Jan 15, 2011
Tidewater Oil Company (Tydol) was a major petroleum refining and marketing company in the U.S. for more than 80 years. Tidewater was best known for its Flying A-branded products and gas stations, and for Veedol motor oil, which was known throughout the world.
Tidewater, a national company, built this refinery in the Drumright area. The refinery was the center of...
| Location Class: •Industrial |
| City: •Drumright |
| Photographer: •Billy! •Fiend |
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Jan 1, 2011
This eleven-story building was designed by Bruce Goff. It was built through the joint effort of the Tulsa Chamber of Commerce and the Tulsa Club. The club, which was founded in 1925, was the place to be for businessmen to make deals at lunchtime and show off their wealth at evening dinners.
The building has 11 floors, which were dedicated to giant dining...
| Location Class: •Commercial |
| City: •Tulsa |
| Photographer: •Fiend |
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Oct 27, 2010
SPECIAL THANKS
First we want to give a huge thanks to Kevin Weaver over at GirlScoutMurders.com for giving us a personal tour and his help researching. Head over to his site to read EVERYTHING about the Camp Scott story.
BACKGROUND
The Oklahoma Girl Scout Murders is still to this day an unsolved crime in rural Mayes County, Oklahoma. On a rainy, late-spring...
| Location Class: •Ghost Town |
| City: •Locust Grove |
| Photographer: •AbandonedOK Team •Billy! •Fiend •Psychosaw13 |
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Oct 20, 2010
In the post-war era, Oklahoma had a significant number of children diagnosed with mental disabilities requiring institutionalization, but the two schools operated by state mental health officials at Enid and Pauls Valley had become antiquated and overcrowded and dated back almost to statehood. Providing modern care for these children became a priority for...
| Location Class: •School •Hospital |
| City: •Sand Springs |
| Photographer: •Billy! •Fiend •Psychosaw13 •BOOGYMAN |
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Jul 3, 2010
First, let me open with special thanks to the following in their assistance researching Joyland:
Rick Davis of Darkride & Fun house enthusiasts.
DAFE.org
Nick Marsh of Remember Joyland.
JoylandWichita.org
Brian Reichow of Casa Brian
CasaBrian.com
Joyland Park was founded by Lester Ottaway and his sons, Herbert and Harold, to serve as the home for a...
| Location Class: •Commercial •Amusement Park |
| City: •Wichita, KS |
| Photographer: •Billy! •Fiend •Psychosaw13 |
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Jun 6, 2010
Originally called “Morton Memorial Hospital”, the Morton Health Care Center was moved to a new and modern structure in 2006. The original Morton Health Care center sits and slowly decays. When it was first built, it was just a single 3 story brick building, then a large addition was added onto it as well as 2 other buildings later...
| Location Class: •Hospital |
| City: •Tulsa |
| Photographer: •Fiend |
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Jun 4, 2010
History:
“Eastern State Hospital has been a major factor in the economy of Craig County since 1913, and its influence in mental health matters has extended well beyond its service area. When Oklahoma became a state in 1907, the mentally ill first were cared for through contract with private sanitariums. In Indian Territory, Cherokee Nation had maintained...
| Location Class: •Hospital |
| City: •Vinita |
| Photographer: •Fiend •Psychosaw13 |
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May 12, 2010
Founded from the creation of an amended charter issued by the Rock Island and La Salle Railroad company, the famous Chicago and Rock Island Railroad was established on February 7, 1851 with the first lines running between Chicago and Joliet, Illinois. The rail line was continued on to La Salle and finally reached Rock Island in 1854. The railroad continued...
| Location Class: •Railroad |
| City: •El Reno |
| Photographer: •Fiend |
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May 5, 2010
”In the yellowed pages of an old newspaper, local officials called the building “one of Tulsa’s finest” and a peek at the “future of our city.” But the future hasn’t turned out quite the way people expected.
Some five decades after the ribbon-cutting ceremony, local officials are calling that same building an...
| Location Class: •Commercial |
| City: •Tulsa |
| Photographer: •Fiend •Psychosaw13 |
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Mar 18, 2010
For much more great history, visit the Official Blackburn Website
The incorporated town of Blackburn is located in Pawnee County on Blackburn Road, halfway between county roads E0440 and E0450. Approximately twelve miles east of the county seat of Pawnee, the community developed after the Cherokee Outlet land opening on September 16, 1893. Named for Kentucky...
| Location Class: •Ghost Town |
| City: •Blackburn |
| Photographer: •AbandonedOK Team •Billy! •Fiend •Psychosaw13 |
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Mar 12, 2010
Located in north-central Pawnee County, Skedee is situated slightly east of the junction of County Roads E0440/N3530. Established six miles northeast of the county seat of Pawnee, Skedee was originally known as Lemert for the Lemert family, who sold land for a townsite to the railroad company. The Eastern Oklahoma Townsite Company sold town lots at auction on...
| Location Class: •Ghost Town |
| City: •Skedee |
| Photographer: •AbandonedOK Team •Billy! •Fiend •Psychosaw13 |
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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 |
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Jan 8, 2010
The Airline is located in North Central Oklahoma not far from the Oklahoma/Kansas border. It got its name from its proximity to the Ponca City Municipal Airport. The Airline had a capacity for 500 cars and screens double bills. It was open on week ends during the spring and fall and on seven nights during the peak summer season.
| Location Class: •Commercial |
| City: •Ponca City |
| Photographer: •Fiend •Psychosaw13 |
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