Vol 19 Issue Circulation 5, October 29, Ardmore , Oklahoma Ardmore was the first town in Oklahoma to have a Jewish synagogue.
Below is an interesting article that was sent to me on the Jews arriving in the new state of Oklahoma including the town of Ardmore. Even though I am a life long native Ardmoreite I learned a lot from this article about the Jewish friends I grew up with in Ardmore.
I received an email a couple weeks ago asking what is an obelisk. I did some research and its a stone pillar, typically having a square or rectangular cross section and a pyramidal top, set up as a monument or landmark.
Back around when the original Artesian Hotel stood in Sulphur there was an Obelisk located out in front of it. There are two photos. One shows what looks like a lot bigger hotel area wise than the other, like maybe an addition was added later? I snapped this picture of the pond across the street to the SW from the new Artesian Hotel. This area was a really deep below street level parking lot, and it was filled in and the water falls and pond added on top at street level.
Southeast of Ardmore is a little community by the name of Concord. Not much left of Concord these days, just a church and a cemetery and a few houses. The picture below is a group photo of the children and teachers at Concord in It seem that back in the 60s a cement truck turned over and the cement drum was so heavy it was just left by the side of the highway. The cement set up in the drum and over the years its been used and decorated in various way. What's interesting is I do not find a listing for any town named Wingamon in the Oklahoma Place Names book.
