- Pepper Martin
Known as the "heart and soul" of the St. Louis Cardinals's "Gashouse Gang," John L. R. "Pepper" Martin was born in Temple, Oklahoma, on February 29, 1904. He began his baseball career in 1922 with...
TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2010 - UFO's in OK
From the time of first recorded history people from all over the world have observed strange objects in the sky. The notion of mysterious men from outer space is no stranger to Oklahoma’s citizens. Reports...
MONDAY, AUGUST 23, 2010 - Willie Stargell
A member of the Pirates his entire career, slugger Willie Stargell played on each of Pittsburgh's last two World Championships teams. He was a clutch long ball hitter, who won the National League MVP, NLCS...
FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 2010 - Lester Lane
At 5-10, Les Lane was one of our shortest Olympic basketball players ever, but also one of the best all-round athletes to ever grace the squad. At the University of Oklahoma in the early 50s,...
THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 2010 - Oklahoma Passage
OKLAHOMA PASSAGE - The series focuses on the fictional Benton family, beginning with Abraham Benton, a mixed-blood Cherokee Indian. His pre-Trail of Tears immigration, to Indian Territory in the mid-1830s begins a saga spanning six...
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 2010 - Katz Drug Store Sit-In
Into the 20th century Jim Crow laws existed in most states and cities dictating that blacks and whites were to have completely separate lives. Neighborhoods, businesses, schools, churches, theaters, even drinking fountains and bathrooms were...
TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, 2010 - VJ Day
On August 14, 1945, it was announced that Japan had surrendered unconditionally to the Allies, effectively ending World War II. Since then, both August 14 and August 15 have been known as...
MONDAY, AUGUST 16, 2010 - MDA Poker Tournament
Shawnee, OK-Over 20 celebrities have signed up to play poker in the FireLake Grand Casino 2010 MDA Celebrity Poker Tournament on Saturday, August 14th starting at 10 am. The star studded cast of...
FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 2010 - Wilma Mankiller
In July 1987 Wilma Pearl Mankiller became the first woman elected as chief of the Cherokee, the second largest Indian nation in the United States. Born on November 18, 1945, in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, she was...
THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 2010 - Land Opening
"Almost as far as one could see up and down the valley were covered wagons and people stirring about. . . . The smoke of ten thousand campfires hung like fog over the entire valley."...
TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 2010
