Home: Arbor Image Tree Care
1. What are some of the most resilient and popular trees around the metro? Red Maples, Bald Cypress, Chinese Pistache, and Shumard Oak. These species are well-adapted to the local climate and soil conditions, making them excellent choices for residential and commercial properties. Crabapples, in particular, are favored for their beautiful spring blooms, while the…
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Home: Generator Supercenter
How does a whole-home generator work? Your power goes out, then what happens? Within seconds of an outage an automatic backup generator automatically supplies electrical power directly to your home’s circuit breaker box. After utility power returns, the generator shuts itself off and waits for the next outage. It operates whether you are home or…
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A LOOK Back: Class of 1971
From the 1960s to mid-1970s, the Edmond High School yearbooks featured a two-page color photo of the senior class. Each year was photographed at a different and highly-recognizable location. Most had the students gathered on or around an iconic local feature, such as a rock wall, playground equipment, and one year, an airplane! This image…
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Home: Nelson Pools
Adding an in-ground pool to your home can greatly enhance the quality of your outdoor living space. We asked the expert, Asa Pelman, at Nelson Pools for tips and trends to help make the best choices for your backyard oasis. What type of pool is best for my backyard? During your initial consultation, we carefully consider…
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Crossings’ Pack-a-thon
With the goal of feeding half a million hungry kids, Crossings Community Church is changing lives one meal at a time. Its fourth annual Feed the Hunger Pack-a-thon aims to pack 500,000 meals in one week for malnourished children in Bangladesh. Meals packed during the event will ship across the world to schools, orphanages, refugee…
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A LOOK Back: 1980’s LibertyFest Parade
LibertyFest has been an Edmond tradition for over 50 years, but Edmond began celebrating the Fourth of July long before the first official LibertyFest in 1973. Edmond’s first documented Fourth of July celebration took place in 1890 when Edmond had a population of less than 300. While some Independence Day celebrations and activities in Edmond…
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A LOOK Back: Edmond’s First Pool
Edmond’s first public swimming pool was an extremely long, large concrete structure. Seymour Pool, later renamed Kiwanis Pool, operated from 1924 to 1958. It was located at 5th & Broadway, where several restaurants are currently located. Central State Teaching College (now University of Central Oklahoma), used the pool for summer swimming classes. This 1929 photo…
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A LOOK Back: Stephenson Park
Fred M. Stephenson poses in front of the rock entrance to Stephenson Park in 1934. Established in 1892 as “South Park,” the park was renamed Stephenson Park in honor of City of Edmond manager, Fred M. Stephenson in 1934. The newly-refurbished Stephenson Park of the thirties included tennis and croquet courts, an elaborate rock garden…
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A LOOK Back: Mitch Park
Three unidentified people visit the water feature at Mitch Park in the 1920s. The park was established in 1890 near Edmond’s natural spring. With the encouragement of John L. Mitch, citizens planted more than 400 trees, as the area was then mixed-grass prairie. The park, located between Campbell and Edwards off Broadway, was used for…
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A LOOK Back: The Interurban Trolley Car
The Interurban was a trolley car that ran between Oklahoma City and Edmond from 1911-1946. In the beginning, few people owned cars, so walking and riding horses had been the predominant mode of transportation. For 25 cents, citizens or college students could catch the hour-long ride to either city. The Interurban ran on a track,…
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A LOOK Back: A Love Story for the Ages
Quimby Enterline of Piedmont met and married his sweetheart, Margaret Valeriani, while he was stationed in England in 1945. Because of the war, their early communication in 1945 and 1946 was often in the form of love letters. Margaret wrote: “Honey, I miss you so terribly, at times it’s almost unbearable, and I have had…
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