Oklahoma Centennial Regatta

It was a busy week in Oklahoma City and it was impossible to take everything in. I’ve already made my 2 posts about Sunday’s Oklahoma Centennial Parade, but I’d be remiss not to make a post about another great event, the Oklahoma Centennial Regatta...

Oklahoma Centennial Parade 2

Go To The Preliminary Parade Article   Go To Centennial Parade 2A Go To the Centennial Video Page Per the earlier Centennial Parade article, yesterday, October 14, 2007, the Oklahoma Centennial Parade occurred as planned! I’ll add more descriptive...

Centennial Parade 2A

Go To The Preliminary Parade Article   Go To Centennial Parade 2 Go To the Centennial Video Page This is a continuation of Centennial Parade 2 and contains images not included in that post. Centennial Parade 2 covered (1) Street People; (2) Aircraft;...

Downtown Libraries

The Beginnings. A very nice article at the Metropolitan Library System (you may need to click your “refresh button” – F5 – after clicking the MLS link for the article to open) traces the origins and history of the downtown public libraries before the 2004...

Fidelity Bank

On a fine Sunday afternoon (7/22/2007), I ventured to Antique Avenue Market at 5219 N. Western (immediately west of Bishop McGuiness School) to visit Doug Hamilton and his “booth” there. I was looking for some “vintage” maps … which I...