Tom Dittus
Thanks to Tom Dittus, Riverside Drive has never been more bustling with activity--even in the winter. Long-time Tulsa
Michael Cooper
Filter / Sort
Tom Parkinson
If you’ve visited the Tulsa Air and Space Museum in the past 10 years, there’s a good chance you’ve met Tom
Shawna Lewis
Tongues of Fire in Kansas
Pentecostalism, a branch of Christianity that grew out of Protestantism in the early 20th century, has 280 million
Mike Mariani
Toni Willis & Matthew Edwards
Kismet brought Matthew Edwards and Toni Willis to OSU OU in 1995, but music brought them together. Edwards, then a
Rebekah Greiman
Torment Relieved in Song
On October 25, 1914, banker John Allyn Smith and schoolteacher Martha Little welcomed their first of two sons, John
Cheryl Pallant
Tormented by Tootlevision
A 7th-grade Clyde Lofton Jr. built a world to himself on the banks of Mingo Creek out behind his south Tulsa
Ray Davis
Tour of Rwanda
An American racer from TT1 rides just behind a member of the Rwandan national team in Stage 6 of the seven-stage Tour
John Wendle
Tower of Power
As you loop along a curve on Interstate 244, downtown Tulsa drifts across the windshield, floating atop the fringe of
Justin Taylor
Trail
Long after I left Tahlequah I dreamed of the place. Not just the town but the earth and waters that surround it. The
Rilla Askew
Transcending the Curriculum
I arrived at Ada Junior High School 15 minutes early. I walked past the football team, heard the whistle shrilling, the
Ken Hada
Trespassing Oklahoma
I. When I heard the shots—two quick bursts of three—I realized I’d lost track of my dog. A pickup about 300
Richard Higgs
Troubled Waters III: Balancing Act
This is the third installment of a three-part series about Oklahoma's water wars, starting with the edition of This
Ginger Strand
Troubled Waters, Part 1
This is the first installment of a three-part series about Oklahoma's water wars, starting with the edition of This
Ginger Strand
Troubled Waters, Part II
Oklahoma's Water Wars Pit the City Versus the Country, the State Against the Tribes. While the Parties Do Battle in
Ginger Strand
True Hero
The true hero of the Tulsa Riots was A.J.Smitherman who preached law and order and condemned the mob. He was editor of
Ishmael Reed
Trust Me
I used to think the funniest thing I’d ever heard Donald Trump say was when, one day in his office, he handed me a
Mark Singer
Tullahassee Creek Indian Cemetery
The Tullahassee Creek Indian Cemetery is located in Sand Springs at the intersection of Charles Page Boulevard and
Lee Roy Chapman
Tulsa Hospitals in the Dock
Hearing Green Country hospitals describe their legions of satisfied customers, you'd be forgiven for thinking it was a
This Land
Tulsa Politics as Karaoke Competition
Most viewers will mistake The Rock 'n' Roll Dreams of Duncan Christopher for a retelling of Quevedo's El buscon. That
Joshua Kline
Tulsa Race Riot Survey
Did you attend grade school in Oklahoma? If so, we could use your help. We're conducting an upcoming feature on how
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Tulsa Real Estate Not So Real
Photo: House on Main Street, Tulsa. By Dennis Leech. Last night, a federal tax credit for home buyers expired. The
Michael Mason
Tulsa Revealed
Shantelle Jennings talks about seeing her father and mother in Larry Clark's Tulsa: He’s on the cover.
Shantelle Jennings
Tulsa Road Construction Reaches Critical Mass
You’ve probably heard the famous quote “If you don’t like the weather in Oklahoma, just wait five minutes.” Who
Richard Cox
Tulsa TV Memories
In the early days of the World Wide Web, I fell in love with a couple of websites. One was Ash Wakeman's humor site,
Mike Ransom
Tulsa Writers Reading This Land
Barry Friedman, John Wooley, and William Bernhardt--some of Tulsa's most well-known writers--are seen here perusing the
This Land
Tulsa’s First Klan Burial
On the front page of the Tulsa World's Dec. 22, 1921, issue, a headline ran with the title "Robed Klansman Honor Dead
Lee Roy Chapman
Tulsa’s Forgotten Creek Heritage
Excerpted from The Great Oklahoma Swindle: Race, Religion, and Lies in America’s Weirdest State by Russel Cobb by
Russell Cobb
Tulsa’s Segregation Zoning
Many factors have influenced settlement patterns in Tulsa, but a difficult question persists: Why is Tulsa,
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Tulsa’s Temple of the Three Jewels
In 563 BCE, on the full moon day of April, a prince was born, named Siddhartha Gautama, who would leave his kingdom
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Tulsey Town’s Oldest Cemetery?
