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The newspaper began publishing in 1904. John Shepler bought the paper in 1910. It remained with successive generations of Shepler's family until his great-grandsons, Don and Steve Bentley, [1] sold the paper on March 1, 2012, to brothers Bill and Brad Burgess, who are lawyers and businessmen in Lawton.
Earley was born in Lawton, Oklahoma, [1] to Harold and Jean (née Daily) Earley. She won the Miss Lawton title. [ 2 ] She had 14 years of training as a classical singer and attended Trinity University , where she studied drama.
Martha Helen Beal was an American homesteader in Oklahoma Territory known for being the second name drawn in the Lawton and El Reno land lottery at the age of 22. She is known as the "First Lady of Lawton" and for building the Mattie Beal House in Lawton.
Curtis L. Lawson (1935–2008) was an American state politician from Tulsa, Oklahoma.In 1964 he was one of the first three African Americans elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives since A. C. Hamlin in 1908.
Lawton was born on July 19, 1943 in Detroit, Michigan to Spencer Lawton Sr. [3] [4] (1918–1999) and Sarah "Sally" Parker (1919–2017). [5] [6] He was their eldest son. After being raised in Savannah, Georgia, Lawton moved with his family to Atlanta. He graduated from Woodberry Forest School in Orange, Virginia.
Brown was born in Bloomington, Indiana, US, to Edward Stinson Brown, Sr., and Golden Glee Ragle Brown. His father was a bricklayer, secretary of YMCAs in Kentucky, Indiana, and Helena Montana, "well known for his work among immigrants", building advisor to the American Red Cross, a lay leader in the Methodist Church, and a 32nd degree Mason [2]. [3]
The List of newspapers in Oklahoma lists every daily and non-daily news publication currently operating in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.The list includes information on where the publication is produced, whether it is distributed daily or non-daily, what its circulation is, and who publishes it.
One of the original two newspapers, the Lawton Daily Democrat, became the forerunner of the Lawton Constitution, which was established in 1911. In 1949, the Lawton Constitution acquired the Morning Press, and today the Constitution publishes only a morning edition that serves all of Southwest Oklahoma. [12]