Fine dining and spirits, not the kind one expects

Black pressed linen table cloths and a proper place setting are the basics at Flower BluffManorinSulpher,Okla. It sits approximately a block away from Plat National Park, now called Chickasaw National Park. Fine Dining is nothing new for Sulpher and one of the oldest establishments on the main street is Flower Bluff Manor. Anything that has survived almost a century is reason enough to take a short trip andseewhatalltheeffortand possible spirits are all about.

Jesse Denton Ramsey built the manor in 1924 and the Davis family reopened the manor as a steak house in 2019. It still has the original woodwork and architecture as when the mansion was originally constructed.

Many folks also believe that it may have a few spirits lurking the rooms and halls of the house. After walking up the steps from Muskogee Street and across the original wood porch, one will also notice the craftsmen style wood door and gauntlet carriage lights. One step inside the manor and to say the guest is welcome is an understatement. The parlor will be guests and attendants who greet with a first-class hell.

A very formal hostess directs guests to a table carefully dressed in a solid black linen table cloth. The menu includes, of course, the Oklahoma state meal option including chicken fried steak, but the menu also includes a selection as fine as any firstclass restaurant or country club. The wine and mixed drink list is a menu of its own and desert seemed to be straight from Paris.

This trip’s selection included crab stuffed shrimp and baked potato and beef tips with steamed broccoli and real mashed potatoes. Desert was a chocolate tuxedo bomb. The verdict on the mealwascompletedecadence and divine from presentation to taste.

After a fine meal, the next part of the dining experience included a tour of the beautiful manor beginning with a short trip up the original staircase. The tour included a glimpse of the luxury and splendor from the furnishings to the wall finishes. However, the essence of a ghostly haunting is the focal point of the adventure and was for sure no secret.

While upstairs in the north suite, the tour guide madementionof JohnWayne spending a few nights. Frequency of quests was a norm in the mid 20th century as staying the night in a prominent town manor was very common. The second story was a grand tour with some very ghostly dolls and figures but no signs of paranormal activity.

The next part of the tour was in the luxurious kitchen then to the basement. The eeriness was very surreal as the original basement was intact and a hallway of concreteconnectedthemanor under the main street to the maid’shouseacrossthestreet which is where the folk lore tells of ghosts.

Legend says the owner of the manor built the house across the street for the maid and had the underground tunnel built so she could easily move between the manor and her house, or perhaps he could. Miss Sofia was a maid whoworkedforRamseyprior to building the manor. Miss Sofia then became Ramsey’s mistress and soon after his current wife passed away, Ramsey and Miss Sofia married. RamseybuilttheFlower Bluff manor for Sofia. Some say the maid haunts the manor, some say the master does while others say the owner’spreviouswifehaunts. This may seem like a fairy tale but apparently there has been enough spirit activity for Oklahoma Paranormal Research and Investigation to set up watch on two separate occasions. Activity was confirmed during the visits and more information about the visits can be seen at okpri.com.

Find out details on the Manor at the website or call Linda personally for reservations on dinner and or a ghost tour. The website can be found at the flowerbluffmanor. com.