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Butch Bridges' Home Page
".....a home grown Home Page."
Snail Mail Address: P.O. Box 11
Ardmore, OK 73402
(100 miles south of Oklahoma City or 100 miles north of Dallas)
Phone: 580-223-0892
ICQ 7140238
eFax Number: 781-207-7862
Information on the Connect Oklahoma Listserver!
Information on the Ardmore Airfield Memorial at the Ardmore Airpark in memory of the 50+ men who died while on duty during WWII and the Korean Conflict. Here is a listing of those who made the new memorial possible.
Information on the American Flyers Memorial at Remembrance Memorial Park near the entrance of the Ardmore Airpark.
Official American Flyers Memorial at Remembrance Memorial Park at the Ardmore Airpark.
Ardmore Army Air Field/Ardmore Air Force Base Website
A Special Note: Since March '97, I have been emailing my "This & That newsletter" each Saturday, which now goes to over 1,200 people. Friends tell me by people using FORWARD it probably goes to several thousand in two or three days. It is full of tidbits about Ardmore, Oklahoma, Carter County, and other parts of the state. I touch on everything from local events and people, to newsworthy happenings, to "a glimpse into the past", computer tech help, a mystery or two, other links, some fun stuff, lots of history, and much, much more. Just send me some email and asked to be placed on my weekly "mailing list" and I'll see you get a copy each Saturday morning. Also if you can't find a photo you want to see, send me email and I'll get it from my archives or point you to the right URL. See you on the weekends!
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Back Issues of 'This and That' Newsletters
On Sunday afternoon September 1, 2002 I had an experience I never thought possible in this county. I went out to Magnetic Hill and experience my truck roll uphill at 10 miles an hour! Magnetic Hill is located 1 1/2 miles west of I-35 and Highway 53 West to Pioneer/Pitt Road, then turn north and go about 1/2 mile to the bottom of the hill. I have more info and photos on my Mysteries and The Unexplained Website.
I have over 200 photos of bells from all around Oklahoma!
The legend of Brown Springs south of Thackerville, Oklahoma continues.....
I received an interesting CD in the mail. It was sent to me from former Ardmoreite Doyle Williams who now lives in Fort Worth. Back on July 4, 1964 one of the worst fires Ardmore has experienced took place, the creosote post 5th Avenue NE viaduct (bridge) burned. Doyle had an 8mm color camera on that day and took a 50 foot roll of film he hurriedly purchased from Gibson's Discount Store at 12th and North Washington. Below is a link of the footage of that film in "mov" format. You will need the latest version of QuickTime to view it. The file is 4megs in size, so it will take several minutes to download at 56k.
Here's a pic of the CD Doyle Williams created. It has 8 still pics of the fire captured by Doyle from the film and burned on the CD.
To learn more about this MOV file and download it for viewing click on this Link: Take me to the fire
Link to photo albums with thumbnails of Carter County schools, both past and present on Webshots.com.
Link to photo albums with thumbnails of all 77 courthouses in Oklahoma on Webshots. com.
Cemetery Burial Records and cemetery locations in Carter County
Mysteries, The Unexplainable and Who Done it?
Here are some interesting sites around the southern Oklahoma area and other places of interest, past and present.
Remember CPM? How about Sinclair microcomputers? Commodore 64? Or maybe XT's with MFM hard drives? Well, then how about just plain old DOS? Here is a little history in my computer experience dating back to 1980. You will even see a photo of my first computer I bought in March 1982 for $99.
The Tech Corner, my experiences in solving computer problems. Plus helpful links on where to go for help.
Angels. Are they real? Are they watching over us? I believe so. A fellow Ardmoreite, Joey Trovato, has written about the Angels in the Arbuckles. The Arbuckle Mountains are located about 12 miles north of Ardmore.
As the caretaker of the Seth Thomas Tower Clock in the dome of the Carter County Courthouse in Ardmore, Oklahoma, here is a Page dedicated just to the clock. Lots of photos! Of course there is always that one person who gets mad when something good is done. But nearly everyone was happy the clock was working again including the President of the Tower Clock Chapter in Oklahoma City.
The weather in Ardmore
Ardmore School Memories. Here are some old report cards of the 60s, and Student Directories, etc.
My life with Southern Oklahoma Ambulance Service - 1970 to 1986 .
All about me, my childhood, and family tree.
This is my genealogy webpages on familytreemaker.com about my family tree.
Here's a local HAM operator's group I belong to that meets every other Tuesday in Ardmore.
If you have any old or unusual photos of Ardmore and Carter county, I'd like to scan them for my Website Page.
Here's a glamor shot of "yours truly". Now all I need is a makeover. And here's a pic of me at Brown Springs.
Link to the Carter County, Oklahoma GENWEB
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Here's my 1974 Chevy pickup ? It's a creampuff!!!
And some days I feel like this man in the box
rush, rush, rush -- but not getting anywhere...........
Many evenings you may find me on ICQ.... my number is 7140238
Go ahead, send me some email, I love it: Butch Bridges
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Online April 6, 1996
Last modified January 2, 2004
