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Charles E. Taylor's Land Patent

Description: Land patent belonging to Charles E. Taylor who homesteaded during the 1893 Land Run in Waukomis township in Garfield County, Oklahoma Territory.
Date: 1904
Partner: Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center

Evening Ardmoreite, Nov. 1, 1893

Description: Reproduction of this edition of the newspaper run by Charles Kesseler and D. P. Cloyd. Some articles include: Story of sale of the Chieftan newspaper to the Evening Ardmoreite, court proceedings, general interest stories.
Date: 1893
Partner: Ardmore Public Library

Santa Fe Railway As An Oklahoma Pioneer

Description: Expansion of the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe into Oklahoma territory, the "Trail of Tears", the Okla. Run on April 22, 1889, the opening of the Cherokee Strip on Sept. 16, 1893, naming of towns on the line, people in charge, agents, and life in the area at the time are well covered in the story. 11 pages, typed, carbon copies
Date: unknown
Creator: Best, Frank J.
Partner: Ardmore Public Library

Drag Racing

Description: Column includes: Visit to the drag strip north of Ardmore run by the Ardmore Timing Association. J. R. Shaw, Joe Carroll and Dennis Lavers were in charge of the group. Outline of regulations and events at the drag strip is given. Visit to the Gourmet Restaurant owned by Mazola McKerson. Her devotion to cooking with fresh ingredients is reported. newspaper article, original
Date: 2013
Partner: Ardmore Public Library

Weeks Plumbing

Description: Information from Lucy V. Weeks concerning the plumbing business run by her husband, Roland, and his brothers, Sam and Bert. Husbands family came to Ardmore c1890 and began work c1907 with the new sewer lines being installed in Ardmore. Mrs. Weeks family farmed near Ravia. Her father was Daniel H. Ward. Other information on both of the families is included. 5 pages, typed and handwritten
Date: unknown
Partner: Ardmore Public Library

Davis

Description: Bicentennial edition covering Davis including: beginning of town after Sante Fe came in 1887-8, early settlers- Nelson Chigley, Dr. Tom p. Howell and Mazeppa Turner, William Nathan Price, "Price's Chapel", Sorghum Flats Cementery and old markers, Davis News run by Joe & Margaret Taylor, bootmaker Ben Dye, history of town of Dougherty that was first owned by Thomas W. Johnson, and many photos of places and sites in the area. 3 pages, handwritten notes by McGalliard newspaper section, 16 pages
Date: 2013
Partner: Ardmore Public Library

Ardmore Destroyed by Fire, April 18, 1895, Davis, Harley Institute

Description: From a history compiled by Ralph Evans, Marietta. Account of the fire that destroyed the business district. The fire started in the Ab Burch livery stable, on Caddo, and burned stores up to the area of Main and Washington streets. Water from wells in the center of Main street was used. Names of the first organized fire department members, under Chief J. S. O'Mealy, are given. In 1902 Mayor Bob Dick and Lee Galt were instrumental in establishing a better water supply. Davis ( continued ) … more
Date: unknown
Creator: Evans, Ralph
Partner: Ardmore Public Library

Mountain Lake

Description: From "Ardmore's Land O'Lakes Region" story in Outdoor Oklahoma, June 1926. Description of the lake on opening day, May 1, 1926, and fishing availability in the area. Photocopied at the Oklahoma Historical Society by Mac McGalliard, Nov. 27, 1968. 1 page, photocopy
Date: 1926
Partner: Ardmore Public Library

Fitzgerald "Triangle Bar" Ranch

Description: Notes, made by Mac McGalliard, concerning this ranch in the Arbuckle Mountains, west of Springer. Established in 1919 by D. C. Fitzgerald, Sr., and has continued under his son, D. C. "Denny", and daughter, Mrs. Dan C. Smartt, Denver, Colorado. Information on the establishment of grazing land and cattle production is included.
Date: unknown
Creator: McGalliard, William A.
Partner: Ardmore Public Library

