Oklahoma baseball and Negro League historian, my introduction

vintagebaseballcardguy · #1 07-05-2022, 06:10 PM

This is what the property looks like now. It is tucked away near a developed area. It is now a rent house owned by Red Laces Investments. Someone named Edward James Jones purchased it in 1990 and sold it in 2006 to a different LLC than what owns it now.

It appears it was owned by a member of the Watts family in '62 and sold in '90 to Jones. Then Jones sold it in 2006 to an LLC and it was sold again to another person named Watts....daughter?? She sold it to Red Laces.

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Jobu · #2 07-05-2022, 06:42 PM

I am glad you found that it was 1990 - I was going to be hunting for a Prof Jones back in the 20s-30s and probably would have spent a lot of time striking out!

Horsehide Historian · #3 02-06-2023, 12:42 PM

Hey, guys,

Following up since I last posted on this thread. It has been nearly a decade since I posted this initial request, reaching out to see if anyone had any relevant Oklahoma Negro League items, like the Tulsa Black Oilers or Tulsa T-Town Clowns.

While for most of that duration, there hasn't been much activity or any leads. I have sourced a few items outside of this search along the way, however, I never found many "grail" items, as we all know how rare regional black baseball items can be to find.

I am so thankful that Net54 is still here and has the posts archived. Because of that, fellow collector, Jobu Bry@n went above and beyond the call to try and find me. His due diligence provided me the opportunity to add the above images to the Oklahoma Baseball Archive. He even gave me a heads up for finding another Tulsa treasure. Lightning indeed struck twice! I am appreciative of his dedication for getting the images "back home" where they will be used for telling the tales of those teams and preserving those players stories.

But I AM STILL LOOKING for more items relevant for the project, as they will be used to supplement this whenever it is published. In the meantime, I just wanted to say a thank you to Jobu and for Net54 keeping house all these years.

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