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  • Vol 28 Issue 1,439 August 29, 2024

    Since I started my Oklahoma History website in April 1996, the name Don Pinkston has been mentiioned about 10 times over the years starting in 2002 by others. Don is a local famed artist for decades who has did many paintings in charcoal, pen and oil. They are owned by people all over the country,…

  • Vol 28 Issue 1,438 August 22, 2024

    Back in 1915 a song was written by a P. A. Booker and W. B. Freeze and arranged by G. C. Adams of Ardmore about the Big Explosion in Ardmore on September 27, 1915. Below is a link to the info and the original sheet music from that year. I hope a pianist plays this…

  • Vol 28 Issue 1,437 August 15, 2024

    Joe S. Robison, the man who with a partner built the First Federal Building and who owns the opera house at Main and C Street Southwest, had another brainstorm about 1907, streetcars for Ardmore. He organized and was president of the Ardmore Traction Company which functioned until 1924 when it fell victim to the automobile…

  • Vol 28 Issue 1,436 August 8, 2024

    I think everyone enjoys a mystery. The following story was told to me by a northeast childhood friend of mine and took place not very far at all from my stomping grounds at 3rd and H Street NE. True or not true, I don’t know… you be the judge. “Butch, this story took place in…

  • Vol 28 Issue 1,435 August 1, 2024

    The photo above is Dr. Lawrence E.C. Joers and family. Back when I was a teen I had an ingrown toenail. The ingrown toenail problem had plagued me for months. I finally went to Dr. Joers in Ardmore and using his scapel he fixed me right up. I transported many of his patients during my…

  • Vol 28 Issue 1,434 July 25, 2024

    Dr S. S. (Sampson St John) Hanes (1892-1971), dentist in the Ardmoreite building (Gilbert Bldg), Room 202, had a dental chair just like the one below. I sat in it several times as a teen, hanging on to the arms for dear life. Dr Hanes didn’t use much pain killer. You did not have to…

  • Vol 28 Issue 1,433 July 18, 2024

    This is my birthday edition. Time flies by, and where’s those golden years we hear about? lol October 1983In a historic decision that is still cited, District Court Judge Woodrow George of Ardmore ruled that state law does not preclude the Excise Board from considering revenue-sharing funds in performing its budgetary duties, and that constitutional…

  • Vol 28 Issue 1,432 July 11, 2024

    Photo of Brewer’s Drive-in theater at Pauls Valley, Oklahoma. Below is a photo of Ardmore’s Carmike Five theater on West Broadway. HAM Talk by KC5JVT via Echolink From this week’s Mailbag Butch, below is my Grandfather Claud Oran Burris Sr. and my Grandmother Mary Agnes Hoffman at Bomar Point near Wilson, some time probably in…

  • Unclaimed Property in Oklahoma

    Maintained by:Butch Bridges236 Timber RoadArdmore Oklahoma [email protected] updated: 11/09/24 Names with a star * by their name denotes contact made, hopefully.Names can be searched/checked at the Oklahoma State Treasurers Office in Oklahoma City at https://apps.ok.gov/unclaimed/ Also at the State’s website are instructions for filing a claim.Note: Finding Oklahomans with unclaimed insurance has been a hobby…

  • Vol 28 Issue 1,431 July 4, 2024

    Robert Hensley of Ardmore sent in a great picture of the old Munzesheimer & Daube store. The store was originally known as the “iron store” which was the beginning of the Daube Department Store. It was located on the east side of the railroad tracks and Main Street in Ardmore (north side of Main). The…