John Lampton Belt, 1936-2013

It came as a shock to me to read in Steve Lackmeyer’s Oklahoman article that John Lampton Belt died Sunday morning, at the age of 76. Steve’s article was published on-line on the same day, March 10, and it appeared in the print version of the Oklahoman on...

In Search of Bird Gee

Originally posted July 24, 2012; edited on August 20-25, 2012, to add interactive flash video of Bird Gee’s real property interests in Oklahoma County and to complete this article. July 19, 2012 110 Years Ago, Circa 1902 Looking into that field of black jack...

Marilyn Hudson, Bizarre History Genie

I am constantly reminded, one way or another, about how much I DON’T know about Oklahoma City history and what a relatively untapped and deep well that it truly is. The thing which eventually led to my awareness of Marilyn Hudson was an unsolicited email on June...

Oklahoma City Circa 1967 – Part 1

This article was originally posted on February 29, 2012, in very preliminary form and it has taken me until May 9 to finish it. It is VERY long (about 69 pages if you can print it without the left pane and top banner) but it is bookmarked so that you can move quickly...