Angelic

 

I took this photo in Hinton, OK. On Broadway Ave., once you enter the

town of Hinton there is a hotel with this in the parking lot. I did not like the metal sheeting roof 

so I cut out the figure and made the clouds the backdrop. The streak of light you see on the statue

was there naturally in the photo!

Pecan Heaven

We went pecan picking today after getting permission from the land owner in our neighborhood.

We got two Aldi bags-full so I would say that is some good picking!

What outdoor activities do you like to do in Oklahoma?

 

Different homes.

 

An Oklahoma Legend.

Pistol Pete!

You probably know him in this form...

Photo from Pistol Pete's Twitter

But did you know he was a real person?

His name was not Pete, either.

It was Frank Eaton. 

I thought he was Oklahoma born, too, and was surprised to learn he was born in Hartford, Connecticut.

Frank was a young boy when his father was murdered by six former Confederate soldiers. Then living in Kansas, Frank decided to avenge his father's death. So he came to Fort Gibson to learn how to shoot.

He earned the nickname "Pistol Pete" due to his excellence in marksmanship. He bragged himself that he could "shoot faster than Buffalo Bill."

He has a kind face in my opinion.

According to Wikipedia. "Eaton was said to have been given a cross by a girlfriend, which he wore around his neck and which saved his life when it deflected a bullet during a gunfight. He would write later that, 'I’d rather have the prayers of a good woman in a fight than half a dozen hot guns: she’s talking to Headquarters'."

In 1923, a group of OSU students decided that Pete would make a great mascot and here we are.

P.S. He did kill 5 of the men who shot his father to death. He went to the funeral of the 6th perpetrator, just to ensure he was really deceased. Frank did all this at age 16, 8 years after the death of his father.

 

Ice Skating on Overholser Lake...

As seen on Facebook's Oklahoma City Then and Now group.

 

Elephant slide

Byars, Oklahoma still has a vintage elephant slide on the playground.

We Have Fun Here

 Oklahoma has many funny names. I am sure there are more than could fit on this image. What are some weird ones you know of?

Image Source: Ryanehowell on Imgur

Native Oklahoma.

 Oklahoma is home to many Native American tribes. Being Native myself, I love finding vintage photographs of tribal members.

Gertrude Three Fingers

Cheyenne Tribe

Circa late 1800s

Mr. Sheppard and Miss Lone Lodge

Cheyenne Tribe

El Reno, OK

Cheyenne girl in beaded dress

Oklahoma

Paul Bojulire and "Squaw"

El Reno, Ok

Ponca Tribe married couple

1900

Ponca Tribe girls

O-o-de

Kiowa Tribe

Oklahoma

1894

Interesting article HERE

John M. Taylor, U.S. Deputy Marshal and U.S. Indian Police

1917

Claremore, Indian Territory/Oklahoma

Native American father with daughter

Date and location unknown

Native American and bison

Date and location unknown

Beautiful Oklahoma.

 

Talihina, Okla. 

View of Venus and the Milky Way

November 2021

Source: ralphsquirrel on reddit.com

Tulsa, Okla. 

Buck Atom's Cosmic Curios 

Source

Prague, Okla. 

A migrant worker cooking fatback on a wood fire.

1939

Source

Mammatus Clouds

Source

Yukon, Okla.

Big Jim the dinosaur at Jameson's Hardware Store

October 2020

East of Waynoka, Okla. 

Stairway to Heaven

Downtown OKC

Biltmore Hotel, now demolished

1977

Boley, Okla.

JJ Turner Gravesite

We will never forget...

Downtown OKC Devon Tower

September 2021

Dill City, Okla.

Old Barn

Carmen, Okla.

IOOF Orphanage

Downtown OKC

Christmas on Main Street

December 21, 1937

OKC 

Tornado

May 12, 1896

Katherine Cross Tombstone

"Murdered by Human Wolves"

Downtown OKC

Skirvin Hotel

2007

Source: Sharon Spain Ingle

Stroud, Okla.

The House of Seven Gables

Hominy, Okla.

Hominy Cemetery

Wewoka, Okla.

"Rollercoaster Highway" Old Highway 56

Oklahoma's Curviest Road

                      

Downtown OKC

Original Hierding Meat Market, built 1911

Source: Lou Manera

OKC

The Great Depression homeless camp

Source: 5_Frog_Margin on reddit.com

Bartlesville, Okla.

Pistol Pete and Jake Bartles

circa 1950s

Source: Michael P. Warwick, Facebook

OKC

Skydance Bridge

Source: Raychel Sanner

Bison

Source: Mollie Defibaugh

OKC, Walgreens on NW 50th and May

"Oklahoma is not OK" graffiti

August 2021

Source: Tina Winkle

OKC State Fairgrounds

View from the now demolished space needle ride

OKC Carnegie Library

Now demolished

Downtown OKC

Post Office Building

Now demolished

Downtown OKC  Original Post Office

First brick building, now demolished

1892

Between Blackwell and Kildare

Prairie Chapel Methodist Church

Muskogee, Okla. 

Curb conversation

July 1939

Source