Opening of the northwest corner of the Old Castle on the Hill campus. In other words... only the rubble remains of the women's dorm (Oklahoma Hall) on the norhtwest corner of NWOSU's campus, in Alva, Oklahoma. What a sight! This photograph was taken last week by R.L. Wagner. Thanks, Robb!

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Castle On the Hill of the Prairies...

Northwestern State Normal School was also known as the famous "Castle on the Hill" by many. It was also scorned as the "Prairie Prince's Plight."

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Castle on the Hill...

I have to tell you that The Castle On The Hill is fascinating [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

WWII - Alva Camp Lonely Chimney...

POW chimney/smokestack [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Perry, OK Gas Prices & Spring Gardens...

Last week in Perry, Oklahoma gas prices jumped up another 5-cents overnight to $2 [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

1906 Woods County Atlas...

In August or September of 2005, you published in your newsletter the request for an old Woods County Atlas for us [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

1944 - Air Cadet Cleaning Crew at NSTC...

Tom McCarrick reminds us in last week's comments, "I remember Bill well but never met Doris, while in Alva. In fact Bill and I are from Rochester, NY.

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The Rest of the Story...

These are the "back issue" comments for those of you who missed them during the week [more]... View/Write Comments (count 2)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Old Castle on the Hill...

We are native Kansans and still have family there so last year on a trip through there we drove over to the Alva Public Library [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

WWII - Alva Camp Water Tower & Chimney...

Here is a better view of the smokestack and water tower [more]... View/Write Comments (count 1)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Jones' Three "R's" in Alva, OK...

"What were the names of the three theaters owned by Homer Jones? I remember them as the Rialto, Ritz and Ranger, but my brother Lynn doesn't agree with the Ranger [more]... View/Write Comments (count 1)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Pioneer Washing Days...

"The above ground cistern is what we used to call a Rain Barrel and many houses still had them in the 1930's, even in town where the had running water [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Homer Jones & Rialto, Ranger, Ritz & Liberty...

We were looking back at some information on our "OkieLegacy" website, because we knew there was another theatre that Homer Jones owned for awhile until it burned in 1933. In the 1920's Homer C. Jones (Jones Amusement Co.) owned the New Opera House (located at 612 Flynn St., NE corner of 7th & Flynn, Alva, Oklahoma). It was originally constructed around 1907 and went by the name of "Grand Opera House" and played road shows of the legitimate stage and musicals. It was later known as the "Liberty Theatre" when Jones Amusement Company acquired it. The Grand / Liberty Theatre burned, except for the brick shell of the building, in 1933 and was never rebuilt.

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Balmer Fund Request...

"Uncovering our rich heritage is like a row of dominoes -- one things leads to another to another to another! Isn't it fun!

Request: Does anyone know a more-or-less professional researcher who can provide documented information on the old Kiowa Trail that is possibly the same as Highway 44 from Caldwell to Anthony to Kiowa? Didn't Kiowa connect with Ft [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Everyday Gas Station Prices...

We do not know how accurate this website is, but if you enter a zip code in the web site link below, it will give you a close proximity of which gas stations have the cheapest prices (and the highest) on gas in that zip code area [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

POW Camps Dot Oklahoma in WWII...

This is a newspaper article showing a picture and a map of WWII POW camps that were in Oklahoma [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Ingersol, OK Bar-B-Cue...

" My wife (Nancy Burndige) was raised in Alva and was previously married to Stan Lisman [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Neihart & Brown Family - Beaver County, OK...

"My grandmother Laura "Ted" Neihart was born and raised in Beaver county, Oklahoma before moving to Missouri [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe