Doug Loudenback
“The principal focus of this blog is Oklahoma City history, past, present & future, including the city’s NBA teams, as well as anything else I decide to write about from time to time. – Doug Loudenback
From 2006 to 2014, Doug did just that. As a lawyer turned city historian and author, Doug meticulously researched city history and provided an important resource for those wanting to learn more about our community. Doug, a founding member of Retro Metro OKC, died on September 12, 2021 after an extensive illness. His writings are preserved for future generations.
Christmas Actually
Updated December 24, 2010 This is my Oklahoma City Christmas 2010 post. The background tune for all but one of the videos below is taken from the very fine 2003 movie Love Actually in which actor Bill Nighy plays an over-the-hill rocker (Billy Mack) trying to make a...
A Tale of Two Energies
I took a number of photographs to see and show the status on goings-on downtown this morning, Saturday December 18, 2010 — one set to view what was going up and the other to view what was coming down. These are they, without much particular comment other than links to...
2010 Paseo Arts Awards
Fourth Annual Paseo Arts Association Awards This reports and gives photos of the Fourth Annual Paseo Arts Association Awards Ceremony & Banquet held at the Oklahoma History Center on November 11, 2010 — though I'm tardy with this, it was a great event and I'm pleased...
Maps and History of Oklahoma County 1830-1900.2
Part 2: Noonish on April 22, 1889 — 1900 Part 1 of this article, 1830-noonish 4/22/1889, is done. This Part 2 continues the development of Oklahoma County through 1900. As this post is written on December 2, 2010, given other obligations to make a post on the 2010...
Maps and History of Oklahoma County 1830-1900.1
Part 1: 1830 — Noonish on April 22, 1889 Oklahoma County forms a rectangle 30 miles wide by 24 miles high, almost exactly 720 square miles, as shown in the above map which contains annotations noting the county's 20 original townships, each being 6 miles square....
Skydance Cell Phone
Well, circa September 2008 we thought, and we were euphoric about, what the City Council told us that we were getting ... WOW! The City Council really CAN deliver something really really special ... ... but, turns out, the somewhat off-color video below is more...