Oklahoma City's First Sunday Amid Boom Town Turmoil
The article recalls Oklahoma City's first week in 1889, with rain followed by rapid settlement along Main and Broadway. It describes tents, wells, and a mix of orderly and rowdy residents, a provost marshal shutting down the notorious Hell's Half Acre, and Rev. C C Hembree using a beer keg and bugle to summon worshippers to what became the town’s makeshift church at the water well.
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Oklahoma City
Santa Fe
Main Street
Broadway
A. C. Scott
Doctor Scott
D. F. MacMartin
MacMartin
Tenderloin
D. F., Stiles
Tenth Infantry
Hell's Half Acre
C.C. Hembree
Hembree
Kansas City
Mr. Hembree
Sixth Street
Robinson
Fourth Street
Sogey
Sunday Echoes Amid New Oklahoma City Pioneers
The first Sunday in a fledgling town blends fervent religious oratory with frontier calm. Rev W P Shaw and Rev Hembree captivate a gathered crowd at Second Street and Robinson Avenue while others explore the prairie’s edge near Oklahoma City University. The day ends with quiet tents and a rising sense Monday will bring upheaval.
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Stiles
Wilds
Oklahoma City University
Doctor Scott
Plains
Oklahoma City
Local Social Notes Spread Across Town and State
Miss Alma Wagby cared for Mrs. Elia Burnell this week while Kansas University student Virginia Starr tended to Easter vacation cats. Families traveled to Kansas City and Topeka for visits and viewings of State Historical Society exhibits. A W I T Y dinner and bridge night featured spring flowers and score pads, with Easter guests joining in. Military camp quota for the eighth corps area increased to 2 475, to run July and August at Fort Bullis Fort Bliss Fort Logan Fort Sill and Fort Huachuca.
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Alma Wagby
Elia Burnell
Virginia Starr
Kansas Unive
W. B. Starr
Joe Kanzing
Greta
Ernesc Milburn
Kansas City
Victor Feldmeyer
Neal Dalby
W. W. Gerstenberger
Burlington
Louis Bartz
Ruth
Jean
Mary Johnson
Topeka
Jena
Mary
State Historical Society
Memorial Hall
Earnest Milburn
Lawrence
3 Goodwin
Kansas State College
Oliver Deay
Ed Deay
Pleasant Grove
Errel Rynearson
T. C
Eighth Corps
Fort Bullis
Tex
Fort Bliss
Fort Logan
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Farmer Tourne
da Oklahoman
Wre
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W. P. Shaw
Prince Albert
Mr. Shaw
Hesper
Wichita
S. H. Davis
Ralph Wotan
Nela Fay
Lois and
Jean. Williamson
Josephine Votan
Howard Kohler
San Antonio
Palmolive
Super Suds
Camay
Woodbury
ROCO
George Lowman
Round Corner Drug Co
Phene
Wey
Johnson
Mellin's Food
Tae Tinker Toy
Pond
Woodbury’s
Hind
Jergen
Hopper
Wrisley
Carleton
Hind’s
Colgate
Kolynos
West
Edison
MAZDA
Fitch
Lilag
Williams
Caldwell's
Baver
Castoria
Lyon's Tooth
Mennen’s
Ingram
Squibb
McKesson
Squibb’s Specials
Vicks Vaporub
Girlis Clo Co
Parade
Fuiday
Glenshire
Stylecraft
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Star Brand
Ge Gibbs Clothing Ce
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