Welcome to the frontier, folks!  At least that’s what this feels like here.  Of course, this actually was the frontier until the early 20th century (remember, Oklahoma didn’t become a state until 1907 [it’s crazy to think that when my grandfather was born, Oklahoma was not a state]).  Of course this was made by the WPA, … Continue reading 479. Wilburton, Latimer County (OK73) →

An elegant courthouse... I know I said I was tired of the entire red brick thing (and I actually still am), but it works here. I also found it interesting that there is a genealogical society next door to it that I'm guessing has easy access to the county archives to do research. That is … Continue reading 478. McAlester, Pittsburg County (OK72) →

This is like the white label generic version of courthouses. It's like someone decided to take an elementary school kit from the 30's or 40's (I assume they got the kit from Sears, but who knows?), threw it together and voila!, welcome to the seat of County government! I guess it's OK, but I'm not … Continue reading 477. Antlers, Pushmataha County (OK71) →

This courthouse was a little more interesting than Coalgate was. Not necessarily better, mind you, but definitely more interesting. It's still got that arched 70's thing, but the multilevel thing out front definitely marks it as different. The fact that there's a cache onsite made things that much easier. Well, it was supposed to, anyway. … Continue reading 476. Atoka, Atoka County (OK70) →

This is a little different. Not bad, just different. It has this weird flat 70's design to it, but I like the arches at the front that helps mitigate that. Well, sort of. I mean It's OK and I'm sure it's more than completely serviceable but I'm not especially enthused about it as you can … Continue reading 475. Coalgate, Coal County (OK69) →

Well, this is a pile of all that red brick that Oklahoma is famous for! Unfortunately, you can't see it very well. There's not a lot of ambient light, but there's that one big light source that you can see that kills any possibility of any low light image. To be honest, it wouldn't be … Continue reading 474. Sulphur, Murray County (OK68) →

Well...it's a courthouse. It almost looks like a prefab building with some bricks thrown up around it. Less like a courthouse and more like a church extension. It's even sadder because it sits in the shadow of... ...the former courthouse. Of course, its service as the Johnston County Courthouse is neither this building's current purpose … Continue reading 473. Tishomingo, Johnston County (OK67) →

The courthouse itself was not illuminated, but there was more than enough ambient light to get some really good shots. And again with the white stone! I wonder if that is a thing in this part of the state? Maybe I'll one day go back through the archives and figure it out, but that day … Continue reading 472. Madill, Marshall County (OK66) →

It was really nice to be back on the road again. It felt like it was too long away, even though it was only about two months. There was a certain bittersweetness about this trip for me. I had a realization that I was about to take on the last "closest" counties to me. Once … Continue reading 471. Durant, Bryan County (OK65) →

On the final day after the Challenge, there is always a CITO. A local area is picked and everybody focuses their manpower on it. This is also when the winners are announced for the various competitions. I am sad to say that Team CenTex did not win this year. That honor went to Southeast so … Continue reading The Aftermath →