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Feb 17, 2010

Kaiser Chemicals was opened in 1953 and produced 150,000 tons of urea fertilizer annually at its peak. The 360 acre complex consists of two ammonium plants, two urea plants, a prilling tower for pelletizing urea into fertilizer and livestock feed supplements and support facilities. The plant closed for good in 1985 due to several years of no...

Location Class: •Industrial

City: •Pryor

Photographer: •Fiend

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Feb 16, 2010

In 1922, the African-American community in Okmulgee raised $25,000 in donations from community citizens, clubs, and organizations to construct the first “colored hospital” that was opened in the country. The Okmulgee Black Hospital is a two-story, 18-room brick facility that served the needs of more than 3000 of Okmulgee’s African-American...

Location Class: •Hospital

City: •Okmulgee

Photographer: •Billy!

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Feb 16, 2010

J.H. Hargrove is said to have been the father of Centralia. In 1898 he first ascended Blue Mound, made a survey, then located the town on prairie land with the only elevations in the region, Blue Mound, Potato Hill, Leforce, and Notch Mounds surrounding the town. Hargrove lived about one half mile northwest of the town site. He was from Missouri and was believed...

Location Class: •Ghost Town

City: •Centralia

Photographer: •Psychosaw13

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