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Communites and neighborhoods of Washington County, Oklahoma - The Oklahoma Digital Map Collections - Digital Collections - Oklahoma State University

Communites and neighborhoods of Washington County, Oklahoma - The Oklahoma Digital Map Collections - Digital Collections - Oklahoma State University In 1960, the Cooperative Extension Service put together a map of Washington County, Oklahoma, showing the rural communities and unofficially...

Posted by Michael Bates on February 22, 2019 12:18 AM

The real-life "One Piece at a Time Cadillac" - Craig County Genealogical Society - Posts

Johnny Cash, Welch, Oklahoma, and the real-life "One Piece at a Time Cadillac" - Craig County Genealogical Society In 1976, Welch, Oklahoma, businessman Bill Patch decided to build a car like the one described in Johnny Cash's hit song, "One...

Posted by Michael Bates on March 12, 2018 9:26 AM

Shell Highway Map of Oklahoma. - David Rumsey Historical Map Collection

1948 Shell Highway Map of Oklahoma. - David Rumsey Historical Map Collection A remarkable map of Oklahoma that not only shows the official highway system, but also county roads and small towns that were usually omitted by the official state...

Posted by Michael Bates on January 6, 2018 4:58 PM

Tom Coburn Leaves a Lonely Place Lonelier - Bloomberg

Tom Coburn Leaves a Lonely Place Lonelier - Margaret Carlson - Bloomberg "In the Senate, Coburn pushed the sharpened-pencil auditors at the General Accounting Office to find duplication, fraud, waste and abuse in government. This quest wasn't merely a rhetorical...

Posted by Michael Bates on January 30, 2014 4:00 PM

AMS Journals Online - Tornado Damage Survey at Moore, Oklahoma

American Meteorology Society Journals Online - Tornado Damage Survey at Moore, Oklahoma After the May 3, 1999, Moore / Midwest City tornado, the Wind Science and Engineering Research Center at Texas Tech University conducted a damage survey to determine the...

Posted by Michael Bates on May 21, 2013 5:20 PM

Oklahoma Almanac 2005: Oklahoma History

Oklahoma Almanac 2005: Oklahoma History Comprehensive lists of Oklahoma's statewide elected officials, legislators, U. S. Senators and Representatives, District Judges, Appeals Court Judges, Supreme Court Justices, District Attorneys, Federal Judges, U. S. Attorneys, and U. S. Marshals, plus lists of...

Posted by Michael Bates on December 13, 2011 10:36 PM

Oklahoma State Election Board on the Internet Archive Wayback Machine

Oklahoma State Election Board on the Internet Archive Wayback Machine A great deal of useful info from earlier elections was lost in a revamp of the Oklahoma State Election Board website. This link takes you to all available versions of...

Posted by Michael Bates on August 31, 2011 9:49 PM

Maps of Indian Territory, the Dawes Act, and Will Rogers' Enrollment Case File

Maps of Indian Territory, the Dawes Act, and Will Rogers' Enrollment Case File From the National Archives, maps of Indian Territory in 1885 and 1891, and Dawes Commission documents pertaining to Clement V. Rogers and his son, William Penn ("Will")...

Posted by Michael Bates on March 26, 2009 8:39 AM