On the left, we bring you a glance, looking East towards Herod Hall, on the university campus, sticking up above the tree tops on the right, on the horizon. This view was taken from the corner of 12th Street & Oklahoma Blvd.

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Alva Real Estate Notes - 1893

The Alva Pioneer, dated Friday, Sept., 22, 1893, M County, Alva, O.T., publisher W. F. Hatfield & Oscar Habelein, Editor., had this to say about Lots and real estate in the City of Alva.

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Freedom West CDC, 501(c)(3)

"I serve as a volunteer executive director for Freedom West Community Development Corporation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit development entity which serves five counties in Northwest Oklahoma, and Sherrill is the Housing Development Manager for Freedom West CDC [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

An Okahoma Novel: The Margin

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Gas Prices & Rain Drops In Perry, OK

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September 16, 1907 News

In the "Alva Pioneer" newspaper of northwest Oklahoma Territory, dated 16 September 1907 in Oklahoma Territory, there was mention of the Ponca's holding their sun dance the week before the '93 Strip Run; A Kingfisher man advertised for a pocket book full of bills; McAlester's telephone force was smoked out one day the week before [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

October, 1893 - Republican Mismanagement

On October 13, 1893, Friday, Publisher, W [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

NWOSU's 110 Celebration - Sept. 20, 2007

You will remember last week we mentioned NWOSU's 110 Celebration of the first classes held, 1897. The corner stone of the Old Science Hall was laid March 6, 1897, of the norhteast corner of Old Science Hall (Now the Fine Arts) building, by the Masons.

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Treasures Found On 12th Street, Alva, OK

Sometimes unexpected treasures can be found while tearing down old houses. That has happened to us as we continue our demolition journey of our 12th street houses these last couple of weeks.

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Growing Up In Okahoma & POW Camps

We are in the process of taking down Kenneth Updike's stories and ramblings of "Growing Up In Oklahoma" because Kenneth asked us, "To remove all of my previous writings to you about my Ramblins [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Camels In Waynoka

"Do you know anything about this (Camels in Waynoka, OK)? Stories of Waynoka having a history of camels out on the dunes at Little Sahara [more]... View/Write Comments (count 2)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Pioneer Tidbits of 1893

The following pioneer tidbits were taken from The Alva Pioneer, dated September 22, 1893, Alva, O [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Old News of the '93 Run

"Thank you for the fascinating history of the opening of the Strip, and from early Alva newspapers [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

An OkieLegacy Centennial Moment

The Alva Pioneer, dated Friday, Sept., 22, 1893, M County, Alva, O.T., publisher W. F. Hatfield & Oscar Habelein, Editor., had this to say about a week after the 1893 Land Run and their first edition: "The Alva Pioneer was established on Saturday, September 16th, 1893, but this our first issue is dated September 22, 1893, because our regular publication day is fixed on Fridays."

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Remembering When - 1940 & LOOK Magazine

Remember the "Good Old Days' when $645 was the starting price you could purchase a brand new 1940 Plymouth Coupe?

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1939 Ranger Yearbook

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Waynoka's Camel History

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Oct. 20, 1893 - Governor In Alva

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1927 Letter - A. H. Rolf, RR 6, Alva, OK

While we were in the process of demolishing a dilapidated house on 12th Street, in Alva, Oklahoma the last couple of weeks, we came across some interesting items that fell from the dusty attic above the bathroom area that I thought some readers might find interesting, genealogy & history-wise.

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