REEVES BROTHERS CASINO One of the most notorious gambling houses of the Southwest, opened in a tent April 23, 1889. Soon a frame building went up later replaced by brick. The owners claimed...
OFFICE OF E. P. McCABE Oklahoma --an all black state with a black governor -- was the dream of E. P. McCabe, lawyer, farmer, and Republican activist. McCabe vigorously promoted black settlement...
SANTA FE DEPOT The Santa Fe, completed in 1887. was the only railway into Oklahoma Territory and the only direct connection with the "outside" world during the hectic days of 1889. The first depot...
FARMING & RANCHING IN CLAYTON PIONEERS, MINERS & COWBOYS ALONG WITH RANCHING AND FARMING HAVE ALL BEEN IMPORTANT PARTS OF CLAYTON'S HISTORY. FOUNDED BY JOEL CLAYTON IN 1857, HE LAID OUT THE...
LONDON BOURUGH OF HACKNEY This area formed part of HOLYWELL PRIORY Founded 1152/8, dissolved 1539 Named after a holy well. Bounded by Curtain Road, Holywell Lane, Bateman Row & Shoreditch...