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Stories originally posted by OKC History Staff on the classic okchistory.com site.
By Bob Burke and Dick Dugan, Oklahoma Heritage Association, 2007, $29.95, in print.Synopsis: For a half century the All Sports Association has made a huge economic impact on…
By the City of Oklahoma City, 1996, out of print, but available online for $5 Review: I bought this book in error, thinking it was the same as…
By Bob Burke and Gini Moore Campbell, Oklahoma Heritage Association, 2004, in print, $26.95.Review: In 1950, John W. Nichols created the world's first public oil and gas drilling…
By Anna Katherine Curfman, Barry Rosen, Teresa N. Rishel, and Terry Rishel, Portland Press, 2005, in print.Review: People who have seen the Oklahoma City Museum of Art's Dale…
By Anita Arnold, published by the Black Liberated Arts Center, 1994, not in print Review: Ever since the Charlie Christian Jazz Festival was inaugurated in 1984, it had…
Belly Up, the Story of Penn Square Bank, by Philip Zweig, Ballentine Books, 1986 Review: Wall Street Journal reporter Zweig details how the Oklahoma City Penn Square Bank…
By Roy P. Stewart Oklahoma Heritage Association, $24.95 Review: A decade after the death of legendary Oklahoma newspaper columnist Roy P. Stewart, the Oklahoma Heritage Association has released…
By Roy P. Stewart, published by Fidelity Bank, 1974, out of print, copies easily obtainable online, at second hand book stores for $10 to $30.Review: Roy Stewart is…
By Bob Burke, Arcadia Press, 2003, in print, $19.99Review: Oklahoma City is completing its first century of minor league baseball. Since 1904, organized professional teams called the Mets,…
By Albert Leroy McRill, Britton Publishing, 1955, out of print, a few copies can be bought online or at antique stores for $150 to $200.ESSENTIAL OKC HISTORY Review:…
Could we lose these murals?NO one could be happier than we are that SandRidge Energy opted to move into Kerr McGee's landmark tower that's made up part of…
The same team responsible for "OKC Second Time Around" return with "Skirvin," being released in November, 2009 on the eve of the 100th anniversary of the hotel's groundbreaking.…
Book Description:From the moment 10,000 settlers descended upon Oklahoma Station in 1889 and declared it Oklahoma City, the land surrounding the depot was destined to become the new…
From the run of 1889 when 10,000 strangers came together in one day to build a city until the beginning of the turbulent sixties, downtown had been the…
Molly Murphy's House of Fine Repute is gone, but not forgotten. A great new book by the widow of Bob Tayar, its creative genius, is for sale at…
A compelling story about the sad disrepair of Oklahoma City's historic Taft Stadium is told in the July 7, 2007 issue of The Oklahoman (www.newsok.com).By Justin Harper Staff…