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ParaCon 2007 | Sept. 29, 20072 The Historical Society's Heritage Express trolley leaves its station to take a tour of downtown El Reno. 3 Debbie Harrison, right, shows Corinna Siler and Teresa Donham a copy of Harper's New Atlantic Monthly she found on the third floor of the Russell-Murray Hospice building. The second floor served as a motel, while the third floor was a bordello. 4 Christian Rinehart, right, tells Monte Pruitt about the families who used to live in the former boarding house above what is now Rinehart and Rinehart Law Firm. 5 Anna Rinehart talks with visitors about her family's historic building, which held a boarding house upstairs in the early 1900s. 6 Visitors look at images of early 1900s El Reno during a tour of the former boarding house above what is now Rinehart and Rinehart Law Firm. 7 Jackie Maine, dressed as a carpetbagger, tries to sell the audience a pair of bloomers during a short living history presentation at the Canadian County Historical Museum 8 Mustang's Sara Lassiter shows tour goers some of the tools used by RIP Studies during investigations. 10 Children on a ghost tour peer into windows at a Victorian house at Fort Reno. 12 Sheriff Lewis Hawkins shows tour groups through the old county jail, which was opened in 1911. Canadian County housed prisoners in the jail until a new one was completed in 1984. Now deputies use the space as evidence storage. |
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