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...
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...
On July 20, 1910 block 27 was bought from the Oklahoma Industrial Co. for $2,700 for a new school that would be known as Columbus Ward School. Originally supposed to be a two-story structure...
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...
Frank & Burdine Anderson Home 1918-1933 The architecture of the Villa Teresa Catholic School – Oklahoma City has always caused some to raise an eyebrow. That’s because, before it was...
Today, the quiet town of Marshall sits with a population of around 300 people and a very wide Main street that was once home to parades, large farms, school children playing and an area that...
After years of debate over the history, importance and fate of Stage Center, the end is set to start Monday (6/30/14) as preparatory demolition begins next week. Stage Center, originally known as...
This building was at one time a part of the Dunjee high school in Spencer Oklahoma. Later it was converted into the City-County Head Start Center school. Dunjee All-School-Association or Dunjee Negro...
Historic OKC hunting club on endangered list Dean Anderson It´s 1971, and the pool at the Oklahoma City Sportsman’s Country Club is full of laughing children and families. In the early evening...
After almost eight decades, Villa Teresa Catholic School closed its doors in July of 2012. Sister Patricia Ann Miller, general superior of the Carmelite Sisters of St. Therese of the Infant Jesus...
Perfect Swing has been closed down since 2010 due to a tornado that swept through and tore up part of the building. Now in 2012 it still sits and nothing has been done. Ironically their website is...
An Oklahoma City icon will soon look a whole lot different with a renovation project in the works for Taft Stadium. For nearly 80 years, the stadium has stood near May and NW 23rd Street. The...
Oklahoma City and Oklahoma County Girl Scout Camp Opening in 1946 as the Oklahoma City and Oklahoma County Girl Scout Camp, located right outside of Binger, Oklahoma. These grounds were at the...
Oklahoma’s three major interstates converge near downtown Oklahoma City where I-35 and I-44 intersect I-40 at either end of a four-mile stretch known as the Crosstown. The original Crosstown was...
In 1972 The L.E. Rader Detention Center opened in Sand Springs, Oklahoma. Over the years several laws were passed regarding juvenile centers such as Rader. Due to one of the laws passed in 1974...
To begin the story of Optima Lake, I would like to give a little background. I saw a story on News 9, which can be read here stating the park would be torn down instead of replacing a $1.5 Million...
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