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Tulsa, OK
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Max Comer's rise to viral fame as ‘airplanefactswithmax’ didn't come easily—or even intentionally. @zbreeves went to find out how it happened, & found a story about love, loss, & unexpected journeys. Here's a story about Tulsa's surprise LotR influencer.
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We’re excited for our friends at @thepickupdotcom on their launch today! The Pickup is a subscriber-based journalism website from This Land Press, covering Tulsa arts, culture, and public affairs with a critical eye and local flair.
Check it out now at thepickup.com! – at Tulsa, OK
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Pickup Editor in Chief @taquitoroller bit the bullet and went down to Sheridan Church to see Donald Trump Jr. share his bizarre take on the world bizarrely. Read it over at thepickup.com.
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The real story of Tulsa's rise to Oil Capital of the World is the story of people like Sadie James.
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A new journalism venture is available in Tulsa this week.
The Pickup (@thepickupdotcom) focuses on local food, arts and culture, with commentary aimed at sparking conversations and connecting Tulsans. @KOSUryan spoke with Editor-in-Chief Matt Carney.
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A century ago, everyone in Tulsa knew about Sadie James & her saloon, the Bucket of Blood.
But how did the child of an enslaved woman, raised in a Kansas brothel, become the most feared and respected woman in Tulsa?
@RussellSCobb went to find out.
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Root Tulsa is now The Pickup.
Published by @thislandpress, The Pickup will bring you hard-hitting, swing-for-the-fences editorial content about Tulsa arts and culture.
Read and subscribe at thepickup.com.
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In "Home Territory" acclaimed novelist Rilla Askew sets out to visit Geronimo's grave but finds herself pulled toward Larry McMurtry's bibliophile utopia.
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The road to the Sweet 16 is a long journey for any basketball team in the NCAA Tournament, but the Golden Eagles of Oral Roberts University have made the longest journey of any 2021 contender.
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As a perennial underdog, and one of the smaller Division 1 universities, ORU has always faced an uphill battle while competing against larger and more respected programs.
In "Starlight" Les Howell illuminates the storied life of Oklahoma's Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Jones.
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Happy Holidays from your friends at thislandpress.com
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Have aliens visited Oklahoma? What do you think?
In "Saucers Over Oklahoma" David A. Farris investigates a series of UFO sightings and a photograph that captivated Oklahomans in the summer of 1965.
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In this episode of Public Secrets, Lee Roy Chapman investigates the infamous Sex Pistols show at Cain’s Ballroom in 1978.
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Less than a month later, President Roosevelt addressed the US Congress, saying "Oklahoma has become a state, standing on full equity with her elder sisters, and her future is assured by her great natural resources."
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The Center for Public Secrets is proud to publish "Birthday of the Klan" by Randy Hopkins. It reveals how several important Tulsans and their respective organizations helped set the conditions for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.
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Hopkins uncovers the secret history of the Tulsa Council of Defense, an extra-legal military group led by Tulsa's elites that conspired to foment a paranoid violent atmosphere that culminated in the birth of the Ku Klux Klan in Tulsa.
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This Land TV: Actor Wes Studi returns to his native Oklahoma to take us on a trip to the Downtown Coney Island. He talks to us about his favorite #acting parts and his disappointment in the quality of #coneys outside #Tulsa. @WesleyStudi
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