Capitol Office Building A capital campaign began in late 1936 for a new capitol office building. A plan was enacted to raise the funds and have the capitol oil revenue contribute to the campaign...
Capitol Office Building A capital campaign began in late 1936 for a new capitol office building. A plan was enacted to raise the funds and have the capitol oil revenue contribute to the campaign...
I Bought An Abandoned Church at a Garage Sale! From 1915-1917 the Tulsa First Presbyterian Church had grown substantially in numbers. Talks of opening up a second church came at the perfect time when...
Like many other Osage County towns, Burbank Oklahoma had its upbringing through the discovery of oil in the 1920s. Discovered just north of the town by Ernest W. Marland, it was one of the best...
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...
The First National Center is a striking 456-foot tall art deco skyscraper built in downtown Oklahoma City in 1931. Over the course of 93 years, the tower has changed owners 5 times, had 2 major...
Gallery Below of Ripley Jail
The Elbow was an African American community built just West of downtown Guthrie in the late 1800s/ Early 1900s. Its location in a floodplain led to its eventual abandonment by the 1980s due to...
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...
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