Mug with Kris Kanaly's mural found in the Oklahoma Hall of Fame

keep leading and keep getting back up again and again

the dedication of the Oklahoma State Capitol dome

Lovell finds himself in basic training

Indians, Cardinals & Rosebuds oklahoma state university Mug with Kris Kanaly's muralProfessional baseball in Ardmore segments nicely into two eras. The first covers the time the Territorians of the Texas League arrived through the day when the Western Association Boomers pulled up stakes for Joplin, Missouri. The second is the period 1947 through 1961 when the Indians and Cardinals toiled in the Sooner State League and the 1961 Rosebuds returned from Texas League baseball after a fifty seven year absence. I have structured the