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.
North on Lincoln: The Park-O-Tell
Original article posted on July 20, 2006; major edit & update on April 9, 2010 This is my second post on North Lincoln Blvd. (the 1st being Beverly's), and it's about the Park-O-Tell, which one could subtitle, What? No wireless internet? Nope. Back in those...
This One’s Just Bunky
Originally published on 3/24/2010 But Updated 4/2/2010 To Add Full PDF & HTML versions of ... In 1st National Bank & Bunky, 1st National's 1939 64-page booklet was the subject — pages 3-45 of which contained excerpts from the booklet, The First Eight Months of...
Compass Rose
By sometime in 2011, Oklahoma City will have a beautiful new sculpture to look at in Bicentennial Park east of the Civic Center Music Hall and easily viewable west of Walker. Click the photos in this article for a larger views. On Tuesday, March 30, 2010, the Oklahoma...
McLintock, Oklahoma Territory & William Shakespeare
Following up on the theme of last article on 1st National & Bunky and with the same emphasis on the early days before and after the April 22, 1889, Land Run, during a recent insomniac event I went to Hulu to see what I could watch there while I should have been...
1st National Bank & Bunky
In 1939 the 1st National Bank published an excellent 64 page booklet called Fifty Years Forward which not only commemorated its 50th anniversary as an Oklahoma City banking institution but also contained lengthy excerpts from "Bunky's" The First Eight Months of...
A Bombing Respite
I'll take a break from serious OKC history blogging and show you this video that good friend Dean Schirf sent to me yesterday ... and add another which, in fact, does have to do with bombing in Oklahoma during World War II. First, the video Dean sent describes George...