The Curious Case of H.C. Schilling

In researching information for my main article on Historic Capitol Hill, perhaps nothing more interesting popped out of that research than information relating to H.C. Schilling, Capitol Hill’s ex officio mayor from 1905 until his removal from office on 1907. I...

Famous Kilties In Shamrock

The original Famous Kiltie Band article was posted on August 8, 2008, and this updates that article with new photographs. To see the original article, click here. HELLO, SHAMROCK, FROM OKLAHOMA CITY! What do Oklahoma City and Shamrock, Texas, have in common? Aside...

That Man Stone

Click here to skip the introduction & go to the photos (The full article needs to be open for the link to work.) About That Man Stone. One who looks around very much at very early day photographs of Oklahoma City and its environs cannot fail to notice that the...

Oklahoma City’s Famous Kiltie Band

This original Famous Kiltie Band article was posted on August 8, 2008, but it was updated on May 3, 2009, to include new Kiltie photographs in Shamrock, Texas. To see the additional article, click here. The Famous Kiltie Band “Does your daughter smoke? Does she...

Using The Oklahoman Archives & Jerry Lee Tyner

I’ve talked about using the Oklahoman archives in various posts but I’ve never made a single article describing in detail how to use the Oklahoman’s archives which are freely accessible on-line IF YOU HAVE an Oklahoma City Metropolitan Library Card....