If a city grows quickly, we might say it sprang up overnight. This state capital literally sprang into existence in just one night. We go back to that night and the events leading up to the mass migration to buy those town lots…..
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If you found a great deal on a house or a piece of land, we might say that we ran to get the deal. In 1889, thousands literally ran to get a deal…..
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You might go to a fancy clothing store to get measured for a suit. But where do you go to measure your horse? It still takes place here, in a portion of the city that has farm roots that date over a century…..
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Why are nurses on the night shift eating breakfast in the Oklahoma City Stockyards? Here’s a place popular for breakfast and great steaks–any time of the day–all at a café won with the roll of the dice…..
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When I was in fifth grade I wanted to play the trumpet. My parents scratched together $300 for a used trumpet–the one I still play today. It was a lot of money back then. It’s just a good thing I didn’t play the banjo, for that may have cost the entire farm…..
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You’ve heard of dueling banjos–now multiply it times several hundred. It’s a unique convention of sights and sounds that arrives in the Midwest this weekend…..
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Jay’s father could have scolded him for what he’d unearthed. Most parents would say, “Put down that filthy thing!” His father didn’t do that though, and because he didn’t, Jay went on to build a company and a museum about what he’d found…..
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Over 65 years after this Prisoner Of War died in a work camp, his body will be reintured near his birthplace this week. The story is unusual though, because the POW died here…..
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At one time this fort raised and trained over 14,000 horses and mules at a time. Many of those animals were shipped overseas, but there’s a good chance you remember one very famous horse…..
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Many schools take field trips this time of the year. They are usually a fun event for students to get some time out of the classroom. But some field trips don’t go as planned…..
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It’s not everyday you find a young man who hails from the nation of Ivory Coast attending a farm conference in western Oklahoma. What’s he doing there and why is it so important to his nation?
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It may have seemed this famous western showman had married the wrong woman. After all, his bride was a city girl who didn’t grow up around horses and cowboy life. It turned out that she might have been the better cowboy of the pair…
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Most people have heard of the National FFA, formerly the Future Farmers of America. In fact, many listeners to these broadcasts are past FFA members. Some may not be aware that during the years of school segregation, another organization existed for African Americans, the New Farmers of America…..
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At 96 years old, W.G. Parker has memories of teaching agriculture well before World War II. Most of his career his students were active in the New Farmers of America, an organization for African American youths similar to the FFA…
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When Frank bought a plane he needed a hangar in which to park it. Soon the plane wasn’t the only thing in the building. In fact, visitors still come here to see that plane an much, much more…
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The president of this oil company was looking for a place to entertain business leaders from the east coast and around the world. He settled on a ranch in northeastern Oklahoma. This is the story of the ranch where million dollar deals are still done…
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On the surface it seemed like an unlikely scenario for success. A barber from Iowa striking oil and building one of the largest companies in America. But that’s exactly what happened…
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Many schools take field trips. They’re usually fun events for students to get some time out of the classroom. But some field trips don’t go as planned. That was certainly the case for this ag teacher who was convinced to allow some of his students to try their hand at rodeo…
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There are major awards like Oscars, Grammys and Nobel Peace Prizes; then there is the Battered Bucket Award. You’ve probably never heard of it, but if you won it, you probably messed up in a memorable way to get it…
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Every year the National FFA selects one student as the Star Farmer of America. It’s quite an honor. Today we visit with the oldest living person to have won that award–a man that’s still speaking at chapter FFA banquets each spring…
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