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📣 New Podcast! "Elmer McCurdy" on @Spreaker #americanfolklore #americanoutlaw #carnivalsideshow #crimeandpunishment #culturalcuriosities #elmerjmccurdy #fascinatinghistory #historicalfigures #longbeachcalifornia #losthistory #mummifiedbody #murdermystery #oklahomahistory #sideshowattractions
Elmer McCurdy
Seems some villains just chose the wrong career
www.spreaker.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
sudie-25.bsky.social
Stone shed near Little Kansas, OK—likely built 1900–1930. Native sandstone, pitched roof, ranch utility. Still standing.
📸: Alexander Dumas

OklahomaHistory #CherokeeNation #StoneShed #RuralArchitecture #DumasPhoto 🧱🌾🌥️
October 19, 2025 at 4:05 PM
okpolicy.bsky.social
Not all public servants lead with heart—but George Nigh did.

His legacy isn’t just about policy. It’s about people.
🕊️ Rest well, Governor.

Read our full Capitol Update: okpolicy.org/george-nighs...

#oklahoma #oklahomagovernor #georgenigh #oklahomapolitics #oklahomahistory #okleg #okpolicy
August 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM
okcsalty.bsky.social
Fort Towson Historic Site in SE Oklahoma tells the story of the fort that was vital to the westward expansion of the United States from 1824 until it closed in 1854.
#SEOklahoma #OklahomaHistory

Credit: Oklahoma Historical Society
August 1, 2025 at 11:31 PM
okcsalty.bsky.social
Street scene in Clinton, Oklahoma on July 28, 1909

(22165.15, Oklahoma Historical Society Photograph Collection)
#OklahomaHistory
July 28, 2025 at 2:21 PM
okcsalty.bsky.social
Main Street in Cheyenne, Oklahoma Territory, in 1899

(2630, W. P. Campbell Collection, OHS) #OklahomaTerritory #OklahomaHistory
July 26, 2025 at 1:58 PM
sudie-25.bsky.social
Water tower. Jay Oklahoma. Town formed 1908. WPA funded construction of this tower in the 1930's. New city utility no longer uses it.
#cityofjay #jayok #photography #oklahoma #cherokeenation #summer2025 #chahtaphotographer #smalltownlife #landscapephotography #OklahomaHistory
July 26, 2025 at 3:09 AM
okcsalty.bsky.social
#OnThisDay Legendary Oklahoma football coach Bennie Owen was born in 1875. He was the head football coach from 1905-1926. He also coached basketball and baseball. OU's Owen Field is named in his honor. #OklahomaHistory #OklahomaSooners
July 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
okcsalty.bsky.social
Looking for something to do this Summer. Check out the OHS clickable map at okhistory.org/sites to start planning your visit.

Keep in mind — some sites will be closed on Friday and/or Saturday for the holiday. #IndependenceDay #OklahomaHistory
July 2, 2025 at 5:06 PM
blogoklahoma.bsky.social
How about How Curious? | KGOU
www.kgou.org/show/how-cur...

#Oklahoma #OklahomaHistory #KGOU #Podcast
How about How Curious?
If you’re a regular listener, you’ll know that How Curious is typically a documentary strand that explores interesting Oklahoma stories. But we’ve had a number of listeners asking how How Curious is…
www.kgou.org
June 25, 2025 at 3:17 AM
blogoklahoma.bsky.social
Oklahoma Historical Society awards $1.1 million in grants for civil rights trail projects
ktul.com/news/local/o...

#Oklahoma #OklahomaHistory
Oklahoma Historical Society awards $1.1 million in grants for civil rights trail projects
The Oklahoma Historical Society (OHS) has announced the awarding of over $1.1 million in grants to 28 organizations through the Civil Rights Trail Grant Program
ktul.com
June 11, 2025 at 3:06 AM
blogoklahoma.bsky.social
I've started a new sub-newsletter dedicated to Oklahoma history
open.substack.com/pub/blogokla...

