Since 1976, the Discoveryland amphitheater has brought family fun and musicals to Sand Springs and the surrounding area. Most popularly known for its showing of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical...
Since 1976, the Discoveryland amphitheater has brought family fun and musicals to Sand Springs and the surrounding area. Most popularly known for its showing of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical...
First opening on August 11, 1928 as Camp Ma-Del-Co and running for just a two-week period. Costs ran at either $5.00 for the first five days or $9.00 for the entire ten-day stay. The camp and...
Table of Contents Toggle 1910 Lowell Elementary1933 Douglass High School1975 Page Woodson Fifth-Year CenterPage Woodson / Douglass High School – Restored! – Micro-DocAOK is proud to...
Nuyaka Mission Indian Boarding School 1882-1922 In 1880 a fire put Tullahassee Mission to an end after forty years of education for the Creek Nation. This left a gaping hole in education and the...
Table of Contents Toggle Rides/AttractionsLivery Stable and Saddle HorsesVen-Am Research CenterLittle Dipper & Wild MouseRoller Skating RinkRodeo ArenaFamily EventsChili Cook-offsBluegrass Music...
In 1944 the Catholic Brothers of Mercy, a nursing order of Catholic Brothers, had started the organization of St. Vincent’s Home in a residence on North Shartel. After outgrowing the space in a...
Fort Sill Indian School has witnessed many changes during its more than 100 years in Lawton, Oklahoma. When established in 1871 it served Indian children as a reservation elementary school. It...
In 1909 plans for the Eastern Hospital for the Insane (later Eastern State Hospital) were adopted by Oklahoma State Legislature. A 160-acre tract of land given to the State by the City of Vinita for...
WARNING: Chilocco is heavily guarded by 24/7 security. This is not a place for you to get in your car and go visit. This is for your online viewing pleasure only. Because this land is being used by...
Table of Contents Toggle First National Bank 1930-1986First Interstate Bank of Oklahoma City 1986-1990Boatmen’s First National Bank of Oklahoma 1991-2000sFirst National Center 2006...
Gallery Below of Ripley Jail
Table of Contents Toggle Mount Zion Baptist ChurchNoble Park PavillionGallery Below of The Elbow, OK The Elbow was an African American community built just West of downtown Guthrie in the late 1800s/...
The Coyle Jail, just on the outskirts of town is one that is considerably bigger than other calabooses I have documented. Built in 1913, it is a two-room jail with enough room for a jailer to to also...
“Hoosegow” comes from the American mispronunciation of the Mexican-Spanish word “juzgado” which means “the place where the (negatively) judged go”: namely, jail or prison. While hoosegow was not...
Hidden behind tall brush and young trees is the Strang Jail. Forgotten by the community it used to serve. It is a prime example of my work to document these calabooses. Its history is kept only with...
The Langston Jail was referred to as a “village jail” when it was constructed in 1935. A cost of $500 was allocated for the project via a Federal Emergency Relief Administration grant...
According to insurance maps for the city of Muldrow, there has been a calaboose at this location since at least 1896. But the calaboose that sits there currently is not that old. In fact this jail...
Table of Contents Toggle 1895-1901 Fletcher & Rambo General Store1901-1905 Pawnee County Bank1905-1913 Pawnee National BankArkansas Valley National Bank 1914 -1917Lyon’s Curio Store...
Located in tick-infested woods sits a lonely calaboose. The Skedee Jail has alluded people for decades slowly being reclaimed by nature in a disappearing town. This calaboose is special, it is one of...
Table of Contents Toggle Creston Hills Elementary SchoolCreston Hills Montessori Academy (CHMA)John Wesley Charter SchoolGallery Below of Creston Hills Elementary School In the early 1930s the...
Table of Contents Toggle Skyline Tower2017 Tulsa TornadoPossible RestorationReese Tower ApartmentsGallery Below of Remington Tower Driving down I-44 one’s eye can be drawn to a large tower...
The Mountain Park Jail is an intriguing one being two stories and much larger compared to the other jails featured on our site. This being such a big jail seems to be that of a county jail rather...
The Townley Dairy was one of my first explorations and has proven to be one of my favorites. It has been abandoned since 1998. The cause of the abandonment isn’t as cool as some of the stories...
The small brick building sitting in front of the empty shell of a gym was built in 1931 as the Ahpeatone School. This housed students K through 12 until a grade school was built later on to separate...
The start to this church starts like this, allegedly a local by the name of J.A. Ingram wanted to correct the “moral confusion” of Earlsboro by building a new church as a gift to the town...
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