Once located at 2nd Street and Frisco Avenue, this cemetery was established in 1882 and contained the graves of some of
Lee Roy Chapman
Two Poems by Grant Matthew Jenkins
Marks Along the river valley who hears the cry of the raptors? Will you avail yourself of the talents at your
Grant Matthew Jenkins
Two Ways of Looking at a Turkey Vulture
One: After work one day, I lay on the couch beneath the picture window. Outside, the Siberian elms tossed their
Gordon Grice
Under Closer Examination
Rust grows like a rash inside the Oklahoma Medical Examiner Offices. It’s the crusty orange-brown fringe
Jennie Lloyd
Unicorns in Oklahoma
From Vol. 88, Iss. 1 of the Southwestern Historical Quarterly: In 1719, French explorer Jean-Baptiste Bénard de la
This Land
Union Busting
The days may be numbered for Tulsa’s Union Public School system. In the wake of recent anti-union sentiment that is
Beau Adams
Unusual Analogues: Drugs Used by Gordon Todd Skinner
Below is a list of substances Gordon Todd Skinner claimed to have used. He submitted this list to the court of Kansas
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Urban Chicken
The journey from Maple Ridge to the farmer’s market fords a great divide, with ornate porches—framed by massive
Rebekah Greiman
Valentin Esparza
Locked away in a bedroom-turned-workshop is T-Town fashionista Valentin Esparza, whose designs have taken the city by
Michael Cooper
Vertical Tulsa
A few years ago the notion of growing tropical fruits and farm vegetables downtown in a multi-storied solar-paneled
Van Eden
Vicki Roberts
Vicki Roberts is proprietress of Black Mesa Bed & Breakfast, a 1910 native rock ranch house on a working cattle
Jeremy Charles
Victoria Fattig & Monica Sutter
Daughter/mother Victoria Fattig and Monica Sutter were both inmates at Mabel Bassett Correction Center in McLoud when
Yousef Khanfar
Video Killed the Pulpit Star
A young guy wearing a cobalt blue hoodie and shiny leather jacket has just robbed a woman’s purse. Rummaging through
Mike Mariani
Vigil
The light from our candles makes coronas in the mist as a breeze threatens to blow them out. He bought them at the
Matt Hollrah
Vintage Smith
Walla Walla--The Lost Weekenders were seated on the lawn, awaiting instruction, when their leader emerged from the
This Land
Vitriol Killed the Radio Star
These days, only the upper end of AARP qualifiers can remember it first hand. But there was a time, decades before the
John Wooley
Walking the Walk
When we walk–whenever we really walk, in an unhurried, unhassled way–we clear our heads, we get exercise, we
Scott Gregory
Wanenmacher Arms Show
Gilded guns and rusted relics dominate the tabletops that stretch end to end across the QuikTrip Center, covering both
Sarah Szabo
Watts and Clary
Dressed only in his boxers, Wade Watts, a black civil rights activist, reclined on the sofa. He read the morning paper
Steve Gerkin
We All Have to Eat
Pictured above: Allison Goss, with her grandmother, Ouida Merrifield</p class> Food is the foundation of a
Allison Goss
We Extend our Condolences
On February 27, 2014, 18-year-old William Rush entered Judge Tom Gillert’s Tulsa County courtroom. He was in
Brian Ted Jones
Wearing the Wrong Colors
He got started quick. He found me out, honed in, and covered me at the bar. The clash was long awaited. I went
Drew Tully
Weather You Care
A colorful sign reads, “MOTEL Reno.” The sky is dark with clouds in an array of white and black. Rain patters the
Mason Powell
Weird Al-Chemy
“You don’t know what life before Al was like,” said my longtime co-worker Kevin “Okie” Okey. He’s delivered
Mitch Gilliam
Westhope
In a quiet Tulsa neighborhood, just south of 36th and Birmingham, is a house designed and built by one of the most
Clint Baxter
Westward Whoa: Gay Cowpokes Saddle Up to Teach an Old Sport New Tricks
I’m sitting in the stands at the Sooner State Stampede amidst the smell of grain-fed cow manure and the clink-clank
Sheilah Bright
What Happened, Man?
In reading over this gorgeous jumble of images and impressions, I can only wonder at how accurately they reflect the
John Wooley
What Lies Beneath
In 1997, when Clyde Snow agreed to investigate claims from the Tulsa Race Riot, the forensic anthropologist was at the
Kevin O'Connor
What Rhymes with Hideous Car Wreck?
Before he was recognized by Forbes as one of the world’s wealthiest hip-hop stars, before Jim Morrison and The Doors
James Benjamin
What the Thunder Said
This story was made possible in part by our friends at City of Guthrie. Thank you, City of Guthrie, for supporting
Bayard Godsave
What’s Dewey Doing? Salting Tulsa!
