Ada historians' play depicts vigilante past
WARNING: GRAPHIC PHOTOS LOCATED AT END OF STORY.
ADA — Around the time statehood was established, Ada was not a place where people felt safe on the streets. One area of town even was called “the Bucket of Blood.”
Law and order was ineffective, often paralyzed by threats to court officials and jurors.
All of that changed at sunrise on Monday, April 19, 1909, when someone peeked into the livery barn. There, hang...
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