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Historic Pictures for you from
Alva State Bank and The Cherokee Strip Museum of Alva |
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This is Alva State Bank’s
Original Certificate of Authority, from the Banking
Department, dated September 7, 1901 in Guthrie Oklahoma.
This document states; It is Hereby Certified that Alva
State Bank, a corporation organized under the laws of
the Territory of Oklahoma, whose place of business is at
Alva in the Territory of Oklahoma, subject to several
provisions and requirements of the said laws until the
23rd day of August, in the year of 1951. In the
Testimony Whereof, I, Frank J. Wykoff, Territorial Bank
Commissioner of Oklahoma Territory, have hereunto set my
hand and offered my seal of office at the City of
Guthrie, the day and year first above written. Signed
Frank J, Wykoff, Territorial Bank Commissioner.
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This was the location of Alva
State Bank during the 1950’s. As you can see, Alva had
just been struck by a significant snow storm, blocking
access to the bank and local grocery store
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This is the view facing west of
Alva’s downtown, probably before 1901..
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Alva’s Ford Garage around 1935.
The Scotty Dog Emblem on the side of the Ford is saying,
“Aye, and Thrifty Too!”. This dealership was located on
the corner of 7th and Flynn, where Lehr’s Muffler Shop
is today.
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Wayne Butler, Ord Dooley and
Arlo Collie pose in front of an old filling station.
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Sheriff D.C. Oates examines a
paper in Alva’s Sheriff’s office. The other man is
unknown. Notice the picture of President McKinley on
the wall above. Sheriff Oates served as Sergeant at Arms
at the Territorial Convention and later became assistant
warden at the penitentiary in McAlester, where he lost
his life in a prison break.
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The Share Brothers opened one
of Alva’s earliest Mercantile Companies. This photo was
taken before 1900. The Share Brothers store remained a
valuable asset to the Alva area for many, many years.
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J.M Snapp, known as Matt, to
friends and family, brought this house from Christfield,
Kansas to his claim near Ingersoll in the early 1900’s.
The family line continues right down to an Alva State
Bank employee, Vilene (London) Hansen. Matt was Vilene’s
Great-Grandfather, and a civil war veteran. Alva State
is proud to be Older than Oklahoma, serving this
area since 1901.
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This is a photo taken of Alva
in 1893, only 20 days after the Land Run.
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This picture was taken of an
Alva Office in 1929.
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These advertisements were
placed in Alva State Bank’s Customer Statements in the
1970’s. They still apply to our banking services today! |
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This panoramic picture faces
west towards Alva’s downtown. The middle building housed
the first Alva State Bank location.
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This is the East side of Alva
probably before 1900. The Runnymede Hotel is at the far
left on the corner of Fourth and Flynn. Visit Alva today
to see this recently remodeled historic building!
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This is a picture of Alva
facing west at the corner of 5th and Choctaw in front of
‘Mathew’s Garage’. Today the building is Arlo Collie’s
filling station.
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The Alva Land Office in 1902 is
busy with Miss Saure at the typewriter; A.R. Museller,
resgistrar; Irving Stoner with the bowtie; and Mr. W.H.
Cofield, receiver.
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It is not known what lunchroom this is, but several
visual clues indicate that it was on the south side of
the Barnes Street in Alva, just west of the College and
Barnes intersection. |
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Alva is home to Northwestern
Oklahoma State University (NWOSU), founded in 1897 as a
“normal school”. The college’s main building for a time
was the “Castle on the Hill” a huge, fanciful brick
building that towered over much of the town. The Castle
burned down in 1935, to be replaced by the more staid
Jesse Dunn Hall, which was dedicated in 1937 by Eleanor
Roosevelt. |
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This harvest picture was taken
near the turn of the century near Avard, Oklahoma.
Notice the device the horse is wearing. This helped to
ward of flies and other bothersome insects. |
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This is a picture of the Alva Roller Mills during the
early 1900s. |
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Alva State Bank would
like to thank the Cherokee Strip Museum of Alva
for allowing us to borrow and share these Historical
Pictures of Northwest Oklahoma. |
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