Back to Faxon, Oklahoma

Well. At last. Here is the part that this famous building in Faxon, Oklahoma played in the movies. David Carradine who died this year, starred in "Fast Charlie, The Moonbeam Rider" a movie that had little going for it but a chance to see a bunch of antique motorcycles in action. Pirate copies are available but expensive. You’ll have to look sharp. It is only on the screen a few seconds. Aren't you glad you waited?

I am adding the four photographs here from Flickr member shiloee who also commented: "This building actually belonged to my family. The windows in it now are not original. It was a skating rink upstairs and gas station down stairs. It is weird that I came across this picture because I just learned of my relationship with them this week. My cousin and I are searching for the name of the movie too and that’s how I came across this picture. There are pictures in the post office right next door of the original look. The gentleman that owns it now started working on it, but has never finished. If anyone comes across the name of the movie I would greatly love to know it, as I had family members in it too. Genealogy is sooo cool. When ever I get all the pictures put on the computer I will post the original building for all to see."
	Flickr member MelbaGene also contributed some family history: This building belonged to Bob Batey 1879 -1967, son of John Jack Wisdom Batey and Blanche Nash. It was a filling station, grocery store and skating rink. The upstairs part of the building was living quarters for the Batey Family . After Bob's death, was told by one of the town's historians that the place was used as backdrop in a movie, served its time as a tavern. Now it is abandoned. I toured the building last year, the current owner picked it up for back taxes and began a slow remodel. The wagon wheel windows are a new edition to this building. Bob Batey's father & my G G Grandmother were siblings.

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