Main Street CLUE

​Let's play Main Street CLUE again during September First Friday!

Get your Detective's Notes and map at the Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center table at 106 W Randolph. The first 100 detectives will get a spy glass!

Return your correct accusation by 9pm to receive a Downtowners Club discount card and a chance to win $100! (Prizes for detectives age 18+)

Here is where you'll find the clues:

• B Hip Kids
• Boho Teepee
• The Breezeway - Northwest Oklahoma Association of REALTORS® party
• Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center table - at 106 W Randolph (CLUE Headquarters)
• Community Thrift & Gift
• Enid Brewing Co.
• The Felt Bird
• Five80 Coffeehouse
• Mitchell DeClerck (on the corner of Independence & Broadway)
• Napoli's Italian Restaurant
• Okie Craft Co.
• Peonies
• Pink Dazee
• Return Engagement
• Soul Sisters Dispensary (in the window since 18+)
• Square Nutrition & Energy
• Stride Bank Center Plaza

Special thanks to the Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center for their partnership in this game!

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Suspects:

Henry Benjamin "Heinie" Bass
(1897-1975) 

Heinie Bass was a construction contractor from Enid who worked for decades building the city of Enid better and bigger through the construction of churches, schools, hotels, and hospitals. He loved his hometown and showed it through his involvement in civic activities. His open letters to friends and family, titled “Dear Everybody,” about his thoughts on politics, Enid, international affairs, World War II, and economies stand as a representation of his passion for progress and improvement. 

Laura Ella Crews
(1871-1976) 

Living to 105 years old, Laura Crews was the last of the 1893 Land Run participants. She made the run at the age of twenty-two and, uncommonly, wore a split skirt allowing her to ride more competitively with the male homesteaders. She staked her claim between Garber and Covington where oil was later discovered. The good fortune that came to her from her 160-acre claim was delivered back to the community of Enid through her philanthropic donations.

Angie Elbertha Debo
(1890-1988) 

Angie Debo was an American historian who wrote 13 books and hundreds of articles about Native American and Oklahoma history. She valued education and continued to return to school until she earned a Ph.D. at Oklahoma A&M (now Oklahoma State University). Her research and written works focused on the complex relationship between tribes and the federal government. Today her work is considered to be some of the most significant contributions to studies in American history. 

Edmund Frantz 

At the time of statehood, the Frantz name was everywhere in Enid.  Edmund was one of six brothers who came to Enid from Kansas.  The Frantz Brothers ran a hardware shop, and Edmund set up a lumber yard and a Hotel. The family also owned Enid Vitrified Brick and Tile Company.  If a citizen needed something in order to build a home in Enid, they went to a Frantz brother to get it. Edmund Frantz and his wife, Grace, bought a lot to build a home at 408 W. Elm in the then new Kenwood District, inspiring other prominent business people to follow suit. During the War, though, some lobbied to have Enid’s German Newspapers banned, Edmund fought on their behalf.

Gungoll Brothers 

The Gungoll brothers, Carl and Henry, were pioneers in Cherokee Outlet oilfield exploration.  When their father, Otto, leased the family farm for $40, Carl decided to enter the oil business. Gathering information from The Oil and Gas Journal, he leased his first property in 1923.  Henry soon entered the business with his brother, and soon they drilled the #1 Bullock near Drummond.  The well, which began as a dry hole, eventually was drilled deeper, and was seen as the beginning of Ward Petroleum.  

Charles Knox

After working in the oil fields of PA and following the oil to the Covington-Garber area, he owned 65 stations all over OK and TX.  In 1923, he moved his family to Enid where he put in the world’s first self-service gas station, on the west side of the old Masonic Lodge. By 1948, he and his sons added to the business with Knox Industries Corporation which owned and operated Serv-Ur-Self Stations throughout the south. As an early pilot in Enid, he bought several Jennies after WWI, one delivered by Charles Lindbergh. 
After selling his stations to Kerr-McGee in 1961, he moved to Oklahoma City, then back to Enid to retire, often seen with his trademark cigar.

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