Penny tour of Beaver Oklahoma

The penny or one cent tour of Beaver Oklahoma. My sister is fond of taking people on a nickle tour of Beaver Oklahoma, however this tour will just be one fifth of that tour.


This is the view of the town coming in from the North. Later I'll be posting pictures of the Sand Hills and small lake that are on the North side of town. Many fond memories are of the Sand Hills - although now I believe the area is referred to as Sand Dunes State Park.

If you come to this town, please be aware of the unique traffic this town has. The folks that drive these power chairs are very likely almost blind, deaf, and infirmed. So please don't run over any of them.

You may or may not know that Beaver Oklahoma is the home of the World Champion Cow Chip Throwing contest. Yes we are very proud of that fact. When this land was first settled, there were no trees to use for firewood or building material. What trees there were grew along the river and were of too soft wood to be used for anything. So the pioneers gathered cow chips ( as you may have figured out, cow chips are the dried form of cow dung) to use as a source for cooking and heating of their homes. The first homes were what were called dugouts - underground homes, then as an improvement the settlers then built what were called soddies, houses built from sod cut out from the land, sort of like adobe bricks. OK so much for a short history lesson.

Some wise (?) person decided that it would be neat to have a statue of a beaver holding a cow chip. OK - here it is. I personally think it is rather tacky.

When one of my great nieces' was younger, she asked her folks why the beaver was holding a cinnamon roll. You know what? It does kinda looks like that too.

I need to refer to Douglas Ave as the main street of town - so I will call it the main drag. When I was a teenager we would drive up and down Douglas for hours on end. We called it dragging main.

Main drag of town decorated for the fourth of July celebration.

View of courthouse from the main drag of town.

View of town looking North along main drag of town.

The Beaver County Library. This used to be a bank in the nineteen fifty's and nineteen sixty's.

The following are restaurants in town.

Pizza Hut offering real teenage food.

Mexican Restaurant. They also offer american food and tex mex.

Another Mexican restaurant. I haven't eaten there yet.

AH, the swimming pool. This is the pool where I taught swimming classes a very long time ago. Looks like the diving boards are now gone and replaced with slides.

Ned and Darlene's Cafe is located on the South side of town. This is where the Grandma Mafia hangs out. I'll write more about that group later.


OK Later!

Small Town Fourth

Fireworks were being set off all over town. Yes, it sounded like a small war zone for most of the day. Then evening came and most of the town made its way to the sports fields on the west of town.

As it became darker one could see fireworks go up into the sky. Was that all there was? Actually the fireworks a private person could set off now are much more sophisticated than they were when I was a kid. Back then we thought the fountain were really WOW. HA! What did we know. The next two pictures are private fireworks. The bright light in the lower left is some dingbat's car lights. Oh well at least they moved on when the town's fireworks began.

The town's fireworks began at 9:45 PM. The fireworks were set to music - mostly country and some Springsteen. Interesting. Didn't hear the 1812 Overture from the loudspeaker.

My Husband, David would turn on PBS and wait for the Boston Pops to play the 1812 Overture. He would turn the volume on LOUD!!! Didn't see the Boston Pops this year.

Firework displays was pretty neat for a small town display. Good job, Guys.!!

Later

Fireworks

Yes, the fire department is selling fireworks. It is the only fund raiser this department has, and of course it is a volunteer unit. The fire department are the ones who operate the big fireworks display on the fourth. Several of the firemen are certified pyrotechnics. As one of the firemen told me - "who better to set off the fireworks, we can set the fire and put it out at the same time." Don't know if that puts me at ease or not.

Does anyone want fireworks? Only three more shopping days left.