Indian Territory in 1894, Berwyn school opened in a two-story frame building owned by the Masonic Lodge. It was a subscription school. Berwyn was incorporated as a town in 1900, but it was not until 1902 that the town fathers decided a new building was needed. On a hill overlooking the lush Washita River Valley…

Subscription schools were located north, east, and southwest of Lone Grove in the early days, but none in the town itself. By 1887 the population had increased and a two-story frame school building was completed in the north part of town. Members of the Masonic lodge and Eastern Star used the second floor for meetings.…

A BRIEF HISTORY OF PROFESSIONALBASEBALL IN ARDMORE, OKLAHOMA, AFTER WORLD WAR IIby Peter G Pierce, III (1923)-1993)Norman, Oklahoma and Ardmore residentMarch, 2005 I.The Sooner State LeagueMinor league baseball enjoyed a resurgence following the return of the GIs after the Japanese surrender. People had money to spend, leisure time, not many recreational alternatives on warm summer…

I’m sure Martha Treadwell of Healdton didn’t realize in 1971, but when she filed to run for Carter County commissioner that year, her name would be forever recorded in the Carter County history books as the first and still only female to run for the office of Carter County Commissioner.. In October 1971 about 7…

I’ve had a couple of readers do some research on Charles A. Hewitt, the founder of Hewitt, Oklahoma in western Carter county and they came to the following conclusion: Born October 30, 1857Died April 4, 1926 at the age of 67Burial is in the Okemah, Oklahoma cemetery35.444200, -96.298600 Find-A-Grave of Charles A. Hewitt.https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101149183/charles-a-hewitt Hewitt was…

The Hewitt community in SW Carter county was named for Charles A. Hewitt, operator of a local sawmill and cotton gin, and by 1896 a post office was established. In the early years of the 20th century, cotton was the cash crop in the area. Corn was grown for food and also to feed livestock.…

Bloomfield Academy for Chickasaw females opened in 1852 near Durant, Oklahoma. After several fires, it was relocated to Ardmore, Oklahoma in 1914. It was renamed Carter Seminary in 1932 and continued as a boarding school for girls until 1949 when boys were admitted. Four years later boarding students were integrated into Ardmore City schools. Chickasaw…

The Daily ArdmoreiteApril 13, 1934 Lost Silver Mine Located, He Says Claiming to know of unusual mineral deposits in the Arbuckle mountains, S. M. McKay, who lives one mile east of Woodford, is seeking parties to take on excursions of the Southern Oklahoma hills, it was stated Friday. McKay says he has found numerous minerals…

The Daily ArdmoreiteFebruary 17, 1971 Stevenson Gets Death Penalty Pauls Valley A 50-year-old Ardmore man was convicted Tuesday of the January 4th murder of a Wynnewood policeman and ordered to die in the electric chair. A seven man, five woman Jerry returned the verdict against George Walter Stevenson after an hour and a half of…

Pioneer DoctorJanuary 14, 1968The Reporter’s Notebookby Mac McGalliard Some local oldtimers may remember when Dr. John J. Chapman was the doctor at Pooleville, formerly Elk in Indian Territory days, in morthwest Carter county. In a recent issue of “Prairie Lore” magazine published by the Southwest Oklahoma Historical Society at Lawton, Dr Chapman’s daughter, Edith Chapman…