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Memorial Day weekend 1973: Saturday night in Tulsa
For fun, I decided to look up the local newspaper from 50 years ago this weekend. I was particularly curious to see what kind of live entertainment was on offer, and what people were watching on TV. (News clips below are from newspapers.com. Click the image to see the original...
Bits of Tulsa history for sale: architectural salvage, antiques
Received this in email and thought it might be of interest to BatesLine readers who are interested in historic preservation and local history. The sale runs three of the next four weekends, 10 am to 4 pm. Reclamation Station LLC 412 So. Frankfort, Tulsa, OK Pam Curtis, proprietor YEARS OF...
American Guide Series on Google Books
Yesterday, while catching up on yard work, I wished that I had had a chance to look through the appropriate Federal Writers' Project guidebook prior to a recent business trip. When I have free time during a trip I try to see the unique places around me, to get away...
Places to see in Wichita
I originally posted part of this as a comment on Catholic Ragemonkey in response to Fr. Shane Tharp's mentioning that he's in Wichita: Wichita is a nice place to visit. I took several business trips there in the not-too-distant past, and I always found time to get out and explore...
Dawn's Odyssey, Book LXVI
Wherein our heroine sees antiques that were exactly like household items that might have belonged to President Eisenhower's parents and visits Oklahoma for the first time, puzzling through the Delphic utterances of a Sonic call box and visiting a temple of the state's established religion: Imagine your local community rec...
You'll shoot your eye out, kid!
Back Friday evening from a short trip to Rogers, Arkansas, where we spent Thanksgiving Day with my wife's family. After the threat of snow on Wednesday, the weather was nice, with blue skies and beautiful sunsets. Friday afternoon, my wife and I took a walk around downtown Rogers. Although Rogers...
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