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Oklahoma City / County Historical Society
Stories originally posted by Jack Money on the classic okchistory.com site.
Nothing has come easy for Stage Center or for its supporters, it seems.Forty years ago, though, optimism blossomed as local headlines announced that internationally-renowned director and actress Margaret…
Forgive us for our absence the past several weeks. We've been very busy helping stage the succcessful return of the I.M. Pei model to public view (learn more…
JANUARY 30, 2010 - Trying to get to the Central Avenue Bridge today is not the easiest of exercises, given the ongoing construction of the re-aligned Crosstown Expressway.But…
Jack Money recently enjoyed a guided tour of Oklahoma City's historic Farmers Public Market - a tour provided by proud owner Burt McAnally. What he discovered may surprise…
(Photo from Oklahoma Historical Society)It was moving day for hundreds of soldiers working at the Oklahoma City Air Depot this week in history, 67 years ago.Soldiers belonging to…
THIS WEEK IN OKC HISTORY - Police warned teenaged motorists they would be paying particular attention to potential traffic problems caused by what authorities termed the latest Å…
THIS WEEK IN OKC HISTORY - Downtown Oklahoma City celebrated the arrival of both Spring and of an international hotel chain downtown during April 1961.Sheraton Hotels announced it…
Closing down Oklahoma City's rail-based commuter system had been hinted at for years. But this week in 1946, area residents learned it finally would happen. The Oklahoma Railway…
Robinson Avenue - when it was a two-way street.MARCH 22, 2009: Oklahoma City Council members voted 87 years ago this week to limit the distance trucks could travel…
Oklahoma City, in 1920, courtesy of the University of TexasThis week in 1963, builders came out in support of Oklahoma City's annexation program -- one that would take…
Oklahoma Cityans who worked in the Cravens building -- today known as the Robinson Renaissance -- were forced to take the stairs, at least temporarily, when its seven…
Oklahoma Cityans took the first vital step to shaping the downtown they have today 73 years ago when they voted overwhelmingly to build a new civic center for…
Love them or hate them, this week in history marks the arrival of something new to Oklahoma City -- the four-corner traffic light.In August 1928, the first four-corner…
AUGUST, 2007: The news in August 1925 related to getting a new home built for the Mid-Continent Insurance company was not good, but its leaders were nothing if…
SEPTEMBER, 2007: During the last week of September in 1929, Oklahoma Cityans who worked downtown or otherwise needed to go there had something new to deal with.City fathers…
JULY 27, 2007:Excavators were busy this week in 1922, digging into the red soil at the southeast corner of NW 3 and Robinson Avenue to start the foundation…
JULY, 2007: Federal authorities announced this month in 1930 (July 13, the Sunday starting the month's third week) they were revising expansion plans for the United States Post…
March was a happy time in downtown Oklahoma City in 1932. Old wooden shacks, called watchmen's shanties, were being loaded up on rail cars and hauled away (1)…