Tulsa 1909

Tulsa 1909
Tulsa 1909 (click on photo to zoom)

Monday, April 1, 2013

Thursday, January 17, 2013

KOTV's Vault - Lost Tulsa Places

As you may have heard, the NewsOn6 team is moving to new digs.  I have previously posted some of the great stuff they have found in their attic, or Vault as they call it, and wanted to share another.  This should bring back some (very) fond memories for most you.  I know it did for me.  Enjoy!

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Saturday, November 10, 2012

Trolley Restoration Group Adds Three More


Awhile back I blogged about the trolley restoration that Roy Heim and friends are doing HERE.  

Since that post, they have been given three more trolley's.  These are currently located at around 16th and Mingo in what's known as the Elm's Tourist Court / Elm's Trailer Court.  These three trolleys were converted into homes with the last occupants living there in 1985.  No other information is known at this time on where they came from, when they were first put there or by whom.  These three cars had frames built around them and looked like this last August:





 Note half of a Whistle advertising sign, upside down, over the window:

This is a rough drawing of the layout:
Roy tells me that they have spotted bright orange paint on the bodies with bright yellow paint around the windows.  The cars are numbered 302, 308 and 380.  
With so many of the smaller surrounding towns all having trolleys at one time or another and the practice of trading and repainting them common, figuring out the cars history is quite the challenge. 

The volunteer crew members are working unbelievably hard to get these former trolley cars moved over to Sand Springs.  They made good progress this week, finally getting the cars raised from their foundations.



You can join the Tulsa Trolley Restoration Facebook page and follow along.  Roy posts lots of great photos and perhaps you can help in the research, too. 




Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Gano's Crossing

The story of Gano's crossing the Arkansas River.  Great stuff.

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Disco Dancing in Tulsa

What did Reflections, Pistachio's and Casa Blanca all have in common? DISCO, baby! I don't know about the rest of you out there, but Saturday Night Fever changed this girls social life in college. So, let's trip…..or rather Hustle down Memory Lane with this video from KOTV's vault.