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Oklahoma City / County Historical Society
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[missing image]devon_book_cover.JPGOperation Scissortail is the latest book written by Steve Lackmeyer and Jack Money. The book details the months-long development of Devon Energy Center and the Project 180…
Jimmy Burge had a dream – to pack up a frontier town built up as part of Oklahoma’s semi-centennial in 1957 and tu it into a a permanent…
Truly aa elegant place in a vibrant downtown trying to hold onto its identity in the gray days after Urban Renewal. One minor point - the FAO Schwartz…
Well, trespassing is illegal. I would say ok to our first names. I just don't want to have some property owner all up in arms because we documented…
Thank you sooo much for the reminder of those days. In 1984, I was a "ticket runner" for a travel agency called CitiTravel. It was located in Oklahoma…
Looks like we've been researching the same topic! I've pretty much scoured the Oklahoman's archives already. One item I've not yet followed up on is Gov. Alfalfa Murray's…
KOCO - previously KGEO, for "Greater Enid Oklahoma," where the station was originally licensed. KOKH - Legendarily, "Keep Our Kids Happy": the station had been owned by Oklahoma…
Welcome to the all new okchistory.com. Your hosts, Steve Lackmeyer and Jack Money, are striving to provide the most comprehensive gateway to Oklahoma City's history. If you're researching…
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…