Volume 9 , Issue 6

Waynoka History

[Editor's Notes: Photo on the left was scanned from "Footprints Across Woods County," pg. 475, Old Miller Hotel.]

"I have posted this and several additional related photos on Rod Murrow's Flickr website. It's an old building on highway 281 on the curve north of Waynoka, near the entry to the BNSF railroad property, which back in the early heydays of the TAT and ATSF transportation in Waynoka would have placed the building at an advantageous location for railroad workers and/or travelers. As you can see, at least one person has indicated that the building was a two-story hotel.

I wonder if there are any stories about the owners, its amenities, its guests, any photos of the place when it was in operation, or any other useful information that folks might want to share it seems to me that the structure is a significant part of Waynoka's history.

I believe I contacted you earlier asking your readers for information about the old Science Hall, now Fine Arts Building, on the NWOSU campus in Alva. I have another request for your readers: does anyone have any stories to share about how the university mascot, the Ranger, came into being? We've been the Ranger of Northwestern for a long, long time, but there must have been some sort of contest or something in the early years of Northwestern Normal when the idea of Rangers was first suggested.

I have another item that I'm curious about. This is a picture of an old boxcar east of Waynoka, on highway 281 (between Waynoka and Greensburg Corner). Rod's Murrow's Flickr - Old Boxcar - It's been there as long as I can remember, and has always had the little air conditioning fan unit in the side and the climbing vines on the east end and the attached garage as in this photo. The logical assumption is that it served as someone's home or maybe a vacation home of some sort? I'm curious to know if any of your readers can supply the 'rest of the story' about this humble abode." -- Rod Murrow
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