Duncan, William

Description: Biography titled "Oklahoma's Scottish Town" by Ella Duncan, reproduced from printed material. Story of arrival of Mr. Duncan from native Scotland and establishment of store on Cow Creek, near the Chisholm Trail. Many accounts of happenings near the store and life of his family members are told. Prior to arrival of the railroad, in 1892, William Duncan leased portions of his land and began the town of Duncan.
Date: unknown
Creator: Duncan, Ella
Partner: Ardmore Public Library

Duncan Has Four Early-Day Fires by Carl Albright

Description: History of events during fires in the town of Duncan. Dates listed as Feb. 27, July 11 and Sept. 27 of 1901, and another one after these three, no date. Also mentioned are: Ed Dewey Harness Shop, O. K. Wagon Yard, James E. Elliott-postmaster, Bill Brewer Tin Shop, opening day for registration for Indian land at Fort Sill on July 10, 1901.
Date: unknown
Creator: Albright, Carl
Partner: Ardmore Public Library

Fort Washita

Description: Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine, Feb. 1966. "Fort Washita" by Bertha M. Antrim, pages 126-8. History of the fort, established in 1824, and abandoned July 1, 1870, is told in this article. Personal reminiscences of H. H. Harrill are included. Mr. Harrill last visited the fort in 1905. He also mentions crossing "Twelve Mile Prairie" to get there, picking up cannon balls and shrapnel & arrowheads, and a Mr. Marshall who owned a lot of land near the fort.
Date: 1966
Partner: Ardmore Public Library

Chickasaws & Choctaws by Ralph Evans

Description: History of the Chickasaw Indians from their time in Mississippi, when DeSoto first visited them, to the end of the Civil War and their relocation in Oklahoma. Some names mentioned: Franicisca De Hinestross - mistress of DeSoto, attack by the French officers Bienville & D'Artaquette, Logan & William Colbert, treaties, loss of land, removal to Oklahoma, Ft. Washita, R. L. "Bob" Love, Overton Love, James M. Gaines, Adam Jimmy, Criners, Samuel Rutherford, Albert Pike, Gen. Douglas Cooper & Gen Sta… more
Date: unknown
Creator: Evans, Ralph
Partner: Ardmore Public Library

History of El Reno

Description: Full booklet of El Reno History (copy from the El Reno Carnegie Library).
Date: unknown
Partner: El Reno Carnegie Library

Indians of Oklahoma

Description: Booklet published by the Bureau of Indian Affairs in 1966. This was the first in a series to be published on Indians of various regions. 16 pages, published material
Date: 1966
Partner: Ardmore Public Library

Oklahoma authors

Description: No Description Available.
Date: unknown
Partner: Ardmore Public Library

Bacone College, Muskogee

Description: " The Chief " annual of 1924. Photographs of students, buildings and faculty of the school.
Date: unknown
Partner: Ardmore Public Library

Ardmore Democrat

Description: History written by Midge Wasson, Jan. 12, 1959. Story includes background of early Ardmore and the other newspapers in the town. The Ardmore Democrat, first issued in 1931 by Herbert J. Pate, is documented.
Date: unknown
Creator: Wasson, Midge
Partner: Ardmore Public Library

From Bluestem to Golden Trend

Description: by J. M. Hazlitt, pub. by University Supply & Eauipment Co., Fort Worth, Texas, 1957. History of Garvin County. Pictures and stories of early pioneers are included. 31 pages, photocopied, published material copied May 14, 1975 from original, owned by Clay Carpenter, Ardmore
Date: 1957
Creator: M. Hazlitt, J.
Partner: Ardmore Public Library

Charter and Ordinances

Description: Charter and Ordinances of the City of Ardmore, June 1, 1920. Photocopied by Mac McGalliard, July 25, 1972 from an original presented to the City of Ardmore by Burl Chadwell, Jr. Complete charter is copied, portions of the ordinances. 33 pages, photocopied, published material
Date: unknown
Partner: Ardmore Public Library

Fitts Hotel Famous Landmark

Description: History of this early day hotel in Burneyville, OK., and the people involved with it. Mentioned are Wesley B. Burney, area settler, James Watson, hotel builder, Price Statler, Mr. Gardenhire, John R. Grimes, William H. Fitts and his wife, Sarah Jane Shirley Fitts. newspaper article, with photos- 4 copies
Date: 1970
Creator: King Garland, Marie
Partner: Ardmore Public Library
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