of Carter county The time is Wednesday, November 12, 1930, and a young woman’s concern over a dog, and the…

Photos taken July 1998by Butch BridgesArdmore, Oklahoma Here’s are some of photos of the Cooke County Courthouse E. Howard tower clock of our neighbor 45 miles to the south in Gainesville, Texas. Four courthouses have been constructed on this site.  The first which was a small log structure built in 1850.  In 1853, that structure…

Ardmore organized its fire department in 1896 after the great fire of 1895 and a second fire east of the tracks in 1896. Although the community had no legal right to set up a fire department, 25 volunteers under Chief J. S. O’Mealy began training. Businessmen put up money for a steamer, which was used…

Below are the pages from the visitors who signed the Registry Book at the Ardmore Memorial Park. I still have quite a bit of fine tuning to go. People would sign on pages amid other signatures of different years of signing. Anyway, as you look through the pages, you will see what I mean. The…

November 5, 194330 head of Buffalo to go to lake Murray   30 head of Buffalo transferred from a ranch in Medford, will be placed on a peninsula at Lake Murray State Park Saturday afternoon, Leonard Byrd, ranger, said Friday. Mystery: Nearly everywhere I looked and searched the address showed the old Carnegie Library on Stanley…

A Glimpse Into The PastThe Daily ArdmoreiteNovember 3, 1942 John E. McCain, county judge, made county Air Raid Warden  Appointed to replace Leo Atkins, who is to enter war activity Resignation of Leo Atkins as county Air Raid Warden was announced Tuesday by Wilson Wallace, county defense council chief, and the appointment of John E.…

Withining 24 hours, tents had been erected along Ardmore’s Main Street laid out and named by Jim Staples. Some of the first professionals to arrive were Lauck and Lauck, land attorneys. The first wooden structures were built by the Frensley Brothers, with lumber brought on the first train to arrive at the Ardmore station, and…

Ardmore began as a railroad Town come and the railroad is still an integral part of the city. The old Union depot, which stood abandoned for many years, has been refurnished and gained a game again serves as a passenger platform for the heartland flyer. It is also home to Ardmore main Street authority, which…

The Daily ArdmoreiteMay 30, 1943 edition Disastrous Fire in 1895 Brought Many Advances Out of the Ashes Came Progressive Forward Steps Here When citizens of Ardmore retired Thursday April 18, 1895, little did they dream they would awaken by the dread cry of fire and before another sunset see the businesses destroyed of the rapidly…

Ardmore’s wooden viaduct fire started on July 4, 1964. The black smoke from the burning creosote could be seen for many miles. I have made a webpage on this spectacular fire. After tapping on the link below be sure and scroll down to get to the story “Moose’s Snack Shack,” for lunch; just across the…