The Strange Love of Dr. Billy James Hargis
Little Rock was shell-shocked. It was July of 1960, and in the past year, five bombings had terrorized the city’s
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Tullahassee Creek Indian Cemetery
The Tullahassee Creek Indian Cemetery is located in Sand Springs at the intersection of Charles Page Boulevard and
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Bartholic’s Boat
Tulsa artist Bob Bartholic was a visionary. One of his visions involved a boat made of concrete that he planned to sail
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Terrence Malick’s Bartlesville Home
The former home of Academy Award winnng nominated director of Badlands and Thin Red Line Terrence Malick is located
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“Take Me Back to Tulsa” Turns 70
Located at 504 East Archer in Tulsa, a plaque marks the intersection of Archer and Greenwood immortalized in Bob Wills'
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Meet the Clarks
In the late 1990s “progress” once again reared its ugly head in Tulsa, consuming a house which had been converted
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Dreamland Theater Marker
David Crosby and Graham Nash have been scheduled to open the Woody Guthrie Festival at the Cain's Ballroom July 13 of
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Big Time Pawn
Big Time Pawn is a family-owned pawn shop located on Route 66 at 11th and Pittsburg in
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The Nightmare of Dreamland
The seventeen men were terrified, and with good reason. They stood shivering in the November midnight air, their bare
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Anarchy in the OK
No one took credit for the bomb threat that January night. Though no device was found in the women’s restroom of the
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Pretty Boy Floyd’s Tulsa Home
On February 11, 1932, a Tulsa Police Department armored truck pulled up to the house at 513 East Young Street in Tulsa.
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S.E. Hinton’s Staircase Cameo
Located on the northwest southwest corner of Greenwood and (then) Brady Street, this staircase is the spot where an
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Flim-Flammery and the Devil: An Early History of the Tulsa World
Dr. S.G. Kennedy was furious. He had put his trust and money in a young man, who seemed to be making a name for himself
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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
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Big Time Pawn
Big Time Pawn is a family-owned pawn shop located on Route 66 at 11th and Pittsburg in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Over the years
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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
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The Perryman Ranch Buffalo
The Perryman Ranch located in Jenks, Oklahoma has its very own YvnvssvHetke, or white buffalo. Located on Elwood
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Northside House from Larry Clark’s “Tulsa”
A similar exterior shot of this house is featured in Larry Clark's 1971 photobook Tulsa. Located in the Cherokee
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May Issue Packed with Mystery, Heroes and the Unnerving
Just when you thought This Land couldn't pack any more surprises, along comes our May 2011 issue, which is destined to
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The White Albums
Written by Larry White and Michael Canter. After reviewing the following retrospective regarding the top
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The pages of the 1921 Booker T. Washington High School Yearbook
In the pages of the 1921 Booker T. Washington High School yearbook, long thought lost, are the first images we've
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The Essential Guide to Tate Brady
When This Land published Lee Roy Chapman's "The Nightmare of Dreamland: Tate Brady and the Battle for Greenwood" in
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Made by You and Me
Writer Josh Kline (foreground) and graphic designer Carlos Knight (background) are just two of the people who helped
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ORIGINAL OKIE: Erin O’Dowd
Erin O'Dowd is a singer-songwriter from Tulsa who takes her inspiration from nature, history and everyday life. She
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CJ Wells
If you ask CJ Wells what brought him to Tulsa, he'll say, “An ‘87 Toyota pick-up truck." He'd been throwing mud at
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Grant McClintock
In this special Original Okie double feature, we present two portraits of Grant McClintock: one snapped in 1975 by
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This Land at Cafe Cubana
What better way to peruse an issue of This Land than with the aroma of a cafecito on your table? You can now pick up a
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Tulsa Hospitals in the Dock
Hearing Green Country hospitals describe their legions of satisfied customers, you'd be forgiven for thinking it was a
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Issue 6 Arrives This Weekend
UPDATE: Due to the weather (see this post), our pub date has been pushed back until after the 7th. Reader, you are
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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
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The Prisoner of Wilshire Boulevard
A dark-eyed beauty named Anna Lowe stepped off the train in late January 1920 at Henryetta, just south of Tulsa, but
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Bean There, Done That
A Transportation Security Administration officer we’ll call Pat told me very politely, even gently: “Sir, you’re
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Is This the Face of the Man at the Center of the Tulsa Race Riot?
