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Down memory lane in Catoosa and around Tulsa

I've recently come across several Facebook pages designed for reminiscing about location-specific childhood memories, and since I started this post several more have sprung up. I've signed up for "You grew up in Catoosa if you remember.....". I never lived in the City of Catoosa, but Catoosa was more than...

Posted by Michael Bates on August 5, 2011 5:00 PM

Forgotten West Tulsa lives on in book form

If you've read BatesLine long, you'll know that I'm fascinated with forgotten bits of local history, such as the history of Greenwood between the 1921 destruction and rebuilding and its second destruction by urban renewal in the early '70s. It's wonderful to see old photos and to read reminiscences that...

Posted by Michael Bates on October 15, 2009 8:46 PM