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 the 240...
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...
Table of Contents Toggle History of Native American Boarding SchoolsNuyaka Mission Indian Boarding School 1882-1922Nuyaka Baptist Academy 1923-1933Oakla & Bill SpearsOklahoma Historical Society...
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...
Table of Contents Toggle History of Native American Boarding SchoolsHistory of Fort Sill Boarding School 1871-1980Girls’ Dormitory – Building 309Entryway SignGymnasiumSaving the Fort Sill...
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...
Table of Contents Toggle History of Native American Boarding SchoolsGallery Below of Chilocco Indian Boarding SchoolGallery Below of Chilocco Indian Boarding School ⚠️ WARNING: OUR TEAM VISITED WITH...
Table of Contents Toggle McBirney Building 1929- 1969Plaza Building 1970-1974Parker Building 1974-PresentGallery Below of Parker Building McBirney Building 1929- 1969 The fascinating McBirney...
Table of Contents Toggle History of All Five MansionsPreachers Wall MansionRed Ridge MansionWindy Hill MansionBeneath Green Bows MansionCreekwood MansionRed Ridge Mansions Danger Development and...
According to the satellite imagery, the TexomaLand Fun Park has been bringing fun in the sun to Southern Oklahoma and Northern Texas since at least the 1980s. Offering tons of activities like mini...
Table of Contents Toggle Establishing the Second Skullyville JailStories of the Skullyville Jail and CourthouseDecline of SkullyvilleRock Jail RanchGallery Below of Skullyville County Jail...
Allegedly built in 1954, the Leon School while huge in size is no different than any other small town school. It is a building of community, service and pride. With school carnivals, pie suppers and...
The Darlington Agency Jail and others like the Wichita Agency Jail were established at Indian Agencies mostly as holdover cells. The Darlington Agency was established in El Reno in 1860-70. The jail...
This is the original Kaw City Jail, now located in Perry Oklahoma at the Cherokee Strip Museum. Kaw City was founded in 1902 before Oklahoma became a state on the oxbow bend of the Arkansas River. It...
The Okeene Jail was celebrated when it was finished in May of 1917. Apparently the town had needed a new city jail badly according to the papers. The community came together to make it happen with...
The Valliant Jail is in my opinion one of the most fun to take the family out on a trip to. Built in 1926 there is no doubt this historic jail holds many tales, some documented, most not. The...
The Cement Jail was constructed in the 1920s, based on Sanborn Maps it was not present in the town in 1920. According to OHS the jail was built before 1930, giving us a nine year period to assume...
The Billings Jail sits alone in the disappearing town of Billings. It is one of the prime examples of a calaboose in Oklahoma, a remnant of pioneer days passed. Its stories are hidden away, yet to be...
The exact date of when the Depew Jail was constructed is unknown at this time, but what can be said is that it predates 1930 in construction. Read along to some of the amazing stories I found...
Work on the new State Office Building in Tulsa was approved in 1973 and construction swiftly began on the massive new complex. But the early days of its inception didn’t come without...
There was a Hinton Jail that was constructed sometime between 1909 and 1916 according to Sanborn maps. This jail is in the same location of the one on the Sanborn Maps. But newspaper articles detail...
The Hallett Jail sits alone in the disappearing town being consumed by trees. It is one of the prime examples of a calaboose in Oklahoma, a remnant of pioneer days passed. Its stories are hidden...
The Longdale Jail is very similar in construction to that of the Cache Jail. It is made of blocks, with two cells and has been repurposed into a utility building of some sorts. It is one of the prime...
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