OTTAWA COUNTY HISTORY

      The pages in this section are mostly early newspaper clippings.

		Streets/roads/ Railroads
	Street names as of 1902		1917 Sanborn Map
Northeast Map	Unit block of N. Main		Unit block of S. Main	.Fire Insurance map-1896
	Main & Central	Miami 1917	The Route	Afton Station
Miami Roller Mill	Miami Roller Mills	Mail Delivery	House numbers	Mail Delivery ?
Road proposal	Forgotten 66	Route 66 R.O.W.	1927 Route 66	Rt. 66 Detour
	East Central	Miami-Afton	Glass House	Highway 69
Main Street, 1902	Main Street	Street Scene 1909	Paving Main Street	Water & Light co
1925 Post Card	Postcards	Early Main, Post	North from Central	Building Boom
Inter-Urban 05	Inter-Urban-08	Interurban plus-09	Interurban plans-10	Inter-Urban-14
Miami-Joplin-14	Inter-Urban-14	Inter-2-16-Main	Main St. tracks-16	To Baxter! 1916
Picher Train -17	Trolley Route-17	Trolley turnaround-17	Inter-urban Sched.	No Tracks 2-25-
Grant Victor	Inter-Urban-4	Inter-Urban '28	NEO Busses
		Fullerton RR cars		NEO RR Map
MO&G RR	New Fire Truck	Aerial view	White Steamer	Traber
OK&M W	Wyandotte road	Highways, 1916	4-28-38 Speed Limit	NEORR Bus
		Bridges
Toll Bridge 1	Toll Bridge 2	Toll Bridge terms	Toll Bridge	MMBRR bridge
No Bridge?	Roads&Bridges	Old Bridge	Twin Bridges	Stepp's Ford
Spring River	Spring River toll	Steel Bridges	New Bridges	Unfinished Bridge
		Lost Creek Bridge
		Parks
First Park	Park Bond	Riverside Park	Zoo	July 4th 1906
Historical Meeting	River View Park	Dam in the park	River View	Boating
Dam in the park-1	Dam in the park-2
		Misc
The Drawing	Neosho River	Turkey Ford	Wild West	Snake oil
Nehi	Douthat	Relics	Hilburn	History
Intelligencer-1827	Intelligencer-1855	Douthat Independent	Bluejacket, 1925	Steam Car
		Wyandotte lake
Quapaws	Allotment Map	Ottawa Post Office
		County Seat
Miami Vs. Afton	Miami Vs Afton 2	Campaign	Miami VS Afton 3	County Seat
Quapaw County		Two States-	Two States 05	"Court House"
Courtroom		The Miami Way	Courthouse-1945
Courthouse bond	Court House location	Courthouse-1	Courthouse-2	Campaigning
		Courthouse, '51
		Indians
Two States	Indian State	"Auction"	Restrictions	Restriction removal
Shameful		Inheritance	Inherited lands
Staton Land	Cheap land	Leaford	Ottawa move	Land sale
	Government lands?	Land Grab	Indian Lands?
Indian's land	Period of Trust	Whites	Tribes-1913	Quapaw News
Feast	Haircuts	Modocs-1910	Quapaw Indians	Mission Land
Kiowa-Apache		Civilized?	Grandfather Clause
		Schools
NEO 6-26-1914	School of Mines-1	N. E. O.		First Miami School
NEO 1-5-1920	NEO 2-6-1920	NEO 3-13-1920	NEO 5-28-1920	School of Mines
Ouch	School Books	Night School 62	MHS-23	1922 Football Team
County's Schools	Schools-1908	Ottawa County Teachers	County teachers-1914	School book prices 1909
1916 Prom	1916 Grads	Auditorium	1930 Wardogs	Miami Indians
Saint Mary's	St. Mary's-1	1913 School info	Class of 1920	Quapaw, 1917
BIG classes		Indian Schools	SIS	Spartan
MHS 1962	Miami High-1917	Afton	Girl's Gym	MSM Football
MHS Morning	MHS Class of 63	Seniors 63	Baseball Names	Old MHS
		Candy Box
		Miami Mines	See also:
		Who named it
Mining South	Mines-West	Miami Mining	Mining?	Hattonville
Miami District	Mining Map	McConnell-Barnes	Denver-Miami
Tar Sand!	1904	Typical Miami	OIL!
	Boyd Shaft	South of Town	South of City	Booth-Hollis
Through town	Transport Picture	More Mining South	Miami Center
		Banks
Bank of Miami	First National	First National 2	First National 3	Miami Trust Bank
