Antelope Springs at Sulphur, Oklahoma
https://www.nps.gov/articles/850146.htm#4/31.84/-78.09
Henderson ferry just north of Annie Conway’s house at Pipe Springs. -Doug Williams
Crawford Goldsby was an outlaw who went by the name Cherokee Bill (1876-1896). Responsible for the murders of eight men (including his brother-in-law), he and his gang terrorized the Indian Territory for over two years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crawford_Goldsby
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Some mail from this week’s MAILBAG…..
Q. I have a question for you regarding the dog in the photo of the Ardmore Police Department. I believe you may have told me that the dog’s name was “Old Nuisance” or some such, but i wanted to be sure. Can you clear that up?
A. Yes, the dog’s name was Nuisance. Since 1997 and in 1,492 issues, I’ve only mentioned Old Nuisance one time. That was in my June 2004 newsletter.
OLD NUISANCE MAKES GOOD The Daily Ardmoreite, October 10, 1910
Early Sunday morning, police officers Emerson and Lathrop were attracted by a commotion in the yard in the rear of the Ditzler Dry Goods Company and upon investigation found a party who gave his name as Martin in the yard inspecting the building. He had his shoes off, and had them in his coat pockets, and upon the approach of the officers started to run. He paid no attention to a command to halt, and the officers took a shot at him in hopes that he would surrender. He had no such idea and continued his course, when “Old Nuisance”, the white bulldog of the police department, butted in and took the case out of the hands of the officers. She pursued the fugitive and fastened her teeth in a convenient portion of his trousers and brought him to a halt. Chief Garrett came up about that time and as there was scarcely a case against the party, asked him just how many minutes he required to leave the town. He replied that he thought thirty minutes would be enough and Chief Garrett escorted him to the city limits and headed him south. He was evidently about to force an entrance into the Ditzler store, as one of the screens was found to have been tampered with. “Old Nuisance” has proven herself to be a very efficient peace officer on more than one occasion, and her latest exploit is not the least of her triumphs.
Ardmore Police Department 1915 and pictured with Old Nuisance
Below is from my newsletter archives
July 19, 1997 COURTHOUSE CLOCK IN PERFECT TIME
For many months the Carter County Courthouse clock would gain about a minute a month. About three months ago I decided to make some adjustments. Ever since it seems to be keep perfect time, maybe off 10 seconds a month. The 1928 Seth Thomas clock is truly a masterpiece.
July 22, 1997 CASA ON THE NOVELL NETWORK
I just finished attaching the computer in the CASA office in the courthouse (4th floor) to the Novell network. Plus the two Bailiff ladies on the third floor are now online. That brings to 38 the number of computers on the courthouse Novell network. We sure have grown since February 15th when the network was established. If anyone wants too see it all first-hand, just look me up at the courthouse and I’ll give you a tour. Outside of Oklahoma City, Tulsa, and Lawton, there is probably not another courthouse in the state with a network covering 4 floors and an annex building linked together by a network. It’s quite an accomplishment for our little courthouse, and I don’t mind showing it off, bragging a little, and tooting a horn.
August 2, 1997 CARTER COUNTY COURT CLERK ADDS WORKSTATIONS
Last week the Carter County Court Clerk added 2 more workstations to her network. The workstations were placed on the counter and will make it much easier to wait on the public needing help at the counter. Also there is a workstation setup on the counter for the public to use.
August 9, 1997 COURTROOM NOW WIRED FOR NETWORK
This week we ran Novell Network cables into the Carter County courtrooms. This network cable will allow the Court Clerk to attach to the Novell Server and run the KellPro Court System Program using her new Laptop computer. During hearings, the laptop will allow instant access to the court records and minutes. It will also allow the Court Clerk to type minutes into the records, as it happens during the court proceedings. I would venture to say Carter County is the first courthouse in Oklahoma that has a courtroom laptop and instant access to the records, right from the Bench.
August 16, 1997 Vol 1 Issue 17
Whewwww. This week has been long and fast-paced. I hope yours has been better. I’ve been hard at work setting up a computer as a Carter County Information Server. It’s a computer the public can call in to via modem and access the Court Clerk’s database. It has not been easy, but then what is, when it comes to computers? But I’ve got it up and running, and hopefully soon, I can tell you all about it. Just a few details to work out.
July 5, 1999 ARDMORE’S OSU EXTENSION SERVICE NOW WIRED
Ardmore’s OSU Extension Service received a new computer and they are now surfing the world through an ISDN line attached to OneNet. I downloaded a 350k file in about 5 seconds! It was awesome. Remember, they’re not hooked to the Internet like most of us, using a modem, but a direct line fiber optics line connected to the Ardmore Public Library.
In 1915 the Carter County Commissioners took action to insure a Carter County Free fair was established. There were just a few other counties in the state of Oklahoma who had a Free Fair, and Carter countians wanted one too. The Free Fair Bill of 1915 was reported as one of the most people-pleasing decisions that county commissioners had done in a long time.
September 6, 1997 OSU EXTENTION OFFICE RECEIVES SCANNER
The Ardmore OSU Extension Office just got a HP 5 color scanner. I set it all up Monday, and have been scanning pictures with it. I’ve even scanned some 1880 photos with remarkable results! It’s almost uncanny what a person can do with old photos, once they are on the hard drive.
December 11, 1910 NEW CREAMERY FOR ARDMORE
The creamery for Ardmore is an assured fact. Yesterday the final arrangements were perfected and work on the building will begin at once. The building will be located in Southeast Ardmore, north of the ice plant. This will be the third creamery owned in the state by these people. Mr. Liebmann and his two sons operate one at Sulphur, one at El Reno, the largest one in the state. The one that is to be erected here will be in charge of the younger son, who has just graduated from the Agricultural and Mechanical College at Stillwater.
December 17, 1911 GOING AFTER OIL AT DAVIS
Raising $20,000 in twenty minutes to drill for oil was accomplished here last night at an enthusiastic mass meeting called by a large number of land owners who have probable oil and gas lands near here. Oil prospectors from the Texas and northern Oklahoma fields have been quietly taking leases west of town for several weeks and one large, standard oil drilling rig shipped here, but not until a few days ago did the land owners decide to secure local capital to develop their holdings with. Matt Wolf, a near-millionaire banker and stockman, who owns several thousand acres, and Dr. Thomas P. Howell, one of the wealthiest Indian bankers and land owners in southern Oklahoma are interested in the new company to drill near here at once. “It is purely a business proposition and we propose to see what the Lord has placed underneath our lands of value,” declared Colonel Wolf today. “Oil has been running out into the Washita river near my house for ages and gas escaping through a small crevice on some of my land and I decided to get a number of friends to share in my good fortune, or misfortune, as the case might be, by drilling some deep wells in this vicinity. If we get, which I confidently hope and believe we will, it means ease and comfort to many of our citizens, and if we don’t get it no one is crippled financially. You may assure the public that we are going down deep into the earth on a tour of investigation, oil or no oil.” declared the veteran stockman.
History and photograph of Dr. Thomas P. Howell (tap or click here)
My friend Tommy Whiteman of Ft Worth is blood kin to Dr. Howell. Tommy and I visited the cemetery and Dr. Howell’s grave back in March 2024.
Find-A-Grave Thomas Pitchlynn Howell at Davis, Oklahoma
GPS of Dr. Howell’s grave at the cemetery 34.50821, -97.17396
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
Butch and Jill Bridges
Ardmore Oklahoma
580-490-6823
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