In 1921, a young black man rode in an elevator with a young white woman. When the elevator doors opened, she screamed
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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,
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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
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October Issue Out Soon!
It's punchy this time around! Issue two of This Land will be available for purchase on Monday evening at the Joshua
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Plagiarism Plagues the Urban Tulsa Weekly
The cartoonist David Simpson, formerly of the alternative publication Urban Tulsa Weekly, has admitted to copying the
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Our Own Private Afghanistan
Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt from the chapter “Interview with John Millar, Head of the Christian
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Original Okie: Lauren Lunsford
The occupations of Lauren Lunsford, a.k.a. Rainbow Girl, are nearly as numerous as the colors in her hair. An
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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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The Stringtown Prison Blues
A collaborative blues poem written by the Stringtown Prison Poetry Workshop. This time is so hard to do
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Jaimie Gua Checks Out This Land
An old Indian chief peeks over Jaimie Gua's shoulder as she browses the pages of This
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Depression-Era Color Photos of Oklahoma
During the Great Depression, photographers of the Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information began
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Resolution on the Irish Situation
In 1919, at the end of the First World War and two years before the devastation of the race riot at home, Tulsa city
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Sh*tty Mom
The following is an excerpt from Sh*tty Mom: The Parenting Guide for the Rest of Us, by Laurie Kilmartin, Karen Moline,
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Dixie Michell
Born and raised in New Orleans, musician and luthier Dixie Michell’s design sensibility grew from a childhood passion
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There Will Be No Philosophers: French Reactions to the Oklahoma Land Run of 1889
The following excerpts were originally published on 22 April 1889 by Le Figaro newspaper in Paris, France. “Today,
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Life as a Lip
The following is an interview with the Flaming Lips conducted by Kory Jay Willis and Steve Kite originally published in
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Karl Siewert
Karl Siewert always wanted to be a librarian, just like his mother. He’s a compulsive researcher who considers every
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Original Okie: Lisa Regan
Lisa Regan taught herself metalwork with welding tools borrowed from a mechanic friend with an auto body
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Lewis Meyer
Lewis Meyer ran the Lewis Meyer Bookstore on Brookside from 1935 to 1994. He hosted “Lewis Meyer’s Bookshelf” on
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My Mother is a Chicken
My mother’s brothers married odd birds. Frances was a wild-eyed zany with a voice like a trapped cat and a way of
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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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Unicorns in Oklahoma
From Vol. 88, Iss. 1 of the Southwestern Historical Quarterly: In 1719, French explorer Jean-Baptiste Bénard de la
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Evel Knievel Comes to Cooperville (and to Weldon Jack)
In 1972, Oklahoma City car dealer Jack Cooper brought Evel Knievel to town for a jump at the Oklahoma City
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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
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Give the Gift of This Land!
No, your mother doesn't need another bottle of perfume. Your son doesn't want any more electronics clogging up his
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It Snowed in Oklahoma and We Have Photos
We're not sure if you've been watching the weather reports, but a few inches of snow recently dusted Tulsa and the
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I Have Seen Things
“I have seen dust rise until it would look like a rain cloud but would be nothing but the dust from wild horses
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Done That Coming Soon!
This Land's associate editor Natasha Ball will be bringing you regular writings that take you behind the scenes of some
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Countdown to Christmas Giveaway
Congratulations to Warren Vieth from Oklahoma City! You've won our Christmas Giveaway that includes: From now until
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Dinosaur Illustration Submissions
We asked artists of all ages to send us their best Oklahoma dinosaur drawings for consideration for the cover of our
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Barry Bilder
Barry Bilder is the founder of Peace of Mind Bookstore, the oldest business on Tulsa's historic Cherry
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THIS LAND RECOMMENDS: Film at ’12
Video producers/directors Matt Leach and Sterlin Harjo recommend a few memorable views from the
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The Life and Death of a Choctaw Witch Killer
At the turn of the 20th century, in Holdenville, Indian Territory, Solomon Hotema, a local tribal leader, was tried and
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The Hawk Is Howling
Eighty-one-year-old Chris Rhodes has been eating the same thing in the same restaurant for 71 percent of his eating
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Ismail Zebdieh
In 1988, Ismail Zebdieh left Aleppo, Syria, where he was a landscape engineer and a photographer. Since then, he's been
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I’m Doing a Thing
Eric Fransen is a carpenter who has a woodworking studio in downtown Tulsa. At one point in his past, he was pursuing a
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The Riddle of Nowhere
Conservative Oklahomans wear it as a badge of honor. Their state is the “reddest of the red,” a moniker earned
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The Chicken that Crossed the Road
Headlines, like alarms, rang out: “Historic Bar Burns in Okarche” and “Famous Eischen’s Called Total Loss.”
