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The Men Who Shot Minnie Atkins? (opens the original)
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Americans prefer myth to fact, legend to truth. That’s the main point of the classic Western, “The Man who Shot Liberty Valence,” about a venerable politician who takes credit for killing an outlaw, when the deed was done by another man. The genius ad man Don Draper is actually Dick Whitman in Mad Men. Why are we like this? Why can’t we look our history squarely in the eyes and have an honest reflection about the good, bad, and the ugly?Here’s a case in point. Sand Springs celebrated Founders’ D
Black Towns by Bicycle (opens the original)
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I joined the Black Towns Bike Tour last weekend, although I probably had no business out on the Oklahoma highways with my beater commuter bike, no water bottle, and no helmet. The organizer, Osborne Celestain, is the head of the Community Light Foundation, “a group of cyclists who host cycling events that highlight Black History events in Oklahoma.” I think he took some pity on me and offered to drive me part of the way. No thanks, I would do the 25 miles without a complaint. <div class="caption
pssss... 66 Public Secrets (opens the original)
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From the collapse of Cyrus Avery’s fortune, to land thefts, murders, and labor strife, the Center for Public Secrets and Tulsa Explains Everything brings you a series on the dark side of Route 66. The de-mythologized version of the Mother Road. Come help us and launch the project with a special Tulsa-centric trivia night on October 1 at 8pm at the Center for Public Secrets. Tulsa Explains Everything is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming
My 9/11 on Tulsa Time (opens the original)
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On September 11th, I was in Manhattan, commuting to my job at the World Almanac and Book of Facts. On September 12, I was on the road back to Tulsa. I had been scheduled to fly back to Tulsa the day after 9/11 to visit my grandmother, who had an incurable brain tumor. With the airlines shut down for who knew how long, I made an impromptu decision to hit the road. For all I knew, the world was ending, and if that was the case, I’d preferred to see it in Tulsa rather than my sparse apartment in Br
Happy Labor Day! Remembering Tulsa’s forgotten strike at the Midcontinent Refinery (opens the original)
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Josh Cosden had built a refinery on the west side of the river that eventually covered 600 acres. It was an industrial powerhouse that became the largest independent oil refinery in the world. ‘Ol “Game Josh” was quite the player, building a resort in Florida that made Mar-a-Lago look like a La Quinta, and acquiring Gatsby-esque properties on Long Island. Then Cosden lost his first fortune. in 1925 Mid-Continent Petroleum Corporation bought the refinery. Mid-Continent became Tulsa’ biggest emplo
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