Back around 1960 I barely remember an old 2-story white wood frame building just east of 3rd NE and P Street. It
was located at 1630 3rd NE and back then it was known as D&H Nursing Home. I remember
seeing those large emergency escape tube so in case for fire people on the 2nd
floor could be quickly slide down to the ground and safety. A few years later
the old D&H Nursing home would be torn down and a new nursing home, Woodview,
would be built a little to the north, closer to 3rd Street.
Nursing Homes in Ardmore, Oklahoma
1960:
Bryant Nursing Home 1114 6th NE
D & H Nursing Home 1630 3rd NE
Walker Nursing Home 16 1st SE
Below are some emails sent in over
the years about Kings Lake and D&H Nursing Home:
May 1, 1999 newsletter: "Here's a 1905 Shuttle
Service for women, to deliver them to King's Lake for the 4th of July
festivities in Ardmore. Men are (L to R) Charles Fraley, lumberman and
contractor who built the original 4 grade schools, the Confederate Home, and for
whom Fraley Park is named; Dr. Julius Herman Peterman, a homeopathic physician
(his wife was Carrie, whom I bet you knew); Henry T. Hunt, planing mill owner
and father of Herman Hunt, grandfather of the 5 Hunt boys. The horse is Dolly.
Directions to Kings Lake (from childhood memories of the 30's and 40's): Go out
3rd Ave NE past City Limits road; continue on what was really a continuation of
3rd Ave toward Sand Canyon [that you mentioned in a This & That); turn right on
the first road after City Limits road. That road went down to a big house where
the King Family lived. The road went past their house to the lake......"
http://www.oklahomahistory.net/photos/shuttle1905.jpg
May 1, 1999 newsletter: "Butch, you're
right -- back in 1999 we talked about King's Lake, and I sent you the old family
photo of the shuttle for women to the 4th of July picnic there. You identified
me as a relative of Dr. J. J. Boyd living in Florida. You're half right: I'm a
grandson of Dr. Boyd, but I live in Nashville, Tennessee, not Florida. During my
childhood, at least once each summer the pumper from the downtown fire station
came barreling down Third Ave NE. I knew it was heading for King's Lake and that
another boy had drowned out there. That was the truck that carried the pulmotor.
I often jumped on my bike and headed out there, but it was all over by the time
I got there. The sight was chilling to a boy. Access to the lake was a narrow
dirt road off Third Ave, past the huge, empty white house, and on down to the
tree and brush-lined lake. I hated the place." -Lorenz Boyd
http://www.oklahomahistory.net/photos/Pulmotor.jpg
January 5, 2002 newsletter: "Butch- Several months ago
there was a discussion on T&T about a lake somewhere east of Ardmore where
people in the earlier days would go to have picnics. I don't believe the place
was ever identified for sure. Someone thought it was out around Mary Niblack
Road or in that vicinity. I grew up in the Springdale community and the only
lake of any size that I was aware of was King's Lake. If I remember correctly,
it was on the place called King's dairy farm just SE of 3rd Avenue and P Street
intersection. I think I remember a silo, maybe two, that could be seen from 3rd.
I never visited the lake as it was on private property and don't know if anyone
was allowed entrance by that time. The attached aerial photograph of that area
was taken in 1949 and shows the lake and the area along 3rd Avenue and P Street
Northeast. Perhaps someone will know the history of the King place." -Gary
Simmons
From a 2002 newsletter: "I remember kids would say they were going to Kings' Lake, and would
invite me to go along. They would tell of seeing cotton-mouth snakes in the
lake, and I just had to go see for myself, but being only a small boy at the
time, I quickly found out that I could not go along with the others. There used
to be a two story house on 3rd NE called the Kings' place, and it was later used
a as nursing home which was ran by Mr. and Mrs. Sloan. Later, Woodview nursing
home was built closer to the street. History is a great interest to me, and I do
enjoy it so much. Keep up the T&T."
Here is a map I edited showing King's
Lake on 3rd NE east of P Street (on private property).
http://www.oklahomahistory.net/maps/KingLakeMap.jpg
If one searches my website for the
man Buster Ned they will find him listed several dozens of times through the
years of newsletters. He was a famous Mississippi Choctaw Indian in southern Oklahoma and
well known and liked for his weather forecasting. Someone pointed out a link to
a video dedicated to
Buster Ned,
first time I have learned of this video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jk5J2Tl8lTs
Adventure Road, 130 miles from the
Red River to Oklahoma City.
http://www.oklavision.tv/home/video/welcome-to-adventure-road
February 1987
FM 106.7 radio station was assigned to Lone Grove in December of 1986. The
applications for ownership of the station are Scott Benton and Steve Stone. The
FCC granted permission for a 3,000 watt transmitter with a tower not to exceed
100 feet at the location 4.2 miles north of the center of Lone Grove.
