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Then and Now

The Inside Scoop on the Museum and Town's History
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A weekly update on the ins and outs of the museum. We showcase the "Artifact(s) of the Month" every 1st Friday. We highlight the "This Month in History..." every 2nd Friday. We see the sights of "Then and Now" in Sapulpa every 3rd Friday. And we share our moments in the museum world every 4th Friday.

Society Sights (April 2020)

4/17/2020

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Then and Now image of Sapulpa...

(Then) 1916: 502 S Water St (and neighborhood) of young Luther Harper. Photograph taken by Roscoe Frye. Frye was among the first Sapulpa men to be killed in World War I*.
​(Now): 2016: 502 S Water (and neighborhood).

*Four men from Sapulpa were selected to become officers in the Army. They were Curt D. Edgerton (former Justice of the Peace), Edward M. Lotridge (former Justice of the Peace), J. Ben Braden (former Assistant County Attorney), and D. Roscoe Frye (former Linotype Operator for the Herald). All had been drafted, and members of the 179th Brigade of the 19th Division. The war department rules allowed for 10% of the men to apply for officers training; only 1.7% were taken, however. Rosco Frye was later killed in action. The local American Legion Post was named after him. (Sapulpa Herald, January 5, 1918).
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Alice Goolsby link
4/17/2020 11:37:49 am

I liked these pictures. I like looking and hearing Sapulpa history.

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    • Sapulpa Interurban Trolley
  • Midtown Mini Storage
  • Then and Now
  • Sapulpa Somebodies
  • Did You Know...?