Doug Loudenback
“The principal focus of this blog is Oklahoma City history, past, present & future, including the city’s NBA teams, as well as anything else I decide to write about from time to time. – Doug Loudenback
From 2006 to 2014, Doug did just that. As a lawyer turned city historian and author, Doug meticulously researched city history and provided an important resource for those wanting to learn more about our community. Doug, a founding member of Retro Metro OKC, died on September 12, 2021 after an extensive illness. His writings are preserved for future generations.
Famous Deep Deucians
May 4, 2009, note: Deep Deuce history is considerably expanded in a 2009 series of 30-40 articles contained in The Ultimate Deep Deuce Collection. This is the 3rd part of a 3-part series on Oklahoma City's Deep Deuce. This part focuses on famous Deep Deuce people –...
Updated Hornets Standing, Schedule & Results
Last Updated 7/14/2007 a.m. In this, I'm treating games played in New Orleans as "road games" since, in fact, they are on the road just as much as a game played in Los Angeles would be ... airplane rides, team staying in hotels, sometimes very short time before the...
New Years 2006
This post should be called New Year's 2006-2007, but I'll know better next time! Lots of stuff going on in downtown OKC in December ... such as ... "Downtown In December" sponsored by Downtown OKC ... ... not the least of which is the upcoming Devon Energy Oklahoma...
Deep Deuce History
May 4, 2009, note: Deep Deuce history is considerably expanded in a 2009 series of 30-40 articles contained in The Ultimate Deep Deuce Collection. Note: The original post of this article was accidentally deleted when re-doing my "2006 Index" a couple of days ago....
Oklahoma Rising
It pleases me that the Oklahoma Rising Flash file linked to in this post, below, has received much flattering attention by many of you, and including an award for excellence from the Harmony Editors Group. Click on the image, right, for other web pages that have...
OKC 2nd Time Around
Though I got caught up in work and was not able to attend the event (and, in fact, forgot to do so), Steve Lackmeyer and Jack Moneys' new book, OKC Second Time Around, debuted at the autograph signing party at Full Circle Bookstore at 50 Penn Place on Thursday,...