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Santa Fe Depot – Ponca City

November 11, 20218 comments | City/Town: •

Getting a Depot How Ponca City got its depot is a very interesting one, starting with a rivalry between two towns. Cross Oklahoma a ghost town now, felt that for a Cross man to visit Ponca City was...

Slick, OK

May 13, 202135 comments | City/Town: •

Slick, Oklahoma is the truest example of an oil town if there ever was one. Starting as just a lone cottonfield it was the discovery of oil by Tom B. Slick that put it on the map. Within a short...

Boynton, OK

June 11, 20209 comments | City/Town: •

Boynton Depot Hidden in the woods just out of sight, sits Boynton Depot at the same location since being built in 1910. Originally, a wooden building like many other Frisco Depot’s, it served...

Rock Island Depot – Elk City

Rock Island Depot – Elk City

January 28, 20146 comments | City/Town: •

In the center of Elk City, is this abandoned railroad depot for the Rock Island Railroad, which was officially merged out of existence in the late 1970’s. This brick depot is a reminder of the...

Stewart Metal Fabricators

April 28, 201216 comments | City/Town: •

Stewart Metal Fabricators, also referred to as W.H. Stewart Co, opened in 1934. SMF came to a sudden close in 2000 because their contractor stopped funding them. Currently the building is owned by...

CRI&P-Rock Island Rail Diesel Repair Shop

May 12, 201049 comments | City/Town: •

Founded from the creation of an amended charter issued by the Rock Island and La Salle Railroad company, the famous Chicago and Rock Island Railroad was established on February 7, 1851 with the first...

Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad Tower

Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad Tower

June 17, 200914 comments | City/Town: •

A little history on the MKT Railroad: When it incorporated in May 1870 the Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad immediately acquired the Union Pacific Railway, Southern Branch and its 182 miles (293 km) of...

Santa Fe Depot – Cushing

May 23, 20094 comments | City/Town: •

The old Santa Fe Depot at the west end of Broadway in downtown Cushing, was built about 1918 and abandoned in the 1980s. When rail service disappeared, the rails were ripped up and there was talk of...

Ron School - Excitement buzzed through the small town of Ron in October of 1939, word had just come that the Works Project Administration had approved the project for Ron School Consolidated No. 12. The consolidated school would include students from nearby Dryden, Mcknight, Metcalf and Teacross. In order to build the new school the old frame buildings that occupied the grounds were demolished and by January work had commenced.... Read More Below! #abandonedok #oklahoma #abandonedoklahoma
Oklahoma State Fair Speedway - Construction of the giant Oklahoma State Fair Speedway was completed in 1954. The speedway became a sizeable part of fair-goers activities for over half a century. In 1961, late model stock car racing began on the half-mile oval track. That same year the State Fair Grandstand was chosen as a filming location for the musical Rodgers and Hammerstein... Read More Below! #abandonedok #oklahoma #abandonedoklahoma #abandoned #speedway #racetrack #abandonedplaces
Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp. - Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp was opened in 1953 and produced 150,000 tons of urea fertilizer annually at its peak. The 360-acre complex consists of two ammonium plants, two urea plants, a prilling tower for pelletizing urea into fertilizer, and livestock feed supplements and support facilities. It was a big industry in Pryor that provided hundreds of jobs to the city and surrounding towns..... Read More Below! AbandonedOK.com
Today is a great day for saving history! A few weeks ago one of our team members came across a post by Keith William Minnis saying this “Recent find…1907 Concho Indian School - Sioux. It appears to have been framed in a shadow box & was gifted to OK Education Association (?). We are just starting to research & would love any help” This team member was already in contact with Jenna Crider of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribe on a different project (we will make an update on this when we can!) Our team member commented to Keith asking if he would be interested in donating this item back to the tribe, to which he enthusiastically said yes. Our team member formed the connection between the two and Keith was put in touch with Gloria Bellymule-Zuniga, Curator, to facilitate the transaction. Today, a 1907 Peace Pipe from Concho Indian School has been returned to the tribe by Keith and his wife Shawn. Keith says this of his donation, “I truly hope & pray it inspires others to follow the lead as I know there is so much out there that deserves to be returned to the tribes & available for all to see, appreciate, preserve, & respect our history.”
Did you know we have a book? All proceeds go to our fountain and helping historic structures! Click the ‘Abandoned Atlas Foundation Website’ link in our bio to order through our shop! #abandonedok #oklahoma #abandoned #abandonedoklahoma
Cloud Chief School - In 1937 the Works Progress Administration built the Cloud Chief High School for a cost of around $42,748. It is made of native stone and consists of a huge gymnasium that the Cloud Chief Warriors played many basketball games in and a lone school building... Read More in our Bio! #abandonedok #abandonedoklahoma #oklahoma #history #okhistory #nativeamerican #native
Andrew Goodholm House - Demolition (Click the link in our bio to read the history and see pictures before the demolition) We are devasted by the unexpected demolition of the Andrew Goodholm House in Nicoma Park. Nobody saw this coming from our team and I’m sure everyone else is just as surprised. The owners stated, “this wasn’t a historic home” and that they had ”no other option than to demolish it.” Saying that multiple break-ins and continued vandalism had lead to this decision. This is very much a historic home that started being built in 1899 by Swedish immigrant Andrew Goodholm, and placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. It has been the center of many Oklahoma State Fair memories and withstood over a century of time, storms and being disassembled and moved twice. While we don’t agree that demolition was the best course of action since we have heard of several attempts to purchase the house with no offer being accepted, we can sympathize with the owners frustration. We cannot stress this enough, that when people force their way into these locations, break windows, spray paint, steal artifacts, start fires, or whatever else they may think is “fun” this is sometimes the outcome. Owners feel backed into a corner with liability and some feel like they have no other option than to protect themselves and the rest of their property by demolishing these historic places. I highly encourage people to learn about the history of these places instead of looking at them as places to go and wreak havoc just because it is “fun and dangerous.” To get out and help make a change and help try to save history. If you would like to see pictures inside and outside (obtained with permission) with the full history of the Andrew Goodholm House you can go to our website through the link in our bio.
Prairie Grove School/Church - Located just West of Stratford lies a dilapidated building in a field, during the summer its vibrant red bricks clash beautifully with the green foliage that engulfs it. During the winter months, it is still a vibrant building on a desolate field. This was the Prairie Grove School, a WPA project approved in May of 1938. This new brick facility would be built with $5,300 provided by the WPA and $2,563 provided by sponsors and the school board. #abandonedok #abandoned #oklahoma #abandoned #abandonedplaces #abandoned_junkies
Redskin Theater - The Redskin Theater opened on August 10, 1948, it was owned and operated by Cecil Duncan and was one of three in the town of Wetumka. Movie theaters and drive-ins were a hit during this time and the one-screen, five hundred seating theater thrived throughout the fifties and sixties. Prices for admission were considerably low compared to today's, with adults costing $1.25, students $1 and children 50 cents. Around the 1970s it was then turned into a dinner theater called The Balcony, guests could grab a meal and a movie for a prime night out on the town. But with the rise of technology and digital movies, a lot of movie theaters were hit hard including the old Redskin Theater. The closure was inescapable and it has since sat on a lonely corner rotting away. Every so often it does get attention from the local 'Sucker Day' Parade where banners are hung from the old marquee and people gather on the sidewalks. #abandonedok #abandoned #abandonedoklahoma #oklahoma #abandonedplaces #history

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