One Hundred Years Ago: September 1925
In the September 10, 1925, edition of the Elk City News-Democrat, the Beckham County Fair was the big news. A new parking lot had been… Read More »One Hundred Years Ago: September 1925
Book Review: Dust Bowl Girls
by Doug Haught Dust Bowl Girls, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill by Lydia Reeder. 292 pages This book is about the 1932 girls’ basketball… Read More »Book Review: Dust Bowl Girls
Flea Market 2025
The Western Oklahoma Historical Society stage its first flea market in 1972 on the lawn of the Old Town Museum. Since that time, the annual… Read More »Flea Market 2025
Hall of Fame 2025
Since 1973 the Western Oklahoma Historical Society has honored outstanding citizens from Western Oklahoma by inducting them into the Western Oklahoma Hall of Fame. Those… Read More »Hall of Fame 2025
One Hundred Years Ago
Beckham County residents were well informed in August 1925. While television and the internet were a long way in the future, newspapers filled the need… Read More »One Hundred Years Ago
Memories of Delhi, Oklahoma
by Judy Haught Like many once-thriving communities in Western Oklahoma, Delhi displays the remnants of rural history. Sitting quietly along County Road E. 1270, Delhi,… Read More »Memories of Delhi, Oklahoma
A Farmer Goes to War
by Judy Haught In early 1942, the world was at war. While the United States had declared war after the bombing of Pearl Harbor… Read More »A Farmer Goes to War
Clyde S. Heckrodt: A Man for His Time
by Judy Haught and Stan Heckrodt The Great Depression and World War II forged a generation of men seasoned by hardship and steeped in patriotism.… Read More »Clyde S. Heckrodt: A Man for His Time
My Recollections of Growing Up on Route 66
by Mary Fern Carpenter If I could turn back time, it would be to 1948 when I was five years old and my parents (George… Read More »My Recollections of Growing Up on Route 66
