Grady County Museum
The Grady County Museum in Chickasha is housed in the former Dixie Department Store building constructed in 1907. With a focus on Grady County history, the collections include early historical documents and artifacts from the formation of the state of Oklahoma and Native American tribal artifacts. The museum also features Rock Island Railroad artifacts, military items relating to Borden General Hospital and the W & B Flying School dating from the WWII era, Grady County school collection, a barn and homestead house exhibits, medical and fine arts including music, paintings and sculpture.
Rose Hill Cemetery in Chickasha, Oklahoma !
Late June 2018. ~ Video #2
Grady County Pipeline Fire
Air Comfort Solutions Chopper4 over a Grady County pipeline fire
Discover Oklahoma Episode #1065
This week, experience the fun of skeet shooting in northwest Oklahoma, have outdoor summer fun at the Comanche Nation Waterpark in Lawton, indulge in some decadent sweets at Apple Tree Chocolate in Norman, explore the fascinating history at the Grady County Museum and step back into a different era at the 50’s Diner in Broken Arrow…..Don’t miss Discover Oklahoma every Saturday night on KFOR in OKC, KTUL in Tulsa and KSWO in Lawton at 6:30pm.
IOOF Cemetery in Noble, OK
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Chickasha Chief of Police Pushes for Statewide Smart911 System (OK)
(3-13-14) [Smart911] is truly a game changer, in my opinion, for 9-1-1, Chief Eddie Adamson said to the Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board, It will save people's lives. When I saw it, I understood why everyone spoke so highly of it.
Chickasha, OK implemented the plan in October of 2013, the first city in Oklahoma to offer the service. Chief Adamson presented the Smart911 plan to the Board on Thursday afternoon.
During an interview, Adamson said, [Smart911] empowers the citizen to take proactive steps to give us the information we need to respond to them in an emergency.
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Okla tornado draws comparisons to 1999 storm
Okla tornado draws comparisons to 1999 storm watched by Mrtodayvideos2.
Oklahoma Tornado, May 3rd 1999 (formation of the tornado)
Channel 4's program on the May 3rd tornado. The F5 tornado killed 44 people in Moore, Oklahoma. There's an amazing footage showing how the tornado is formed by several funnels merging as one (0:46). This tornado produced the strongest wind speeds ever recorded on Earth, 318 mph.
Cover-Up In Oklahoma - PT 1 of 4
ODOT Commission Meeting, May 2, 2016
ODOT Monthly Commission Meeting
Lawton, Oklahoma
The city of Lawton (Pawnee: Raaríhtaaruʾ) is the county seat of Comanche County, in the State of Oklahoma. Located in southwestern Oklahoma, about 87 mi (140 km) southwest of Oklahoma City, it is the principal city of the Lawton, Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. According to the 2010 census, Lawton's population was 96,867, making it the fifth-largest city in the state.
Built on former reservation lands of Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Indians, Lawton was founded on August 6, 1901, and was named after Major General Henry Ware Lawton, a Civil War Medal of Honor recipient who was killed in action in the Philippine–American War. Lawton's landscape is typical of the Great Plains, with flat topography and gently rolling hills, while the area north of the city is marked by the Wichita Mountains.
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C.P.R.S. Episode 2 - Queen Anne Victorian, Dave Hill House.
A victorian home here in Chickasha, Oklahoma. The owners have claimed to have seen apparitions of a man, woman, and little girl and hear noises constantly throughout the house. This was a party house and also served as a popular role during the prohibition, where they made moonshine, gambled, etc.
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ODOT Commission Meeting- October 2, 2017
October Commission Wrap-Up: Major I-40 interchange and widening in eastern Oklahoma County moves forward, Eight-year Plan adopted, $118 million in contracts awarded
Highlights of the Oklahoma Transportation Commission’s Monday, Oct. 2 meeting include approval of the Oklahoma Department of Transportation’s rebalanced Eight-year Construction Work Plan, a report on the impacts of state funding cuts on planned projects, award of a major project on I-40 at Choctaw Rd. in Oklahoma County and action on placement of signs for memorial highways and bridges designated by the legislature.
The commission voted unanimously to approve ODOT’s Eight-year Plan for Federal Fiscal Years 2018-2025. Due to $840 million in cumulative state funding reductions in the last seven years, ODOT delayed projects and even removed projects from the plan for the first time since the plan’s inception in 2003. Overall, 40 construction projects totaling more than $204 million were removed from the updated Eight-year Plan and about 42 percent of all programmed projects are being delayed one or more years. Additionally, several projects have been significantly reduced in scope in order to stretch funding as far as possible. The Asset Preservation Plan for State Fiscal Years 2018-2021 was also presented as a companion to the Eight-year Plan. The plan contains preventative maintenance projects designed to extend the life of highways and bridges.
Executive Director Mike Patterson noted that since 2003, ODOT’s Eight-year Plan has been very successful in reducing the number of structurally deficient highway bridges, rebuilding much of the interstate system and addressing major urban interchanges and highway corridors without political influence on project selection. However, he noted that the updated plan lacks the resources to adequately address other pressing needs, including pavement conditions and lack of paved shoulders on rural highways.
Even with the progress made on structurally deficient bridges, Patterson said that ODOT still needs to replace or rehabilitate about 90 bridges each year just to keep up with the aging infrastructure system.
The commission voted to award a contract for an up to $75 million project to reconstruct I-40 at Choctaw Rd. to a full diamond interchange and widen I-40 to six lanes from I-240 to Peebly Rd. in eastern Oklahoma County. Work is expected to begin early next year and take more than two years to complete. This is one of several planned projects to reconstruct and widen the interstate to six lanes between I-240 and Shawnee, improving pavement conditions and addressing growing congestion and truck traffic.
Commissioners took action on a consent docket item approving memorial sign placements at several locations designated by the legislature earlier this year, including the “Representative David Brumbaugh Memorial Bridge” on SH-51 (Broken Arrow Expressway) in Tulsa County and the “Officer Justin Terney Memorial Highway” on US-177 in Pottawatomie County.
The commission also awarded a nearly $3 million contract for rehabilitation of the US-75 bridge over I-44, Southwest Blvd. and railroad in Tulsa and a more than $13 million contract to reconstruct SH-58 in Carnegie in Caddo County.
Commissioners voted to award 22 contracts totaling more than $118 million to improve highways, roads and bridges in 19 counties. Contracts were awarded for projects in Adair, Atoka, Blaine, Caddo, Cimarron, Coal, Comanche, Craig, Garvin, Kay, Muskogee, Oklahoma, Osage, Pittsburg, Pottawatomie, Sequoyah, Tillman, Tulsa and Washita counties. A list of all awarded contracts may be found by visiting odot.org/contracts, selecting the September 2017 letting and clicking Go and then Award.
The eight-member panel, appointed by the governor to oversee the state’s transportation development, awards project contracts for road and bridge construction every month. The commission’s next regular meeting is scheduled for 11 a.m. Monday, Nov. 6.
Contracts, bid information, the commission’s monthly agenda and project details can be viewed at odot.org.
May 3, 1999 Tornado - KFOR Live Coverage
Live coverage of the deadly F5 tornado that devastated the Oklahoma City Metro, including Newcastle, Moore, Del City, Midwest City, and Oklahoma City itself. It caused more than a billion dollars in damage and took 36 lives. This video is from Oklahoma City TV station KFOR.
Several times the people in this video recommend seeking shelter under an overpass. This is bad advice. Better advice can be found at 43:39. ( The following sources confirm this:
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