History of Native American Boarding and Mission Schools The Modoc Friends Church, more widely known as Modoc Mission Church now represents the last standing building associated with the Modoc...
History of Native American Boarding and Mission Schools The Modoc Friends Church, more widely known as Modoc Mission Church now represents the last standing building associated with the Modoc...
Choctaw-Chickasaw Hospital/Talihina Indian Hospital It was all the talk on the Choctaw Nation Reservation about the growth of the Nation’s healthcare system happening right before their eyes...
The Alden Apartments 1929-2020 The Alden Apartments has piqued the curiosity of Tulsans for decades with many finding very little. But upon my search to piece together its story I off the bat found...
Driving on 244 through Tulsa, there is a building with a story. That building is the former Irving School and or to some people, the Owen School. I have driven by this school weekly for almost a...
McBirney Building 1929- 1969 The fascinating McBirney Building, more widely known as the Parker Building, has an extensive history to share. Dating back almost a century, the construction of this...
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...
Dawson, Oklahoma, now absorbed into the City of Tulsa used to be its own thriving town. With this thriving town, they had their own jail as well for harboring anyone who threatened the peace. The...
The Keota Jail is close to becoming a thing of the past. It sits in a state of extreme decay with blocks falling off and the roof close to falling in on itself. But whether or not this jail crumbles...
While the exact date of the Watts Jail construction has yet to be determined, based on recorded stories one can whittle it down to possibly being built sometime between 1915-1920. The Westvile Record...
Odd Fellows Widows and Orphans Home in Checotah 1902-2004 In 1902 a gentleman by the name of William E. Gentry and his wife Sallie offered Sallie’s 160-acre Indian allotment farm along with...
Hotel Muskogee also known as Muskogee Hotel has been unmissable in every stage of its lifetime. Back during its construction in 1921-22 it was a job site that employed many different Muskogee...
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 large tracts of land just southeast of...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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