O.C. Bank	Lincolnville Bank	FNB	State Bank	Am. Exc. Bank
		Retail
Gambles	Miami Tire 2	Merchants 1914	Central & A NE	Desoto for 1957
Zimmerman	Hadley Music	Lahoma Hotel	B&K	Shirt Factory
Colonna's	Austin's Cigars	Chandler Motors	Wooden Spokes	Dodge Bros
Chicago Bazaar	National Hotel	Hotel Miami-I	J. C. Penny	Roller Mills
Steam Power	DeChenne Air	Tire Plant	Miami 1918	Premier auto
Botts Building	Velie 6	Dort	Bohart Hdw.	Early Nash
	Botts
Chevrolet	OTASCO	Packard	Desoto	Desoto Price
Gambel's	Buick	Oldsmobile	Indian Village	Run Flat
Nash	Dryer's	Bill Hicks	Turners Station	Jeep
Ernie Pyle's	Mullen's Station	Commerce Lumber	Lee Lumber	Worley's DX
Newman Boats	Blue Star Boats	Blue Star Jeep	Farm Store	Commerce Sales
Stansell Bvg.	Fordson Tractors	Record-Herald	Afton Buildings	Ruth's Shop
Windham's	Home Annex	Burtrum Mtrs	Nehring	Baker Boy
Wagon-$140	Sept 1910 ads	Cherokee Motel..	Lugs	Millner-Fribley
Coke Plant	Fourth Street	N. S. Sweeney	Crane Mfg Co.	Businesses
Wilson Building	Tidwell Building	Halsell Bldg.	Wills-Son	Wade-Kenoyer
1st Mining Exchange Bldg	Mining Exchange Building	Miami Tire Service	Clark - Richardville	Hancock Building
Gintner Meats	Business Fronts	McCue's	Neosho Motors	Frisco Depot '30s
The Moore Hotel	New Moore Hotel	Tidwell/Savoy	Savoy Hotel	Tidwell-Savoy(N)
Hotel Miami	Hotel Miami Lobby	Bed Springs?	Bed Springs	Corbus Spring Service
Nelson Furn.	Saft Furn.	Hay Time	$75.00 Wagons	Pierce Terminal
Palace Store	Hotel Main	Kenoyer Hotel	Sanders-Ridgway	Hattenville store
BFG	BFG-1	BFG-2	Cigar Factory	Cigar Factory
W. O. Cardin	Cardin Building	Williams Lbr.	Millner-Fribley ad	Miami Tailoring
1950 ads	Buggies	1905 ads	Pearce Clothing	Catalina-Hub
1915 Buick	Trade day ads	Ford Dealer	Nash Metropolitan	Miami Newspapers
Victrolas	Blue Law	Christmas Special	Newspapers	White Lead
Coleman-Harvey	Fig Syrup	New Folder	Priceless	Miami Nursery
Miami Stone	Aeroplane	Areoplanes	Premium Day	Staton Brothers
		Health
Parrish & Caldwell	Dental work	Miami Baptist Hospital	Walker Drugs	Spencer Drug
MBH-1	MBH-2	MBH	Hadley's-1	Hadley's
Dr. Von Cannon	Dentist	Pay the Dr.	Medical Arts	Spencer Drug Store
Chandler's Drugs	Walker Drug	Spencer Drug-	Miami Drugs	Dental prices
		Ad with class
		Food
Moonwink	Whirla-Whip	Grant's Mkt.	Meadow Gold	Trudgeon Groc.
A. W. Karbe	Karbe's Supermarket	Karbe	7-11	Grocery Prices 1906
Wheat rationing	Tucker's Lunch	Ben Stanley	Reid's Donuts	Safeway
Booster Cafe	Dee's Drive-In	Gene's Steak	Wheel In	Dave's Bakery
Roy's Drive In	Ray's Drive-in	Dairy Delite	E-C Cafe	EC's
Gene's	Doc's	Mutts	Inside Mutt's	Hoffman Groc.
	Broasted Chicken Pizza	Pizza
		Theaters
		Ottawa Theater
Entertainment 1950	Odeon	Movie ad	Theaters-1950	Coleman Ad
Glory B-1	Glory B-2	Glory B	Miami Theater	McWilliams
Opera House	Opera House(N)	Early Theaters		Pleasure Park
McWilliams Opera House	Opera House (Postcard)	Pastime	Grand Theater	Coleman-1929
		Misc
	Coleman History	Carnegie Library	The Library
Rest Home	Rockdale 1918	Drivers License	OHP	Fingerprints
Decoration Day	Optimism	Election, 1902	Capital	Sad Burial
Pageant	Hoosier Cabinet	Oil stove	Key Punch
Miami P&L	Power & Light	High Hopes	Day Current	GAS
New Lights	First sign	Christian Church	First Christian	Calvary Baptist
Assy of God	Assy of God-2	Methodists	Presbyterian	March Snow
Ice 1918	Ice Shortage	Miami 1940 Map	Telephones	Annex Welch?
Flood- July 12	Flood - July 13	Flood- July 15	Flood- July 16	Flood- July 17
