Kay County Abstract Building

Dick Sherbon of Ponca City received the bid to erect this building for the Kay County Abstract Company in 1926. The bids for the building ranged from $4,400 to $5,700.

This red brick structure was limited to one story because of ...

The Cline Building

William S. Cline had this building constructed in 1925. This was the same year that the Kay County Courthouse and the Masonic Temple were constructed in Newkirk. The Cline Building is illustrative of the influence of the Art Deco style. ...

Todd's Chapel United Methodist Church

The origin of this congregation can be traced to the

days of the American Revolution, when Methodist

pioneers such as Francis Asbury and Freeborn Garrettson

traveled throughout this area organizing groups or

“societies” for worship. Many of the early ...

James Thomas Fitz-Gerald, Jr.

Captain, USAF

(side 1)

Born July 13, 1920 in South Pittsburg, James “Jim” Thomas Fitz-Gerald, Jr. was appointed to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, in 1940. Interested in aviation since childhood, he graduated in the first class of ...

Early Industry

On Short Mountain, 7.1 mi., Henry Hoover & John Beeson established a millstone and grindstone factory in 1806. An inscription on a bluff of the mountain, and discarded fragments of stone mark the spot.

Marker is at the intersection of West ...

Zoar Methodist Church

Zoar Methodist Church was founded in the late

18th century. Bishops Coke and Asbury are

believed to have ministered to congregations

in a log structure which served as the first

church building. A cypress-shingle church was

constructed after the land ...

Oil-Producing Salt Well

Drilled here in 1815 by Samuel Magaw and William Clark to reach brine, a frontier source of salt. When it was deepened by Daniel Shryock to 300 feet in 1819, oil was struck. Because of this unwanted byproduct, the well ...

Martha's Hideaway

American Beach, founded in 1935, was a renowned beach for Blacks during the segregation era when African Americans could not go to public beaches. In the early development of American Beach, a few private homes were built, including one hidden ...

Garden Hills Historic District

The Garden Hills Historic District is an early 20th-century residential neighborhood located five miles north of the central business district of Atlanta. The roots of this planned community came from the growing use of private automobiles after WWI, allowing citizens ...

The Southwest Boulevard Fire

August 18, 1959

Firefighter Virgil Sams

Captain George Bartels

Firefighter Delbert Stone

Firefighter Neal Owen

Captain Peter Sirna

Civilian Francis J. Toomes

To each who come before this

memorial in remembrance of the final

fire for these six, we pray ...