The First Baptist Church (Colored) – Anadarko is unarguably one of the most significant structures of the town. Not only for the African American community that it served but all of the...
The First Baptist Church (Colored) – Anadarko is unarguably one of the most significant structures of the town. Not only for the African American community that it served but all of the...
The Goode Mansion is another mansion in Fairfax which was built on Native American land as a result of oil money. Presumably built in the 1920s when the oil and gas industry took off creating boom...
While little history or records could be found on the Washington Jail it fits the popular “pour-in-place” method of making calabooses from the early 1900s. The small one-room jail is...
The four-story Black Apartments were named after and owned by E.R. Black. Built in 1920 for the residents of the growing town of Okmulgee, the job was not completed smoothly, a newspaper article...
According to fire insurance maps the Choteau jail was built sometime around the time of 1910. It is a concrete jail with two cells and a unique curved top. L.P. Goforth Under $6,000 Bond Charged With...
History of Native American Boarding Schools Many are unaware of the true horrors that occurred at the more than 526 Native boarding schools across the United States. Organizations like the National...
The first jail in Binger was made of oak planks, laid flat, and studded with spikes. It was around for a short time until a German farmer by the name of Gottleib Schutze was burned to death while in...
This type of concrete pour-in-place method calaboose was perfected in the early 1900s. With Eakly’s population and community becoming a stable township around the 1910’s-1920’s this...
The tiny jail of Inola is rumored to have been built in 1921. Assuming that it went out of service when most other calabooses were discontinued it would have been around the 1930-40s. It consists of...
Harmony Public School The story of Marcus Garvey Leadership Academy goes back to the 1920s. The $55,000 building was erected in 1927 as Harmony Public School. It opened its doors to students in the...
Seger Indian Training School John Seger built the Seger Indian Training School through federal funding in 1892. Under the supervision of John Seger, the Indians worked to complete the brick school...
Leon and Ann Little of Hinton were two entrepreneurs who realized the traffic of Route 66 and took advantage of it. In 1940, Leon and Ann were working on building their third service station...
The Avant Jail is presumed to have been built in the 1910s. According to an inspection sheet from Sept. 11, 1924, stating that the jail was in bad condition and recommendations to get glass windows...
Red Bird is one of thirteen surviving all-black towns in Oklahoma. While little is known about a lot of the Red Bird Jail and others they are so fun to get and explore! This jail was built sometime...
WS Kelly General Merchandise Wilbur S. Kelly built the W.S. Kelly General Merchandise store in the mid-’20s in what was known as “New Cogar”. He ran the store for a short period of...
THIS BUILDING IS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY WITH CAMERAS! TRESPASSERS WILL BE MET BY OSAGE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE! DO NOT GO TO THIS LOCATION WITHOUT PERMISSION. Bird Creek is a two-room school built...
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