Okiecentric

Miss Tulsa Places Tenth in Pulchritude

In 1928, the city of Galveston, TX hosted the Third International Pageant of Pulchritude and Ninth Annual Bathing Girl Revue, the predecessor to the now-famous Miss Universe pageant.

Miss Helen Paris of Tulsa, pictured here, won 10th place in the competition, finishing right after Miss San Antonio. Although she wasn’t able to claim the title, Miss Tulsa did receive another honorable distinction.

The first airmail route in Tulsa flew from Tulsa to Ponca City, and the name of the plane was the Miss Tulsa, named in honor of Helen Paris.

Labor Conquers All

by This Land

Oklahoma’s labor history is rich, complicated, and dramatic. During the Oklahoma statehood convention of 1907, people boasted that 70% of our constitution came from the American Federation of Labor, and…

Football Season Begins

by Nathan Gunter

God, but it's been an awful summer in Oklahoma. The grass has yellowed and gone brittle under the raging heat. For five weeks the daytime high temperature sat in the triple digits. We were teased with a short cold spell - mid nineties! BREAK OUT THE SWEATERS! - and then zoom! Back into the hundreds it went. The esteemed Senator Inhofe, him of the winter-ice-storm smirk - haw haw, there can't be climate change if it's a record-breaking snowstorm! - was probably having fits. At least, I like to think so.