Table of Contents Toggle ProgramsTulsa Race MassacreCurrent BuildingRacial DisagreementsCrosstown Expressway and ProgramsKendall Whittier MinistryCrosstown Child Care CenterEmergency Infant...
Table of Contents Toggle ProgramsTulsa Race MassacreCurrent BuildingRacial DisagreementsCrosstown Expressway and ProgramsKendall Whittier MinistryCrosstown Child Care CenterEmergency Infant...
Table of Contents Toggle Hotel Jameson 1922-1936Richardson Hotel 1937-1950Burbank Hotel 1951- ~1970Gallery Below of Burbank Hotel Like many other Osage County towns, Burbank Oklahoma had its...
Not much at all is known about the Alex Jail. It sits now on private property wasting away to the elements. If nothing is done by the state to step in and save these structures we will see many more...
The Canadian Jail is one of the most interesting calabooses to me personally. With the structure predating statehood this brick two-cell jail was built in the 1890s. The body of this structure is...
Now lying on the KCA Reservation, the former Wichita Agency Jail is overgrown, neglected and close to becoming rubble. The first Indian agency of this area was known as the Wichita Agency, located on...
Built in 1912, this calaboose has so many more stories than are documented in online materials. But one story that I do have to share is one about a burglary near Tupelo. The Coalgate Courier Feb 13...
The small quiet town of Osage, located in Osage County Oklahoma. Much of the town is filled with people who prefer the quiet life. A few of the towns historic buildings remain even if those that once...
Founded before statehood in 1892, Terral is a small quaint town just above the Texas border. Named after John Heidelburg Dace Terral who moved to the area from Montague County, Texas. At the time...
The Dougherty Jail is another perfect example of a calaboose lost to time. Not in the physical sense as the building appears to be in pretty good shape and holding up nicely, but in the sense of...
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, Oklahoma The Elbow was an African American community built just West of downtown Guthrie in the late...
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...
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