The Marland Grand Home was the residence of early Oklahoman
and one time Governor Ernest Whitworth
Marland, tenth Governor of Oklahoma. The
man had come to Ponca City to visit the nearby 101 Ranch. He remained to build a vast oil empire. He
was the founder and president of Marland Oil Company, now Conoco/Phillips Inc. (Ponca City http://www.poncacity.com/marland_grand_home.htm)
The 22-room mansion was built in 1916 and included
architectural features of a hanging staircase, an indoor pool, and many
innovations. The style of the house is
part Italian, part Prairie, and part Edwardian and all impressive. At its peak as a stylish private residence it
covered eight acres which included designer gardens and an 8 hole golf course.
Today, it houses a museum and space rented for special
events. Recently, at one of those special events, there were clues that perhaps
past residents or visitors returned to attend another day of entertainment in
the old house.
While attending the Northern Oklahoma Literary
Arts Book Festival, two authors reported they shared similar, and unexpected,
experiences. Taking photos to promote
their books and the event, they discovered their digital cameras draining of
power, taking extra long time to function and being non-responsive. Having fresh batteries in the equipment one
author offered his camera for use and the very same thing happened: camera
drained of power and became strangely unresponsive. Soon, another person, a visitor, offered to
take photos and email them to the others. Smiling the authors agreed. In minutes, however, the smiles were
perplexed looks as they all looked at their new cameras and phones wondering
why they had all ceased to function correctly.
Others attending the event also noted patches of hazy fog in the
pictures and similar anomalies from previous occasion
2 comments:
You know, a place that awesome HAS to be haunted! I'd love to see it.
What a great write up. I love your blog it is quite and I agree with your profile statement, to "demand the rigorous application of logic to any investigation"..well said!
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