Dinkler Drug Store, Hennessey, OK

Pictured here is an image from an Ebay auction listing of February 19, 2009. The listing read as follows:

Ceramic tile, approximately 6 X 6 in., 1/4 in. thick, with image drawn from nineteenth century photograph of Dinkler's Drug Store in Hennessey, Oklahoma Territory. New condition. Cork backing has short biography of Dinkler and his drug store. Issued in 2006 as a special collector's edition by the Oklahoma Pharmacists Association, available only to members.

Item was being sold from Edmond, Okla.

Do you have one of these tiles or other Dinkler memorabilia? Send images and stories to KingCoHistory@yahoo.com

Pappe Motel - Kingfisher, Okla.

PAPPE MOTEL -

Here are the last photos ever taken of the former Pappe Motel in Kingfisher, Oklahoma, just prior to its demolition in 2007. The building was recognizable due to its roughly 45-degree angled construction in relation to Main Street (U.S.) 81 at its east end. The top image is the very pointy southeast corner of the old motel, which was only about 30 feet from the highway. The bottom image is from the opposite (square) end of the building, looking east.

Also included is a Google Earth satellite image of the building when it was still standing. This has been provided so that the building's shape in relation to the neighboring highway can be best understood.

The building had been abandoned for years and originally consisted of other structures. The motel has been known previously as the "Pappe Tourist Cabins," and "Pappe Travel Court," a collection of quaint tourist bungalows. A photo postcard from 1940 is seen here, showing the property as "Pappe's Tourist Cabins."

According to Kingfisher Historian John Gilmour, the building was originally longer, but was modified and shortened due to a change in the width of Main Street (US Highway 81). He also tells why the building was set at the odd angle: Kingfisher Creek originally ran to the southwest side of the property, but was altered to run farther to the west.

Do you have other photos or history on this location? Email it to KingCoHistory@yahoo.com.

Photos by Jeremy A. Ingle, KingCoHistory

Postcard: KCHR Collection

Updated 12-11-2009

Sooner Motel - Hennessey, Okla.

Pictured here is a postcard of the long-gone Sooner Motel in downtown Hennessey, Oklahoma. It was located at the north end of Main Street (U.S. 81). Anyone with a history on this motel or a clearer photo is welcome to submit it to KingCoHistory@yahoo.com.

Image captured from Ebay auction listing, Feb. 17, 2009. Card was being sold from Neosho, Missouri.

KINGFISHER,OK DEPOT

Pictured here, in its declining years, is the Kingfisher Rock Island railroad depot. The building no longer exists.

This image is from a postcard which was offered up for auction on Ebay in February, 2009 by a seller in Perryville, Maryland. The card was not purchased by KingCoHistory.

Further information on the Kingfisher Depot is welcomed for this post.

PLANNED PROJECT: Immanuel Baptist Church, Loyal

The Immanuel Baptist Church at Loyal in west-central Kingfisher County is planning to build a new building to house classrooms, restrooms, pastor's study, fellowship hall and kitchen, all at a cost of $225,000. The "old" building, constructed in 1935, will continue in use as the sanctuary.

Pictured here are a sketch of how the new building will look, and a January, 2009 view of the existing 1935 sanctuary building.

Photos courtesy Kathy Dillard, church member.
Story on this project appeared in the Sunday, Feb. 1, 2009 issue of the Kingfisher Times & Free Press.