Oklahoma Row News Today

This was a sad year for history and historic buildings in Rogers. Three of our structures that were a significant part of the development of our city were lost, including the O.L. Gregory/Speas/Speaco Vinegar Plant, Wights Livery Stable and the Oklahoma Row Hotel at Monte Ne are gone forever. Here are their stories:

The historic Oklahoma Row Hotel gone, demolished by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for safety reasons. So I thought it would be appropriate to remember the story of the amazing hotel built 114 years ago in 1909. I have written about this fascinating structure several times in the past, but many may not know the whole story.

The Oklahoma Row tower, one of the last remaining hotel structures at the historic resort town of Monte Ne, stood for over 100 years -- until Tuesday.

The Oklahoma Row tower, one of the last remaining hotel structures at the historic resort town of Monte Ne, stood for over 100 years -- until Tuesday.

Crews began removing the three-story Oklahoma Tower of the historic Monte Ne resort today on the shore of Beaver Lake.

William Hope "Coin" Harvey, years before his ill-fated, Northwest Arkansas-based campaign for president the year Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected, dreamed of an elaborate resort west of Rogers. Having moved to the region in 1900, he actually built parts of it.

A major landmark from the historic resort town of Monte Ne will soon be torn down.

A major landmark from the historic resort town of Monte Ne will soon be torn down.

From the blog of Michael Zoosman at The Times of Israel

100 years ago