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April 07, 2008 06:09 PM EDT -- I have decided that I really want to find all the Ghost Towns here in Oklahoma. It was a fun trip to see Marshall and Lovell this weekend. Although Marshall is not yet considered a ghost town. i am sure . . . more
April 15, 2008 10:03 PM EDT --   Shamrock started out as a farming community that established their first post office on July 9, 1910. The town was named by the towns first postmaster, J.M. Thomas. He named it Shamrock after . . . more
May 13, 2008 03:59 PM EDT -- You all have heard me talk about Fort Reno and now I have really good pics to show you of the buildings on this historic site. If you have want to read up on the histoy of this site click the link below. . . . more
April 07, 2008 06:02 PM EDT -- Lovell started out as a small town called Perth in May 1889. In 1906 the name was changed to honor James W. Lovell, the man who first settled the area with his family. Lovell was an agricultural town . . . more
April 09, 2008 02:14 PM EDT -- Marshall to me holds such a dear place in my heart. My mother grew up in this small peaceful community. It was never really a big community, but dreamed of it so much that when the town was built they . . . more
August 10, 2008 08:17 PM EDT -- Crescent was started the day of the first Land Run on April 22, 1889 as Crescent City. There are a few theories of how it got this name, but two are the most accepted. The first is that a glade of . . . more
April 24, 2008 10:54 AM EDT -- After the forceful Indian removals from the Eastern Untied States, President Grant and others in office decided that the only way to get the Indians to settle peacefully on their new reservations that . . . more
September 17, 2008 04:49 PM EDT --     In Northeastern Oklahoma, near Muscogee stands a place where you can step back in time, the Fort Gibson Historic Site. This log Fort was built in 1824 by Col. Matthew Arbuckle and . . . more
June 06, 2008 01:44 PM EDT -- Mulhall started out as a lone railway depot for the Atchison, Topeka, and Sante Fe Railways. This depot was known as Alfred, named after the son of an Oklahoma Attorney, Henry Asp. When the Oklahoma . . . more
June 06, 2008 03:02 PM EDT -- So I had an investigation there not to long ago and I was very impressed with the look and history of the place. I can't really talk much about the investigation it's self, but I can say that . . . more
September 17, 2008 05:22 PM EDT -- Attend these Re-enactments this month........... 27 Battle of Honey Springs Reenactment [Union victory]: Grounds open 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.; battle at 1:30 p.m. ; reenactors (soldiers and civilians); . . . more
September 07, 2008 05:56 PM EDT -- Fort Reno in El Reno, Oklahoma Old military fort built in 1874 to help keep the peace between warring Indian tribes. The old fort has had a lot of it's buildings restored and has plans . . . more
June 24, 2007 11:08 PM EDT -- Check out these articles to read about the EVPs and at the bottom of each article are the EVPs that were caught in these places! I am so excited to have all these EVPs now on the articles so people can . . . more
Oklahoma's Famous Ballerinas
by Steve T.
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July 31, 2008 03:06 PM EDT -- On a recent trip to Tulsa, Ok., my family and I stopped by the Tulsa Historical Society Museum.  On the front lawn were several statues of ballerinas in various poses.  These statues, called . . . more
 
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