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Friday's games: 🏈 Poteau at Fort Gibson 7 p.m.;🏈 Panama at Pawhuska 7 p.m.; 🏈 Morrison at Pocola 7 p.m.; 🏈 Quapaw at Talihina 7 p.m. 🏀 Smithville at Howe; 🏀 Cameron vs. Battiest (at Howe); 🏀 Wister at Rattan. Thursday's scores: Boys 🏀 Howe vs. Battiest no score reported); 🏀Smithville 59, Cameron 48; 🏀 Kinta 70, LeFlore 25. Girls: 🏀 Howe 63, Battiest 21; 🏀Smithville 77, Cameron 14; 🏀 LeFlore 48, Kinta 27.

Bliss Building

Blast from the past: Farmers haul cotton through historic downtown Heavener

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Historic photo of farmers hauling cotton through downtown Heavener, Oklahoma, after 1910, with the Bliss Building visible in the background

Today’s Blast from the Past takes us back to Heavener sometime after 1910, when local farmers hauled their cotton harvest through the heart of downtown. The historic Bliss Building stands in the background of the photo, a familiar Heavener landmark from the era. Also visible is the old R.L. Walker building, once located on the corner of East First Street and East Avenue D — a structure that no longer stands today.

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