Through the years Oklahoma City has attracted a long line of colorful journalists who witnessed, wrote about, and even influenced the course of history.

None were more influential nor more colorful than Walter M. Harrison, who purchased this distinctive bungalow from G.A. Nichols in 1918.

A native of Texas, Harrison had just started his career as managing editor with the Daily Oklahoman, an association with Edward K. Gaylord that ended in controversy almost twenty years later.

Through the years he served in the 45th Division, started his own newspaper, wrote and published several books, and served on the city council. Typical of his style and his ability to parade himself, he titled one of his books, Me and My Big Mouth. Harrison, his wife, Ann, and their five children remained in the home until 1932.

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