Blog Oklahoma Newsletter
#Oklahoma #OklahomaHistory #Newsletter #Substack
June 10, 2025 at 6:44 PM
hmdb.org
#OtD in 1921, the Black-majority Greenwood District in #TulsaOK was destroyed in an act of terrorism.

www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=272622

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1921 Black Wall Street Memorial / O Greenwood!/Commercial Destruction During 1921 Race War Historical Marker
(A historical marker located in Tulsa in Tulsa County, Oklahoma.)
www.hmdb.org
June 1, 2025 at 3:18 PM
sudie-25.bsky.social
Hildebrand Mill, est. 1845 at Flint Creek, Colcord, OK serving the #CherokeeNation for over125 years as a grist and lumber mill. Adapted from waterpower to gas until shuttered in 1967. I'm tangentially related to the founder.

#HildebrandMill #OklahomaHistory #HistoricPlaces #ChahtaPhotographer
May 19, 2025 at 5:46 AM
hmdb.org
#OtD in 1939, Sieling Park was dedicated in #BrokenArrowOK

www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=42027

#OklahomaHistory
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Sieling Park Historical Marker
.d Ida Sieling, widow of Henry Sieling and daughter of Herman Scheer, landscaped a run-down, city-owned plot of land across the street from her home into a beautiful botanical park. (A historical mark...
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May 7, 2025 at 11:16 AM
thehikingceo.bsky.social
but also reminds us that expansion comes with loss and that every piece of land has more than one story to tell.
(Centennial Land Run Monument • Nov 2023)
#OklahomaHistory #CentennialLandRunMonument #AmericanDream #NativeNations #BrokenTreaties #LegalSleightOfHand #Settlers
April 28, 2025 at 11:01 AM
cameronspradling.bsky.social
Thanks, CapitolBeatOK, for honoring my great-uncle Hamp Baker, especially noting he was a “consequential Democrat.” Grateful for the recognition of his impact! #OklahomaHistory #HampBaker www.capitolbeatok.com/reports/town...
Townley Remembers Hamp Baker, as other admirers remember ‘Reagan Democrats’ - Capitol Beat OK
Publisher’s Note: For this article, Pat McGuigan drew from several sources (as credited below), and did some reporting of his own. An effort is made here to lift up the memory of Corporation Commissio...
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April 27, 2025 at 5:22 PM
msedbostic.bsky.social
1923–2011,Clara Luper, Langston alum & civil rights legend, led one of the 1st sit-ins in the U.S. (OKC, 1958). As a teacher & activist, she empowered youth & desegregated lunch counters—with courage & class. #WomensHistoryMonth #BlackExcellence #OklahomaHistory #LangstonPride #Trailblazer
March 24, 2025 at 2:57 PM
stanthejokeman.bsky.social
I AM SO PROUD TO HAVE found Joan's old childhood home!
rumble.com/v6pwuo2-wher...

#joancrawford #lawtonok #hollywood #oklahomahistory
#wirehanger #childabuse #explosivediarrhea
#marilynmonroe #lesbian #notlesbian #pepsi #pepsicola
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March 2, 2025 at 2:08 AM
russellcobb.bsky.social
The Oil Capital has torn out the pages of Minnie Atkins-Folk's lifestory in the role of its history. It has imposed a dark silence about her confession that Tommy Atkins was a fraud.
Here's a bit more about her.
#tulsa
#oklahomahistory
#tulsahistory
#tulsahistoricalsociety
#sandsprings
Understanding Minnie Atkins-Folk
“Empires preserve their power with the stories that they tell, but just as critical are the stories they don't-the dark silences they impose, the pages they tear.” --David Grann, The Wager
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January 28, 2025 at 6:42 PM
worldcrusader.bsky.social
#History #OklahomaHistory #JanuaryHistory January 22, 1997, Lottie Williams, a resident of the state of Oklahoma, was struck by a six-inch piece of a delta II rocket carrying the Midcourse Space Experiment as it returned to earth from space. This makes her the only human to ever be hit by space junk
January 23, 2025 at 5:24 AM
terry-prewitt.bsky.social
Period photograph of the Lenape 'Big House' (Xingwikaon) taken around 1920. The log structure, located in Washington County, Oklahoma, collapsed and decomposed by the late-20th century. #antiquities #ceremonialstructures #LenapeIndians #logstructures #Oklahomahistory
Delaware Indian people gathered outside their entrance of a large ceremonial log structure, circa 1920.
December 23, 2024 at 7:42 AM
meowfttftt.bsky.social
#abandoned
#Oklahomahistory
#Oklahoma
#northwestoklahoma
#photography
November 30, 2024 at 3:49 AM