February 1964
Two Carter County high schools may have to close in the near future. The
schools, Zaneis and Dundee, are among 11 state schools being watched closely by
the state Board of Education for lack of operating funds, and incomplete
curriculums. Average daily attendance at Dundee is 28 while the average at
Zaneis is 26. Neither school gets state aid.
February 1964
Members of the First Baptist Church of Lone Grove are building a new church.
Construction is supposed to be completed and the first service to be held in the
new church February 16, according to Pastor Don Clark's wife. The old Baptist
church was built in the late 1800s or early 1900s. Sometime later the entire
church was blown away in a tornado.
February 1955
When Roy Johnson was first elected a county commissioner, Highway 70 was called
Lee Highway and Highway 77 the TKO road. Soon after, 77 became a national
highway and carries the heaviest traffic, north and south, of any highway in the
Midwest. Highway 70 is the most traveled highway to the west coast.
Several times a week a flock of
turkeys comes strolling through our backyard. A couple days ago I guess old
Turkey Tom was really feeling his oats so he struts those feathers all over
trying to impress his 30 or 40 ladies.
http://www.oklahomahistory.net/ttphotos15a/TurkeyTom031015a.jpg
http://www.oklahomahistory.net/ttphotos15a/TurkeyTom031015b.jpg
With the warmer weather I've been
sandblasting a few pavers.
http://www.oklahomahistory.net/bricks/SamSeglerPaverBSA.jpg
http://www.oklahomahistory.net/bricks/TimWakefieldPaverBSA.jpg
After a few weeks being absent
due to software changes, the Carter County sheriffs webpage list of inmates in
now back online.
http://cartercountysheriff.us/Inmates.aspx
After many years of being absent from
the internet, we now have a webpage dedicated to history of Russett, Oklahoma in
Johnston County. The webpage is maintained by Paula Stout-Burke who was raised in Russett. Anyone from the Russett area who has some history and photos
to share, let Paula here from you.
http://www.oklahomahistory.net/russett/
TruVision is still working great for
me and dozens of others who have reported back to me after taking TruVision's
capsules. I lost 10 lbs in about 30 days and feel better than I've felt in
years. If anyone wants to try it
give me a holler. Check
it all out at the link below.
http://www.oklahomahistory.net/truvision.html
http://butch.truvisionhealth.com/
Q. In the Oklahoma Land Run,
people could claim how may acres?
A. The Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889 was the first land rush into the
Unassigned Lands. The area that was opened to settlement included all or part of
the present-day Canadian, Cleveland, Kingfisher, Logan, Oklahoma, and Payne
counties of the US state of Oklahoma. The land run started at high noon on April
22, 1889, with an estimated 50,000 people lined up for their piece of the
available two million acres. Due to the Homestead Act of 1862, signed by
President Abraham Lincoln, legal settlers could claim lots up to 160 acres in
size. Provided a settler lived on the land and improved it, the settler could
then receive the title to the land.
Q. Living the first 21 years of
my life at 3rd and H NE in Ardmore that area was my stomping ground. I knew it
like the back of my hand. Just one block east was I Street NE and another block
on east was K Street and 3rd NE. Anyone know why there was no J Street?
A. (answer in next week's T&T)
From This and That
newsletter archives of March 13, 1999:
Last Sunday The Daily Ardmoreite had an
article about the Karen Silkwood mystery. Karen Silkwood was working in the
Kerr-McGee plant in Crescent, Oklahoma in the early 70s, and supposedly was
exposed to radiation. Little did she know at that time, that her $4.00 an hour
job would cost her her life. On November 13, 1974 she was going to meet a
reporter and union leader that evening to give them an envelope with evidence
proving the radiation hazards at the Crescent plant. Anyway, she was killed in
an automobile accident on the way to the meeting in OKC. The wreck and her death
has always been a mystery. Accident reconstructionists in Dallas said her Honda
car was "pushed" from behind, causing the single car accident on the narrow,
winding country road that evening. The envelope, by the way, was never found.
After all these years, her three children decided make public statements about
their mom and that tragedy.
Her ex-husband and her three children lived in Ardmore back then. I remember one
of the two girls, forget which one, was making the drag in about 1986, and at
"E" Street NW and West Broadway (behind First Methodist Church) she lost control
of her car and hit a pole. She was slightly injured. I was the medic that day.
Here is a 1964 high school pic of Karen Silkwood, Nederland, TX where she is
reported by Life Magazine as one of the "50 Most Influential Baby Boomers."
