Volume 8 , Issue 9

Old Castle on the Hill...

We are native Kansans and still have family there so last year on a trip through there we drove over to the Alva Public Library. Joyce A. Beagley is the one who correlated the family book and told me on the phone that I could make copies of it. It has 128 pages, including the index. It looks like she did that back in the 1980's. There was a picture (not clear with the Xerox) of the Castle and it said Old Castle on the Hill, Northwestern Oklahoma State College back in the 1930's and 1940's, Alva, Oklahoma. It was such an interesting structure that it got my curiosity and found your web pages. You have done an excellent job of answering the questions that come to mind: What it looked like, what caused the fire, the students trapped in room, brought to safety and what happened after the fire. Oh, yes, the original cost and the 1935 price. Really different from today. By the way, I was 2 months old when the castle burnt. I am trying to get in contact with Joyce Beagley about her history book. Can anyone help me? Naturally we have more information of their descendants, the ship they came on from England, etc. (My mother-in-law was a Beagley and we lived in Hutchinson, Kansas). Now that I have given you much more than you wanted to know I will close. Thanks again for compilation you have brought together on the okielegacy website. This will be of interest to the members of our family. Lois Wilson Murphy   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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