Pontotoc County Historical and Genealogical Society

06/03/2025

Pontotoc County Historical and Genealogical Society building is open for family research as well as viewing the small museum of Pontotoc County items each Tuesday afternoon from 12:30 to 4:00. We are located in a residential section of town at 221 West 16th Street.

04/26/2025

Thank you to everyone who attended the "Recognizing Past & Present" event. It was a great evening.

04/26/2025

We had an amazing time at our "Recognizing Past & Present" event Tuesday night. Congratulations to all of the awardees!

04/22/2025

Looking forward to honoring some wonderful families this evening. We will be livestream from our YouTube channel if you are unable to attend.

Located in Ada, Oklahoma, the Pontotoc Co. Historical & Genealogical Society was begun in 1970 by a group of people who felt that knowing about one's family tree was important. Helping individuals learn about their family tree is still a main part of our mission, as well as preserving Ada's and the....

04/13/2025

Hope you can join us for this very special evening!

09/10/2024

09/10/2024

Our library is open Tuesday afternoons from 12:30-4:00

09/02/2024

PCHGS is open Tuesday, September 3rd, the day after Labor Day. One of our oldest businesses in Ada with continual family connections is the Coca Cola plant. Come read about this company at the library.

08/19/2024

Pontotoc County had many more Post Offices in the 1900s than we have now. This is the last flag flown over the Vanoss, Oklahoma Post Office which closed in the 1970s. The letter is one of the last pieces of mail stamped from that office.

08/19/2024

Tuesday, August 20, 2024 the Pontotoc County Historical and Genealogical Society Library will open 12:30 - 4:00.

08/08/2024

Before Oklahoma statehood in 1907, Ada was part of the wild, wild west. Lawlessness was prominent in this part of our country. It was during this that a United States Marshall named Augusta "Gus" Bobbitt was assassinated. The people of Ada were tired of this type of lawlessness. After a time in court the four men who were taken into custody for that murder were taken back to the jail. During the night a large group of citizens rushed the jail and hung the men. That act started the end of the wild, wild west in this small town. Come to the Pontotoc County Historical and Genealogical Society Library located at 221 West 16th to read about this in early newspaper articles, see the picture as well as the court record book.

08/07/2024

At PCHGS Library 221 West 16th in Ada, we have a replica of the Reed Store and Post Office. Jeff Reed, Ada's first postmaster, named the new City of Ada, Indian Territory, after his oldest daughter, Ada Reed. Come to the library and see the replica as well as pictures of the Reed family and early postmaster records from 1899.