The Pawhuska House Hotel was built in the 1880s. It was a grand structure as is evidenced by the fact that it still stands today. By 1911, the building was sold to Mr. C. C. Constantine, a Greek immigrant, who dreamed of turning it into the finest opera house in the Southwest. The Theater features […]
PAWHUSKA’S “WHITING HALL” A FAVORITE MEMORY In the ’50s & ’60s, with windows open, music filled the streets in downtown Pawhuska as many big bands and western swing bands would play at Whiting Hall. Tenants of the Whiting apartments, that sit across Kihekah from the Whiting Building, would dance up and down the balcony. It […]
The Town Builder “TOWN BUILDER” as he was called in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, was born in 1870 in Ogdensburg, New York. He studied Law at the University of Nebraska and in 1891 moved to Enid, Oklahoma and established a Law Firm Whiting & Laing to practice Law. In 1909 he was appointed Probate Attorney and Competency […]
In the early days of Pawhuska, the natural development of what is now Kihekah Ave created a triangle shaped piece of land in the middle town. This location severed for many years as a place of gathering. In the late 19th century a beautiful band stand/gazebo was erected and became a site for historic speeches, […]
A family owned and operated Oklahoma company, was founded in 1993 by CEO Dr. Kari Lopez in the small northwest town of Alva. In September of 2017, LOREC Ranch Home Furnishings opened the Pawhuska showroom next door to the Pioneer Woman’s Mercantile. Managed by L Gay Kincaid, the Pawhuska location has a variety of Western […]