Skirvin Hilton Grand Reopening

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!...

Skirvin Hilton – The Day Before

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...

Skirvin Hilton Preview

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...

Downtown Around Statehood

Note: For a printer-friendly version of this post, click here. My Flash file, Oklahoma Rising, gives a quick image of what Downtown Oklahoma City is like today. But, what was downtown like 100 years ago, plus or minus a few years before and after statehood? This post...

Famous Deep Deucians

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. This is the 3rd part of a 3-part series on Oklahoma City’s Deep Deuce. This part focuses on famous Deep Deuce...