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Tulsa in the 1920 Official Automobile Blue Book

Before Eisenhower's Interstate Highway System, before state highway officials collaborated to create a national highway numbering system in 1926, motorists traveling cross-country followed turn-by-turn directions contained in the Official Automobile Blue Book. These books are a time capsule of transportation history, not only mentioning routes, but road conditions, locations of...

Posted by Michael Bates on May 1, 2022 11:12 PM

Among my souvenirs: Mövenpick Marché Heidiland mint wrapper

We're getting rid of clothes we don't need and came across a couple of bright teal windbreakers from the 1990 International Science and Engineering Fair, which was held in Tulsa that year. My wife and I, then newlyweds, volunteered for the fair, marshalling buses and giving directions to visitors. I...

Posted by Michael Bates on July 5, 2012 8:29 PM