Welcome to the Bristow Historical Society's website for our ongoing oral history project, "Telling Our Stories." For a complete index of our currently available oral histories, please click on "Telling Our Stories" in the header bar above.
On this website you will find audio files and accompanying transcripts of oral histories collected by our organization dating back to the 1970s and continuing through the current date. We are constantly working on this project, transcribing older oral histories as well as collecting new ones, so check back often for new histories.
For inquiries and questions, please contact us at (918) 367-9335, or visit our location in the historic Frisco Depot at 1 Railroad Place, Bristow, Oklahoma. We are staffed fully by volunteers and admission is free.
Recently Added Items
Oma Kay Murray
Oma Kay Murray was born October 11, 1951 in Bristow, Oklahoma. Oma Kay's parents, James and Oma Copeland, worked at a Dr Pepper bottling company after…
Linda Kay Herman
Linda Kay Herman, born on June 20, 1955, in Bristow, Oklahoma, shared her life story which included spending her childhood at the golf course her dad…
Frank Groom
Franklin Ewing Groom, born August 14, 1939, in Chandler, Oklahoma, discussed his life and family history. His parents, Floyd Franklin Groom and Thelma…
LoNetta White
LoNetta Dowdy White, born August 24, 1940, in a log cabin near Bristow, Oklahoma, shared her life story. LoNetta's parents, John Buster Dowdy and…
Helen Marie Varner
Helen Marie shares about her young life growing up in the country, her beloved family and her 51-year history with the Mid-America Stockyards.