Historical Ada

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Leland Crouse provide the Icon with this photo of Ray Long's Marathon station at 230 S. Main St., Ada. The photo was taken in 1951. If you need to call for service, the number is 171.

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Lee Crouse provided the Icon with the following information about this photo:

On Aug. 19, 1953, the new band shell at Ada Memorial park was used for the first time at the 40th annual Farmers and Merchants picnic.

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Once upon a time in Ada

Things you didn’t know about your own hometown

By Lee Crouse
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October 1940

An oil mural of a barn dance painted by Albert Kotin of New York was placed in the lobby of the Ada post office. The painting was restored in 1996.

The first solid white concrete pillars in Ada were erected at the L.O. Ream veranda on South Main Street.

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Once upon a time in Ada

Things you didn’t know about your own hometown

By Lee Crouse
[email protected]

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Pat's News Stand had served as the location of many Ada businesses over the years. Leland Crouse shares this photo of the "news stand." He provides the following list of businesses that operated out of this location in the past 95 years.

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Once upon a time in Ada

Things you didn’t know about your own hometown

By Lee Crouse
[email protected]

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