Hoot N Scoot to the General Tommy Franks Museum

By Linda Barnett

 

 
Last week I was in Hobart and Sayre for a liaison visitation.  Sayre Main Street is recovering from Hoot ‘n Scoot.  There were about 5,000 people in attendance with 50 vendors.  Thirty participants were displayed in the car and motorcycle show.  Sayre has some new businesses downtown but my favorite is the new [...]

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Granite and Hobart, OK

by Ron Frantz
 It was a God and Country type of day that makes one want to sing a hymn, carry a flag, and bleed red, white, and blue.
 The day started with a side trip to Granite, Oklahoma—a small southwestern Oklahoma town that bills itself as “Granite-A Hard Place to Beat.”  With a north-south Main Street [...]

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A Group Effort in Guymon

by Tracey Cox
Lindsey Galloway and I went to Guymon last Thursday and Friday to help Charles White, the program manger, merchandise his new men and women’s specialty clothing store downtown. www.e2fashions.com.  Cari Gray, the program manager from Ada, and Kathryn Upchurch, the program manager of Woodward were also there to lend their expertise.  Cari has [...]

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Second Stories in Collinsville…

by Ron Frantz
Collinsville, Oklahoma
 
We climbed the steps to history.  Owner Snook Bayouth took us up the side stairs of the 1911 T.A. Lee Hardware Co. Building.  Most people remember it as the flagship of the Bayouth’s Department Stores in northeastern Oklahoma.  Collinsville Downtown Program Manager Maureen Wright, board president Brad Francis, and I followed [...]

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From Ft. Gibson to McAlester…

by Linda Barnett

Presented in Ft. Gibson Thursday evening.  They are interested in application to become an Oklahoma Main Street program.  Great small town!  Lots of historic buildings, and of course, the Fort.  Very picturesque.  The organizers publicized the meeting by downloading the coloring book cover from the website and inserting the meeting information.  So, you [...]

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