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.
Deep Deuce Prologue
May 4, 2009, note: Deep Deuce history is considerably expanded in a 2009 series of 30-40 articles contained in The Ultimate Deep Deuce Collection. I'm calling this post, "Deep Deuce: A White Man's Pause." It is the first of 3 parts describing the historic "Deep...
Oklahoma History Center
My wife and I spent all of Saturday afternoon (October 28) at the new and magnificent Oklahoma History Center at 2401 N. Laird. Though I'd been there before, this was my 1st "complete" visit though all floors and I know full well that it cannot all be taken in on one...
Historic Neighborhoods: Classen Drive
This post is mainly eye candy and just a few words of one of Oklahoma City's most beautiful historic neighborhoods, the part of Heritage Hills along Classen Drive. I'll add something more "historic" later about Alice Harn and her husband, William, of "Harn Homestead"...
Asian District Today … The Story
As has already been described, Oklahoma City's almost forgotten "Downtown Underground Chinatown", always poorly documented and much a thing of unwritten "lore" and anecdotal information, is long gone, its last remnants having been gone for more than half a century....
Asian District Today … The Pics
The prior post, "Asian District Today ... The Story," gives the verbal historical background. This post merely provides images taken Sunday, October 22, 2006, when the traffic was light. The map, below, relates to picture numbers shown as I did my Sunday drive. Click...
Hornets Team
THE 2006-07 HORNETS Click on a pic for NBA's player data More new players than old this year (8 v. 6) with the book still out on the Brazilian guy from the draft as to whether he signs or not. P.J. Brown and Speedy Claxton will surely be missed as will assistant coach...