Jul 21, 2007
Saints, St. Ann’s, St. Anthony’s, Saint A’s, whatever you want to call it, was established in Oklahoma City in 1898, 9 years after the Land Run. Its first “permanent” home, finished in 1899, is shown below, at 1000 N. Lee, then outside...
Jun 18, 2007
Note on October 15, 2007: The Centennial Parade has now occurred. See Centennial Parade Report and Centennial Parade Report (cont). Everyone loves a parade and, since 1889, Oklahoma City has certainly had its fair share of them … everything from a 1911 parade...
May 29, 2007
Supplementing my first Paseo post, the 31st Annual Paseo Arts Festival was a smashing success, despite mildly inclimate weather — temperatures were pleasant and only a mild sprinkling of mist was an inhibitor, perhaps more than “mist” before this...
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...
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...
