THIS IS PRIVATE PROPERTY AND UNDER RESTORATION. 24/7 SURVEILLANCE IS PRESENT AND TRESPASSERS WILL BE PROSECUTED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT!! History of Native American Boarding Schools Many are unaware of...
THIS IS PRIVATE PROPERTY AND UNDER RESTORATION. 24/7 SURVEILLANCE IS PRESENT AND TRESPASSERS WILL BE PROSECUTED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT!! History of Native American Boarding Schools Many are unaware of...
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...
Establishing the Second Skullyville Jail This unsuspecting Skullyville County Jail now sitting alone in a field in Panama Oklahoma was once a thriving center. This land used to be the Skullyville...
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 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 Durant City Jail is one of my favorite jails in the State of Oklahoma. The history of it plays a big part but the look of the building intrigues me greatly! If you drive through the streets of...
The first calaboose in Bromide was a wood structure on the Johnson County side of town. The structure was burned in December 1916 by Ab Jennings who was placed in it on a charge of being drunk. He...
The Headrick Jail sits alone in the disappearing town being consumed by vines. It is one of the prime examples of a calaboose in Oklahoma, a remnant of pioneer days passed. Its stories are hidden...
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...
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 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...
This small cell sits in the tiny town of Addington, it would have been used back in the day when the town had a larger population as a holding cell or drunk tank. These small cells usually went...
Previously the growing community of oil workers’ children attended Wolf School in a small swayback building. With the oil town starting to boom throughout the 1920s it was evident that a modern...
The start of 1922 came with great news for the growing town of Hollister Oklahoma. A new consolidated school building would be constructed by next year with cost estimates falling around $30,000...
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