The Legend of the WS Kelly Store - The Famous RAIN MAN Filming Location WS Kelly General Merchandise Wilbur S. Kelly built the W.S. Kelly General Merchandise store in the mid-’20s in what was...
The Legend of the WS Kelly Store - The Famous RAIN MAN Filming Location WS Kelly General Merchandise Wilbur S. Kelly built the W.S. Kelly General Merchandise store in the mid-’20s in what was...
Boynton Depot Built: 1926 Abandoned: 1973 Hidden in the woods just out of sight, sits Boynton Depot at the same location since it was built in 1910. Originally, a wooden building like many other...
Herbert Woesner began with a vision of a family fun amusement park and after nearby Craterville Park closed due to Fort Sill moving onto the land there was a need for one too. He was a farmer...
Sitting just on the outskirts of Stillwater sits the remnants of a once award-winning pig farm run by Oklahoma State University. In 1930 the OSU pig farm just west of the main campus received...
It is always a fascinating image to see an abandoned hospital. Molding surgery rooms, rotting medical equipment, and empty hallways. However, for many years the Logan County Memorial Hospital in...
As we continue working with Bill Moore on the Tiny Jail and Calaboose series, we took a trip down to Verden, Oklahoma to see the 1905 Calaboose. On the inside you can see the shared bathroom, metal...
Construction Gray Horse School, which can also be spelled as Greyhorse or Grayhorse, was constructed by the WPA in 1939. The architect who designed it, AJ Love, was a popular designer of 150+...
Many in Yukon, Oklahoma passed around several rumors as to the actual identity of the place. Some said it’s an insane asylum; some said it was a church. Many thrill seekers claimed to know...
Completed on October 12, 1926, the Masonic Home For the Aged was a six-story brick L-shaped building. The architects were credited as Hawk & Parr and Campbell & Price being the...
With only a few crosses on the outside of the old St Camillus Catholic Church and a sign with no writing, it’s hard to tell that a Catholic Church was once an active part of Marshall. The...
History of Native American Boarding Schools Many are unaware of the true horrors that occurred at the more than 526 Native boarding schools across the United States. Organizations like the National...
Summertime. It is every kid’s favorite. School is out and you are care free. For some, going on family vacations was a staple in the summer and a lot of kids spent time at area lakes. There is so...
Frank & Burdine Anderson Home 1918-1933 The architecture of the Villa Teresa Catholic School – Oklahoma City has always caused some to raise an eyebrow. That’s because, before it was...
Today, the quiet town of Marshall sits with a population of around 300 people and a very wide Main street that was once home to parades, large farms, school children playing and an area that...
Opening It was determined that Topeka needed a mental institution around the 1870s, the state legislature would put up $25,000 under the condition that they wouldn’t have to buy the plot of...
In 1944, the Catholic Brothers of Mercy, a nursing order of Catholic Brothers, started the organization of St Vincents Home in a residence on North Shartel. After outgrowing the space in a short...
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