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Oklahoma’s Oddest Festivals and Other Events
From the slightly strange to the downright bizarre, here are Oklahoma’s weirdest festivals and events. God bless our
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Gingers Like This Land
Pictured here, Mark Kuykendall, local musician and visionary, reading the first print edition of This
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Pwned! HBGary vs. Anonymous
For those of you who don't subscribe to This Land, you're missing out on one of the most intriguing stories buzzing
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7-Eleven Remembered
As fitting a name as it is for a pub, “Ryan’s” looks out of place over the word “Mercadito.” Ryan’s looks
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Original Okie: Harold Stevenson
If the pop world had a Walk of Fame, Harold Stevenson would hang a four-story painting over his star. He is known as
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The Sounds of Endurance
The Scottish missionaries boarded their ship and crowded its deck, smiling and waving to their loved ones, who stood
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Woody Guthrie’s Disciples
Jimmy LaFave discovered Woody Guthrie in high school—around the time he picked up his first pair of drumsticks (which
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Nice River. How Much?
Ecological signs point to a water crisis on the horizon that will make "peak oil" look like a bad case of
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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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Those Who Know
Somebody has to drive Mike Samara to work every night, and Suell Turner figures it might as well be him. “If you
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September Events
RUMBLE FISH SCREENING--Public Secrets #13 Francis Ford Coppola's 1983 film Rumble Fish, based on the novel by SE
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Rogers & Hammerstein and the Two Sids
The following is written by Barry Friedman and Ken Rogerson. On October 14, 1941, Richard
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This Land Now Available at Multiple Locations
Now you can find copies of This Land all over Tulsa. Issues are currently for sale at: Dwelling Spaces - Blue
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The Intimate Life of Timothy McVeigh
Editor's Note: The 4/15 issue of THIS LAND will offer several remarkable feature articles that shed new light on the
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Meet the Filmmakers: Sterlin Harjo and Matt Leach
The first feature-length documentary from This Land Films, This May Be The Last Time, made its world premiere at the
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New Documentary Details Japan’s Country Music Culture
This Land Films is pleased to announce a new partnership with director James Payne and producer Matt Leach to produce
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100 Years and Counting
Scenes from the Woody Guthrie Centennial Concert last March at the Brady Theater in Tulsa. Photos by Matt Leach and
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This Land Recommends: Print
The Long Form Lives! As This Land editors, Michael Mason and Mark Brown are (literally) professional readers.
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Guide to Gordon Todd Skinner
Who is Gordon Todd Skinner? Learn the story behind one of Oklahoma's most mesmerizing, notorious figures. Read:
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Taste the State
Oklahoma has its fair share of tourist spots: Several roadside attractions line the highways. There are 35 state parks,
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Listen to the Radio a Lot
This Land Radio's top 5 of 2012. Photo by Hans J E. “Happy Moment? What You Mean?” Out of The
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Katie Rain Hill
Katie Rain Hill is a commitment-phobe. She’s recently finished a degree in anthropology and sociology with a minor
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Jared Toay Lifts This Land
Reading This Land is Jared Toay, who will be competing for the 2010 Natural Body Building Contest at Thoreau on June
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June Issue Pulsing with Dissent and Hysterics
The June 2011 issue of This Land is indeed a machine that demands accountability. But it also delivers some of the most
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Stick a Fork in it
The wind came sweeping down the plain and shot me in the face with a load of dust and gravel. It blew pejsebrænde
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An Interview with Ralph Ellison
Ellison was not known for giving interviews, but in 1966 he sat down at his home in New York City with Robert Hughes.
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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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Vintage Smith
Walla Walla--The Lost Weekenders were seated on the lawn, awaiting instruction, when their leader emerged from the
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In the Company of Gin
Barnaby Conrad III pointed out the home of the Mai Tai, its entrance obscured by palm fronds and banana
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Blue Jackalope Runs This Land Special
The customers gather for singalongs on Sunday mornings. Musicians straggle in and strum along. Kids swarm in and out of
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