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Under the overpass at I-44 and Yale, past the construction that slowly but surely progresses, the boulevard widens to
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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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Scott Raffe (1964-2011)
The day Raffe died, rockets exploded in the skies over Tulsa and beyond— festive bursts of red, white, and blue,
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RUMBLE FISH SCREENING--Public Secrets #13 Francis Ford Coppola's 1983 film Rumble Fish, based on the novel by SE
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The Story of Tulsa
The following is an anonymous document from the Governor John Walton Papers, on file in the Western History
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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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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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Vintage Smith
Walla Walla--The Lost Weekenders were seated on the lawn, awaiting instruction, when their leader emerged from the
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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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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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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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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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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
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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A Symphony of Bees
Out off Aspen Avenue, deep in the tree streets of Broken Arrow, a very typical three-bedroom, single-family unit is
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Happy Trails
Co-written by Ron Honn & Heather Lindsey. Then the LORD God called to Adam and said to him: “Where are
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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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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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The White Albums
Written by Larry White and Michael Canter. After reviewing the following retrospective regarding the top
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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The Road to Woody’s Heart
An excerpt from a speech given at the opening of the Woody Guthrie Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on April 26, 2013. By
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Nora and Woody Guthrie
Woody and Nora Guthrie in Brooklyn, New York. Summer 1950. Courtesy of Nora
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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City With a Cause: Tulsa Proclaims James Dean Week
WHEREAS, the late James Dean, during his all-too-brief career as a motion picture star, exerted a powerful and
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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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Original Okie: Gary Busey
Gary Busey is a toothy-grinned character actor who began his career as a percussionist in his Stillwater-based band,
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Original Okie: Victor Moreland
Victor Moreland hails from Belfast, Northern Ireland, where he got his start playing professional soccer before coming
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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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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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On the Road: 23 of Oklahoma’s Best Roadside Attractions
By Molly Evans and Tony Beaulieu Whether it's night or day and something unexpected just happened on the road, and
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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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The Cathedral Cruiser
When GM decommissioned the Parade of Progress, 12 Futurliners went up for sale. We know that a couple of them found
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The Indian of Their Dreams
If they hadn’t been square dancing beneath it, I might have ignored it. But there they were, the squares of the
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Q & A with Bryant Oden
Oklahoma native and Rocky Mountain transplant Bryant Oden has made a career of writing goofy songs for
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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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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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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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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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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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“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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Pawnee’s WPA Bath House
Located one mile north of the city of Pawnee, Oklahoma on Highway 18, this hand-cut native stone structure was built in
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The Drexel Building
Located at 319 S. Main, the Drexel Building once housed the local clothiers Renberg's. This location has been etched
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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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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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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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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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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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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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The Prick of the Pick
Look. I’m not going to sit here and pretend like I was the only gay dude watching the NFL draft; I’m just the only
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The 89ers
The last time I played for a sports team that wasn't digital was in the summer of 1989, if memory serves, in the
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Thunder Up
The night the Oklahoma City Thunder lost for the final time this season to the Los Angeles Lakers I was sitting in a
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The Big 12 Stays Intact … Sorta
One of the most gratifying moments of my life as a sports fan came when I was 20 years old, and Oklahoma beat Nebraska
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A Night at the Brick
I try to avoid Bricktown. "It's for tourists," I tell people. "If you really want fun in Oklahoma City, go to the Plaza
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The Selman Bat Watch
With a month and a half left until the official kickoff of football season, the NBA finals and the World Cup over and
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Okie Swimmer Defeats World Backstroke Champion
Oklahoma City native David Plummer had swimfans around the country scratching their heads and asking, "Who?" as he
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Football Season Begins
God, but it's been an awful summer in Oklahoma. The grass has yellowed and gone brittle under the raging heat. For five
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Oklahoma’s First State Flag
The Red 46 flag certainly wasn't the first to fly over Oklahoma, but it was our first official state flag. A model
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We All Have to Eat
Pictured above: Allison Goss, with her grandmother, Ouida Merrifield</p class> Food is the foundation of a
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