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JAMES BEATY | Staff photoThis portrait of the famed 1911 flight of the Vin Fiz Biplane s coast to coast flight by renowned folk artist Linus E. Bailey sits below a portrait of Oklahoma favorite son Will Rogers in the Art Room at the McAlester Museum.
JAMES BEATY | Staff photoJesse Alexander checks out a casting of a dinosaur skull found near Broken Bow that s on display in the Dinosaur Room at the McAlester Museum. McAlester Museum keeping the city s history alive
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JAMES BEATY | Staff photoThis portrait of the famed 1911 flight of the Vin Fiz Biplane s coast to coast flight by renowned folk artist Linus E. Bailey sits below a portrait of Oklahoma favorite son Will Rogers in the Art Room at the McAlester Museum.
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Herbert Keith, left, and Primus Moore hope to restore the former LâOuverture School building. They both attended LâOuverture and graduated with the class of 1965, prior to LâOuvertureâs integration with McAlester Public Schools.
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The L Ouverture School Auditorium in McAlester.
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The auditorium can be seen through a broken window at the L Ouverture School building in McAlester
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Primus Moore, a retired McAlester educator shown in this file photo, hopes to restore L Ouverture School.
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L Ouverture School in McAlester, which was last used as McAlester High School s Key Academy.