Our Mayor Dewey doll has been extremely busy lately--but recently we captured him doing the kind of work Tulsa
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When Kansas Was Ahead of its Time
With the celebration, remembrance, and commentary that has come with 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act this
Shawna Bethell
When the Going Gets Tough
The crowd of spectators lining the edges of the course are packed just as tightly as the racers—shoulder to shoulder,
Natasha Ball
Where the Buffalo Drift
Maybe it was a gimmick, but I’d prefer to call it an experiment in semi-urban psychogeography: Walk as far as
Russell Cobb
Where the Elephants Roam
Susie, who was weed-eating along the sanctuary fence line, recognized Barbara Miller Byrd’s SUV when Byrd and her
Richard Higgs
Where the Goddesses Go
In his book The Alphabet Versus the Goddess, Leonard Shlain theorizes that literacy has a shadow side, that it may have
Shaun Perkins
Where’s the Money?
Freddie smiled to himself as he drove past the country club and turned into his Southern Hills neighborhood after
Laurence J. Yadon
Who Reads This Land? Michael Moore!
Filmmaker and provocateur Michael Moore is pictured here (larger image here) with a copy of This Land at the 2011
This Land
Who’s Afraid of Elohim City?
The following is a collaboration by Lee Roy Chapman and Joshua Kline. Bad men are drawn to the City of
This Land
Who’s Keeping an Eye on Dewey?
Our Mayor Dewey doll is back on the street--and this time someone's looking over his shoulder. He'd better keep that
This Land
Who’s Reading This Land? Lee Anne Ziegler!
Lee Anne Ziegler, executive director at Tulsa Foundation for Architecture, caught reading This Land at Cafe Topeca in
This Land
Who’s Reading This Land? Phil Haney!
Tulsa lawyer Phil Haney perusing a copy of This Land in front of the Phoenix Cleaners sign on Brookside 18th &
This Land
Whose Names are Unknown
Julia was standing in the yard shading her eyes with her hand, looking at the northern sky. The April sun was
Sanora Babb
Why We Won’t Stop Fighting About Water
The events of the last decade have caused Oklahomans to view water resources in three crucially new ways. These new
Miles Tolbert
Wilber Glasby
Wilber Glasby knows some folks think he’s a hoarder, but he sees cash value in his eight-acre junk-strewn kingdom in
Sheilah Bright
Wild Life
The rock formations that spill out from the wooded foothills of the Sans Bois Mountains in southeastern Oklahoma were
Jezy J. Gray
Wind Cannot Dry, Water Cannot Wet
Today is May 1. However, this day will have come and gone by the time you read this. I intentionally chose this day
Egunwale F. Amusan
Woody Guthrie & Unions Amen!
Behold, in the day of your fast you seek your own pleasure and oppress all your workers. - Isaiah 58: 3 Our song
Thomas Conner
Woody Guthrie’s Disciples
Jimmy LaFave discovered Woody Guthrie in high school—around the time he picked up his first pair of drumsticks (which
This Land
Woody Guthrie’s Social Gospel Roots
Woodrow Wilson Guthrie was named in the summer of 1912 on a hope that his namesake would become President, and he did.
Larry Guthrie
Woody’s Jesus
Now as I look around, it’s mighty plain to me This world is such a great and a funny place to be The gamblin’
Faith Phillips
Working Class Hero
Reed picked change off the floorboard of his Buick parked outside the Blue Note to pay the cover for the Oi! show. It
Angela Morris
Yiren & James Gallagher
Yiren Gallagher pores over Internet articles, calling out ideas with a thick accent to her husband James. He sits just
Rebekah Greiman
You Are Going to Be a Good Man
The moon has been off my left shoulder for thirty-seven years and I’ve never known a blue this bad, this purple. Lots
George McCormick
You Can Kiss: Larry Clark Debuts “Tulsa: 1968”
The Luhring Augustine gallery in Chelsea is, like all of the galleries around it, minimalist, white and constructed
Denver Nicks
Youngwolfe Accused
Phyllis Jean Warren was missing for three weeks when she was found strangled in a brush pile 300 yards from her home.
Hunter Howe Cates
Your Dog Reads This Land
Our little paper has a much broader appeal than originally imagined. Pictured here: Wally, a golden from Tulsa,
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Your Grandmother Reads This Land
Your friends read This Land. Your family reads This Land. Next thing you know, your pet will start reading it,
This Land
Zeppelin Tours Tulsa
Taken from the top of the Mayo of hotel, this 1929 photo depicts a 600-foot dirigible, the City of Los Angeles, as it
Steve Gerkin