The events leading to this grand day have already been stated. Skirvin History, Skirvin Preview, and The Day Before. But, Monday, February 26, 2007, at Noon, is the day and time itself that downtown became itself, again! This post is largely eye candy and lots of it!...
By the time I finished working on this Skirvin “update”, I decided that it needed a new post, all by itself. This is written on Sunday, February 25, the day before the Skirvin reopens its doors to the world. For related posts, see Grand Reopening, Skirvin...
Related Files: Skirvin History, Skirvin Hilton: The Day Before, and Grand Reopening. Edited Note on 2/23/2007: I got a really nice 2nd pre-opening visit today (Friday), courtesy again of Dan Mahoney, 3 days before the Monday Grand Opening! Click here to go to the new...
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...
In this article, click on any image for a larger pic. This article tells the tale of how Charles Francis Colcord finally winds up getting a hotel named after him – which is all he intended to have in the first place. This 1909 postcard shows what was originally...
