tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31117373.post1844189983513216587..comments2024-03-20T05:28:18.440-05:00Comments on Doug Dawgz Blog: OKC's 1st Canal & Its World's FairDoug Dawghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14287287108412180656noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31117373.post-89683980767858012012011-02-08T19:18:19.756-06:002011-02-08T19:18:19.756-06:00First, do you know about the plaque dedicated to t...First, do you know about the plaque dedicated to the canal. It is on the south wall of the Oklahoma Operating Company. I often take relatives there. I took my mom who said she had never heard about this plaque. It gives great details about the ends which was Broadway to the North Canadian River. It was features in a news article back a few months. According to street view it appears to be located at 801 SW 3rd. Look at the building marked "Oklahoma Operating Company" and find the two story part. Look at the South door on the left. There is the plaque. I hope Bob Blackburn can save this plaque if they decided to tear it down for 180 or CtoS.Mark L.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31117373.post-11645050174115561942010-02-22T07:24:35.918-06:002010-02-22T07:24:35.918-06:00Thanks, Rick. I just noticed your last comments. A...Thanks, Rick. I just noticed your last comments. A couple of weeks ago I found a neat little booklet at the Ablaache Book Shop on Exchange (north of Langston's) called Fifty Years Forward, a 1939 publication celebrating 1st National Bank's 1st 50 years, and the 1st 45 pages of it are excerpts from the Bunky work. The last page of those excerpts describes the Oklahoma City Ditch & Water Power Company and the canal ... at the time, it was apparently being built but had not yet had time to fail. The paragraph concludes, "To this canal Oklahoma City is indebted for a great many things. It has made her the metropolis and commercial center of the Territory and in the future will be her beacon light."Doug Dawghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14287287108412180656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31117373.post-39585691425537530652010-01-14T23:54:50.463-06:002010-01-14T23:54:50.463-06:00I guess firstly, I should thank you for teaching m...I guess firstly, I should thank you for teaching me to fish. Your tutorial on using the Oklahoman archives via the Metropolitan Library is easy to understand and fun to use.<br /><br />One article, states he was "a soldier helpling to keep order at the time of the Run."<br />Another says he was a newspaperman in O.T. at the time of the Run.<br /><br />But perhaps my favorite is "All that is known about Bunky is that he one night overindulged in drink and woke to discover himself enlisted in the U.S Army." It goes on to say he was shipped to I.T. and stationed at the Oklahoma Station during/after the Run. He remained in OKC after his discharge and wrote for local newspapers. <br /><br />It is a (little) leap to think he worked for the Evening Gazette, but the book was published by McMaster Printing.<br /><br />Still an amusing book.<br /><br />Thanks for taking me fishin'.Rick in OKCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31117373.post-80771584824854621672010-01-14T22:21:55.582-06:002010-01-14T22:21:55.582-06:00Nice.
Always something new, Doug.
I'm tryin...Nice. <br />Always something new, Doug.<br /><br />I'm trying to find out more about Bunky. To date I've only found his name was Irving Geffs, born 1860, and apparently(??) worked for the Evening Gazette. From the book, "The EVENING GAZETTE is the oldest daily newspaper in Oklahoma Territory. It was started by the McCaster Printing Company..." In the same book, there is mention of a Mrs. Geffs and her attire at the reception for the Congressmen.<br />It's a funny (as in strange) little book. But that's just my opionion.<br /><br />Keep finding jewels!<br />(Now I have to go read Angelo's book!)Rick in OKCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31117373.post-43062412346370047172009-06-11T06:01:20.504-05:002009-06-11T06:01:20.504-05:00I'm blushing, Mike, and thanks. Yes, could we ...I'm blushing, Mike, and thanks. Yes, could we begin again, I would love to do this sort of thing for a lifetime.Doug Dawghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14287287108412180656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31117373.post-85103518837777327482009-06-11T01:40:57.028-05:002009-06-11T01:40:57.028-05:00Doug, What a fantastic job! I ask in all seriousne...Doug, What a fantastic job! I ask in all seriousness - do you ever feel you have found your true calling? If you had it all to do over again (which, of course none of us do), would you have been in your fourth decade or so as a historian, curator, something along those lines? I'm serious. I am glad you discovered this talent and are putting it to such good use. You're a treasure.Mikehttp://kontactr.com/user/mikeokcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31117373.post-52505920851364331912009-06-10T06:30:39.450-05:002009-06-10T06:30:39.450-05:00Thanks, Jason. It would have been so much fun to f...Thanks, Jason. It would have been so much fun to find out that the canal ditch was in fact the path of Pershing Blvd ... but I guess that's what urban legends are about.Doug Dawghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14287287108412180656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31117373.post-50870015489961133232009-06-09T23:10:07.753-05:002009-06-09T23:10:07.753-05:00Oh my, you don't know how long I've been c...Oh my, you don't know how long I've been curious about that piece of road. I do drive on it, and every time I thought somebody must have had a good reason to build this. About the canal, that is new to me. <br /><br />Thanks again Doug!Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03474334212087016483noreply@blogger.com