Blast from the past for Oct. 20, 2026, features an image looking back to the west of Heavener, showing downtown and the railroad tracks.
Local history
Blast from the Past: Downtown Heavener in 1938
Today’s Blast from the Past takes us back to downtown Heavener in 1938, when automobiles lined the streets and local businesses filled the storefronts.
Blast from the past: Oct. 15, 2026
Horse-drawn transportation and wooden storefronts line this Poteau street in a photograph dated May 18, 1901, when the community was part of Indian Territory.
Help preserve Heavener’s history through newspaper digitization project
Heavener.news is asking readers and businesses for donations to help preserve decades of local history by digitizing old editions of the Heavener Ledger and making them available online for everyone to view.
Blast from the past: 10-12-2026
This week’s Blast from the Past features the 1921 Heavener High School football team, pictured more than a century ago..
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