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Chimney Rock In NW Oklahoma
Have you ever been to Northwest Oklahoma's Chimney Rock in the earlier years before it collapse to weathering and nature? That is one place that this 60-something NW Okie has never experienced. AND ... It was in my own backyard! Here is a satellite map of the area that Chimney Rock was located, in Northwest Oklahoma - NW Oklahoma's Chimney Rock. OkieLegacy Crossword PuzzlesWe have added a couple more Crosswords linked in the right column [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0) | Receive updates (0 subscribers) | Unsubscribe 1935 Rebuilding of Castle On the Hill
According to The Oklahoman, dated September 16, 1935, Front page, the headlines stated, "State;s Work Plan Speeded" - "Alva College Buildings To Be Replaced at Once." 1936 Miss Alva
It was July 25, 1936 that this news article appeared in The Oklahoman, on page 14, with the headlines reading: "Miss Alva, 1936." McCarrick Alva Memories of 1944Homer says, "Check out McCarrick's Alva memories of 1944 at Northwestern State Teachers College with the Air Cadets [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0) | Receive updates (0 subscribers) | Unsubscribe March 1935 - Alvan's Celebrate Good News
It was March 16, 1935, The Oklahoman stated on the front page that "Alva Building Fund Bill Becomes Law." |
March 1, 1935 - Castle On the Hill Burn
If you would have read the headlines on March 2, 1935, in The Oklahoman, on the front page, the headlines might have read, "Teachers College building at Alva Goes Up in Flames." Memories Of Castles At Alva OK - April 1935
The picture on the left shows Dr. James E. Ament, father of the normal school at Alva; the building at the far right was the administration building (Castle on the Hill -- or -- Old Main) of the Alva normal school which burned, March, 1935; and the big picture behind Dr. Ament shows Ament's dream building for a school he hoped to head and the castle idea for the original Alva building. 1936 - Alva Pioneer Dies In East
According to The Oklahoman, dated July 23, 1936, page 5, there was the headlines that read: "Alva Pioneer Dies In East" - "Doctor Ament Was First Head of State School." 1934 - Volcano Ashes Found Near Alva
The Oklahoman, dated November 14, 1934, page 16, had these headlines: "Ashes of Volcano Found Near Alva." Warwick Sketches & WV HomesteadMichele Hankins (mg_hankins @ yahoo [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0) | Receive updates (0 subscribers) | Unsubscribe
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Northwestern Prairie Folk Mourn - March 10, 1935
We did some searching online at The Oklahoman archives for "Castle On the Hill" in the year 1935 and found a couple of articles. One of those articles was dated March 10, 1935, page 59, with the following headlines: "Northwestern Prairie Folk Mourn Loss of Pioneer College Structure at Alva," written by Jone Sartin. 1935 -- Walls Can't Be Used For Alva School
This article appeared in The Oklahoman, April 12, 1935, page 5, with headlines that read: "Walls Can't Be Used For Alva School." Westview - A Waynoka Connection
We found this next item of interest in one of our packed boxes. It came from my husband's sister, Joan (Wagner) Hodgden. The name of the Journal was Westview - A Journal of Western Oklahoma, Vol. II, No. 4, a published quarterly by Southwestern Center for Regional Studies. It was published, Summer of 1983 by the executive committee of Southwestern Regional Studies Center. 1934 - Alva Lawyers Face Disbarment
Here is an interesting article that appeared in The Oklahoman dated February 24, 1932, on the front page, with headlines that read: Alva Lawyers To Face Disbarment." Star Theatre & Other Theatre Memories
Roy says, "I probably have more information about the Star Theatre in Minco, Oklahoma than ANY other living person because I'm the one who bought the theatre equipment from Noah Standifer and operated that theatre until the day it closed (after I'd bought the Perry Theatre and moved to Perry, Oklahoma). |
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