Category: Oklahoma Things
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Yukon’s Best Flour Mill: Yukon, OK
Hey, Friend! Welcome back to another post. Today, I want to tell you the history of Yukon’s Best Flour Mill. Let’s get started! History Yukon’s Best Flour Mill was established in the early-twentieth century and was active operationally through the 1974. The mill helped establish Yukon and its local economy.…
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Federal Judicial Learning Center & Museum in the Historic Federal Building: OKC
Hey, Friend! Welcome back to another post. Today, I want to tell you about the Federal Judicial Learning Center and Museum in Oklahoma City. Let’s get started! The Historical Society of the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma operates the Federal Judicial Learning Center and Museum.…
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Magnolia Petroleum Building: OKC
Hey, Friend! Welcome back to another post. Today, I want to tell you about the history of the Magnolia Petroleum Company building in Oklahoma City’s ‘Automobile Alley.’ Let’s get started! History The Magnolia Petroleum Company was incorporated in Texas in 1911. They owned oil field properties in Texas and expanded…
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Threatt Filling Station: Luther, OK
Hey, Friend! Welcome back to another post. Today, I want to show you the outside of the Threatt Filling Station in Luther, Oklahoma. Let’s get started! History When I was going to college at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, I would drive by this building on my to and from Stillwater.…
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