May 13, 2007
Leo “who,” you say? That would be Leo “Cyclone” Sanders, an Oklahoma City hero! Once again, Norman Thompson has graced me (and, therefore, you) with a whole set of new images … but, until yesterday, I didn’t exactly know what to do...
Apr 7, 2007
Later posts in this series: Cops & Robbers 2 – Bill Tilghman Click below to move to a particular topicPrimary SourcesTerritorial BackgroundBoomers & SoonersThe Land Run Oklahoma City was “officially” born with the April 22, 1889, Land Run....
Apr 2, 2007
Related Article: Springlake via Arcadia (Book-signing set for October 23 at Full Circle Books, Oklahoma City) Click here to read about my Arcadia book on Springlake Norman Thompson generously sent me a whole CD full of Springlake images (more than 300) that had come...
Mar 20, 2007
The re-opened Skirvin and the re-created Colcord Hotel have already been covered in other posts and are not further discussed here. Because of their singular importance to Oklahoma City history, each has it own post. Instead, this post explores OTHER downtown Oklahoma...
Mar 6, 2007
2 Downtown Obscurities Now that the Skirvin is a done deal, what’s next downtown? Doug Dawgz crystal balls don’t work but this post explores a couple of obscure downtown buildings, one of which is pretty ancient (1926-27), one less so (1957), but both...
