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...
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...
Gallery Below of Ripley Jail
The Coyle Jail, just on the outskirts of town is one that is considerably bigger than other calabooses I have documented. Built in 1913, it is a two-room jail with enough room for a jailer to to also...
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...
The Threatt family history goes back more than a century. Having settled in the Luther area the family worked hard to make a living in the newly formed state of Oklahoma. Becoming avid farmers they...
The Santa Fe Depot located in Blackwell Oklahoma is a perfect example of the brick depots that were constructed more elegantly for the county seat holders. While it isn’t anymore, Blackwell did...
First National Bank of Skiatook Sitting just off busy Main Street, a beacon of history towers over the downtown area. The First National Bank – Skiatook was first organized in 1905 as The...
On March 14, 1911, the Faxon School House burned to the ground when a fire started from an unknown cause. A new school was constructed of modern stature including a basement to protect from the...
During the early 1900s, the St. Louis – San Francisco Railway had made its way through the bustling town of Okmulgee Oklahoma. It was quickly determined that the construction of a Frisco...
In 1909, the original Covington Jail was destroyed by a fire on Christmas Eve. It was set ablaze by a former prisoner who was locked up the previous night. Covington went without a jail for ten years...
Leedey Jail is one to be proud of, bigger than most of the calabooses in its area it is one that can’t be missed. With an almost safe-like door it is fit with a bigger than “normal”...
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 like putting a...
The first calaboose of Bennington Oklahoma was constructed sometime during or before 1904 according to government maps. This was the only jail located in town and sat off of Nail and Williams Street...
For decades this two-room jail was known as the Dewey city jail, today it is more popularly known as the ‘Tom Mix Jail’. In 1912, before Tom Mix became a huge silent movie star he was the...
The small cowboy jail of Stilwell’s history dates back to the early 1910s. While the exact date of its construction was sometime between 1910-1914, it first showed up on existing fire insurance...
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