The Daily Ardmoreite May 1, 1921 Racing Program For Carter County Fair At a meeting of the board of directors of the Carter county Free Fair association held at the office of the secretary Saturday morning, it was unanimously decided to put the racing program under the direction of Sam Baird of this city, and…

Bucket Brigade to Latest Equipment: Ardmore’s GrowthThe Daily Ardmoreite December 11, 1955 Ardmore’s fire department of 65 years ago comprised a small cart used to haul buckets for the volunteer bucket brigade. The water supply consisted of two wells dug in the center of Main Street, one near the Washington Hotel and the other in…

The Ardmore Daily PressSeptember 8, 1925 Two Injured in First Accident On Ringing Road Motor Car Derailed and Passengers Suffer Slight Injuries As Result The first accident on the Ringling railroad in which passengers were injured took place Sunday morning when the motor car of that road was derailed between Wilson and Healdton, Mrs A.…

St Philip’s Episcopal Church began in a small wooden structure. This rock building celebrated its first service on Christmas Eve 1927. The first congregation gathered in 1893 to establish the church. Also in 1893, the First Christian Church of Christ, the Christian Science, and the Carter Avenue Methodist Church were established. In 1898, Temple Emeth…

“President Harry Truman was in Ardmore on September 28, 1948 at 12:10 PM. Most if not all speeches were given from the end of the last car on the train. However in Ardmore he left the train and made his speech from a platform built on the steps of the First Methodist Church. My family,…

Above is St Mary’s Catholic Church that opened this frame structure in 1901. At far left, behind the church, is the new brick, three story Third Ward school, Lincoln, which was built in 1903. After the frame church was replaced by the current sanctuary, the church built an addition to the north, which was a…

Over a month ago I was looking for a forever home for an oil painting by renown Brazilian artist Barvo Walker who died in 2022 in Dallas. Barvo was commissioned by Love County attorney Charles Milor Sr for a painting of himself years ago when he was the County Attorney for Love county (each county…

The Daily Ardmoreite – Feb 21, 1922 No Charges Filed in Shooting Affray  Officials hold conference to decide actionAttorney General says affair “purely local” andhe can see no need for interference Five bullet holes found in office Hodge takes charge of probe and charges will be filed later Oklahoma City – No occasion for an…

The Daily ArdmoreiteAugust 25, 1948 Simpson Building is Purchased by Quinton Little, City Oil Man New Owner Plans to Add Three More Floors to Building. Deal, Which Has Been in Making a Year, Completed. Fell and His Associates Sell Stock To Little. Quinton Little, Ardmore oilman and capitalist, today became the owner of Ardmore’s largest…

July 8, 1963 – Springer, Oklahoma – A 14-year-old Texas cowgirl who calls Springer her second home is making a name for herself on the horse show circuit.  She’s Gloria Dickson, who lives in Dallas, but spends many weekends at her family’s 2,120 acre ranch 4 miles east of here.  Gloria, riding a registered palomino…