Mini Golf	Bowling Alleys	Playland Lanes	Trampolines	Swimming Pool
Crap Game	Miami's Christmas lights	Old Safeway	Tent Show	Hyphenated
Wilson Dance	Artesian	Miami Water	Ice plant	Chevy rules!
Pierce Terminal	Pierce Term. photo	Spartan School		Winart
Big Show	DST 1919	KKK	BFG Safety	Log Rolling
Buffalo	Murderer	Hanging	Hung	Scenic Cruise
Fairland phone	Gateway Arch	Gateway II	Gateway	Jimtown
Afton Electric	Afton Electric 2	Hitch Racks	Troughs	Strike!
Max Mirage View	The Barn	Kitty	Bartlett's	1-16-14
Pool	Lightening Strike	*	Register to vote	Unbelievable
Picnic	Rockdale addn	Dobson Home	NRA	Air pollution
Artesian Addn.	Tuxedo Park	Tydings add'n	Belmont Add'n	Interurban Heights
Handsome Homes			Elks-1917	Mail 1917
		Old Papers
Area history		Best Front Page
March 14, 1902	March 17, 1905	March 13, 1906	March 15, 1907
			King Jack I	Quapaw Press
Commerce King Jack	Douthat Independent	Ottawa County Beacon	Fairland News Boy	Oklahoma Republican.
Commerce News	Fairland News			Quapaw World
	May 9, 1908		May 19, 1911
Nov 26, 1915	Dec 3, 1915	Dec 10, 1915	Dec 17, 1915	Dec 24, 1915
Dec 31, 1915	Jan 7, 1916	Jan 14, 1916	Jan 21, 1916	Jan 28, 1916
Feb 4, 1916	Feb 11, 1916	Feb 18, 1916	Feb 25, 1916	March 3, 1916
March 10, 1916	March 17, 1916	March 24, 1916	March 31, 1916	April 7, 1916
April 14, 1916	April 21, 1916	April 28, 1916	May 5, 1916	May 12, 1916
May 19, 1916	May 26, 1916	June 2, 1916	June 9, 1916	June 16, 1916
June 23, 1916	June 30, 1916	July 7, 1916	July 14, 1916	July 21, 1916
July 28, 1916	Aug. 4, 1916	Aug 11, 1916	Aug 18, 1916	Aug 25, 1916
Sept 1, 1916	Sept 8, 1916	Sept 15, 1916	Sept 22, 1916	Sept. 29, 1916
Oct. 6, 1916	Oct 13, 1916	Oct 20, 1916	Oct. 27, 1916	Nov. 3, 1916
Nov. 10, 1916	Nov 17, 1916	Nov 24, 1916	Dec 1, 1916	Dec 8, 1916
Dec 15, 1916	Dec 22, 1916	Dec 29, 1916	Jan 5, 1917	Jan 12, 1917
Jan 19, 1917	Jan 26, 1917	Feb 1, 1917	Feb 9, 1917	Feb 16, 1917
Feb 23, 1917	March 2, 1917	March 9, 1917	March 16, 1917	March 23, 1917
March 30, 1917	April 6, 1917	April 13, 1917	April 20, 1917	April 27, 1917
May 4, 1917	May 11, 1917	May 18,, 1917	May 25, 1917	June 1, 1917
June 8, 1917	June 15, 1917	June 22, 1917	June 29, 1917	July 6 1917
July 13, 1917	July 20, 1917	July 27, 1917	August 3, 1917	Aug 10, 1917
Aug 17, 1917	Aug 24, 1917	Aug 31, 1917	Sept 7, 1917	Sept 14, 1917
Sept 21, 1917	Sept 28, 1917	Oct. 5, 1917	Oct 12, 1917	Oct 19, 1917
Oct 26, 1917	Nov. 2, 1917	Nov 9, 1917	Nov 17, 1917	Nov 23, 1917
Nov 30, 1917	Dec. 7, 1917	Dec 14, 1917	Dec 21, 1917	Dec 28, 1917
Jan 4, 1918	Jan 11, 1918	Jan 18, 1918	Jan 25, 1918	Feb. 1, 1918
Feb 8, 1918	Feb 15, 1918	Feb 22, 1918	March 1, 1918	March 8, 1918
March 15, 1918	March 22, 1918	March 29, 1918	April 5, 1918	April 12, 1918
April 19, 1918	April 26, 1918	May 3, 1918	May 10, 1918	May 17, 1918
May 24, 1918	May 31, 1918	June-July 1918	July 12, 1918	July 19, 1918
July 26, 1918	July 31, 1908	August 7, 1908	August 14, 1908	August 21, 1908
August 28, 1908	Sept 4, 1908	Sept 11, 1908	Sept 13, 1918	Sept 18, 1908
Sept 20, 1918	Sept 25, 1908	Sept 27, 1918	Oct 2, 1908	Oct 4, 1918
Oct 9, 1908	Oct 11, 1918	Oct 16, 1918	Oct 18. 1918	Oct 23, 1918
Oct 25, 1918	Oct 30, 1918	Nov 1, 1918	Nov 6, 1908	Nov 8, 1918
Nov 13, 1908	Nov 15, 1918	Nov 20, 1908	Nov 22, 1918	Nov 27, 1908
Nov 29, 1918	Dec 4, 1908	Dec 6, 1918	Dec 11, 1908	Dec 13, 1918
Dec 20, 1918	Dec 25, 1908	Dec 27, 1918

Miami Flood-07         

County Map

Confederate Home

1908

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