Karen Silkwood is immortalized in an
Irish song:
In 1978, the Irish government was planning to build that country's first nuclear
power plant in Carne, near Carnsore Point, Jim 'Doc' Whelan wrote a protest song
entitled 'The Nuclear Express' which included the following lyrics:
But the ghost of Karen Silkwood now lights up
the darkened skies/
This brave young girl attempted to expose the brazen lies/
The cover-ups, malpractices, hypocrisy and fraud/
Being practiced by these monsters who thought they knew more than God/
She collected all the evidence to convey it to the press/
But was murdered by the agents of the Nuclear Express.
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In my January 23, 1999 issue of T&T I
mentioned Brian McDaniel, a local welder, repaired the broken railing on
the second floor of the courthouse. Here is a couple pics with Brian performing
his welding skills on the railing.
http://www.OklahomaHistory.net/ttphotos3b/courtweld99.jpg
http://www.oklahomahistory.net/ttphotos15a/BrianMcDanielWelding1.jpg
http://www.oklahomahistory.net/ttphotos15a/BrianMcDanielWelding2.jpg
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...Buster Ned was also an interpreter for
people who only spoke Chickasaw. I remember him serving at the Courthouse as an
interpreter for some people about twenty years ago."
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The Carter County Clerk, Royce Moser,
received her new computer network this week..... now they're learning all the
new features that is in the KellPro land records program. Sure going to be nice!
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In western Oklahoma is Washita
County. There is a small community just SE of Cordell, Oklahoma called Cloud
Chief. The first Federal and Territorial Court was held in March of 1893 in
Cloud Chief. A troop of soldiers was sent along with the Oklahoma City judge to
protect him along the way. At that time Cloud Chief was the county seat of
Washita county.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_Chief,_Oklahoma
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Gas prices today in the Ardmore
area......
http://www.oklahomagasprices.com/index.aspx?mss=152754
Non-ethanol gas (pure gas) stations
in the Ardmore area.
http://www.oklahomahistory.net/puregas.html
Some mail from this week's MAILBAG.....
Q. "How did your newsletter start and how long have you been
doing it. An air force buddy named Rick Filer hooked me up with your link. Maybe
you could share your history. Thanks." -Monte.
A. Monte, in March 1997 I sent out a paragraph or two about
some Oklahoma history to several of my email friends. I had no visions of a
newsletter, or intentions to have anything that resembled a weekly publication.
In a couple of days I received several emails back asking me to send my original
email to their aunt or the mother or their cousin, etc. In about a month I had
50 people asking to receive my "newsletter" to hear what I had to talk about. I
thought, wow, maybe people do like Oklahoma history and a little current events
thrown in on the side from the Ardmore area. That was 18 years ago and during
those years I don't think I missed a week, maybe a day or two late because of
computer problems or internet troubles, but it went out every week come rain or
shine. During those years 1,000s of emails has been shared with me, some almost
blowing me away at the revelation of Ardmore history, and other emails almost
bringing me to tears with the stories they shared with me. Within a few months
my readers reached over 1,800 and my website would get 10s of 1,000s of visits a
month. It's been an unbelievable 18 years and I've loved every minute. When I
posted on my website I'd be retiring the end of June several emailed me to ask
if I was going to continue my weekly e-zine. My answer: No, in July I'm kicking
it into high gear.
"Hi Butch, We really enjoy This and That. We were Eagle
watching at Lake Murray, saw 4, last weekend and I have a question, who was Lem
Roberts road in Lake Murray Park named after? On some old maps it is named Levi
Roberts Road instead of Lem. Also I found a geodetic marker sticking out of the
ground. It is on the extreme East point of land on the very end of Cisco Road.
It was always under water until the lake level dropped. See picture. It is
unreadable and I was wondering what it is there for. Also was there an old town
by the name of Cisco covered by the lake? Hope you can find some answers,
Thanks." -Denny and Sandy
http://www.oklahomahistory.net/ttphotos15a/LakeMurrayGeodeticMarker.jpg
"Dear Butch, I lived in the panhandle of Oklahoma in the 1970s.
Lived in both Boise City and Beaver, OK. I was working for the USDA, Soil
Conservation Service at the time. The writer last January was correct in that there
was very little in that part of Oklahoma except for the best people in the
world. If you had problems and needed help, all you had to do was ask. I could
relate many stories where people were always helping each other. Never locked a
door at the house or car. While living in Beaver, I trained under Mel Clark as a
EMT. He was very good and helped a lot of people. Due to my job, we had to move
away from the panhandle but I always wanted to return but as we live and learn,
we know it would not be the same."
-David Dossett
Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
"Butch, I worked out of Woodward, Oklahoma from the late 70's to the early
90's with USDA Soil Conservation Service and the panhandle was part of my area
of responsibility, I don't recall working with Mr. Dossett but would confirm his
thoughts as to their being some of the best people you would ever want to meet
in that area. Just good people that worked hard and loved the land they worked."
-Charlie Cail
