James M Branum - יעקב מתתיהו ☮Short but good article about #Juneteenth in the #Oklahoma encyclopedia of history and culture
https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry?entry=JU003
K. LathamSocialism played a prominent role in Oklahoma politics more than a century ago
https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/2022/05/05/how-oklahomas-socialist-party-shaped-state/9511699002/
Zarrow Foundation creates $6 million fund to honor victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
https://www.tulsaworld.com/news/local/zarrow-foundation-creates-6-million-fund-to-honor-victims-of-the-1921-tulsa-race-massacre/article_df42622f-757c-5843-923a-b474080e364c.html
Blog OklahomaA 1974 souvenir of the Bertha Rogers No. 1 well, which sought natural gas almost six miles deep in Oklahoma’s Anadarko Basin. — aoghs.org
The Lone Star Producing Company 1–27 Bertha Rogers hole or well was an oil-exploratory hole drilled in Washita County, Oklahoma in 1974, and was the world's deepest hole until it was surpassed in 1979 by the Kola Superdeep Borehole, dug by the USSR. — wikipedia
Sunday, May, 26, 2002 – The I-40 Bridge Disaster
A barge collided with a bridge support near Webbers Falls, Oklahoma, causing a section of the I-40 bridge to plunge into the Arkansas River. Joe Dedmon, captain of the tugboat Robert Y. Love, experienced a blackout and lost control of the ship. Due to the location of the accident, automobiles and tractor trailers fell into the water, killing fourteen people.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-40_bridge_disaster
Supreme Court justices wrestle with Creek reservation case
https://oklahoman.com/article/5662097/supreme-court-justices-wrestle-with-creek-reservation-case-with-key-justice-dubious-about-states-psotion
#currentevents #scotus #creeknation #statehood #history #okhistory #oklahomahistory
Supreme Court justices wrestle with Creek reservation case
MAY 11, 2020 - U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday looked for clear answers — and maybe even a compromise — on whether Congress officially terminated the Muscogee (Creek) Nation’s reservation at Oklahoma statehood. During oral arguments conducted by telephone, justices also sought to understand the extent of disruption that might result from a ruling that Oklahoma has been improperly trying criminal defendants within historical Creek boundaries for more than a century. Justice Neil Gorsuch, whose vote may be critical to the outcome of the case, seemed to align himself with the viewpoint that Congress never disestablished the Creek reservation.
Younger's Bend
http://blogoklahoma.us/place.aspx?id=898
Possible mass grave from 1921 Tulsa race riot...
Scientists in Oklahoma are one step closer to finding possible evidence of mass graves linked to one of the worst incidents of racial violence in history. Researchers in Tulsa used ground-penetrating radar to survey three sites. Omar Villafrana reports.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/possible-mass-grave-from-1921-tulsa-race-riot-found/
Possible mass grave from 1921 Tulsa race riot found
Scientists in Oklahoma are one step closer to finding possible evidence of mass graves linked to one of the worst incidents of racial violence in history. Researchers in Tulsa used ground-penetrating radar to survey three sites. Omar Villafrana reports.
A new school was built on the site in 1925 but closed in 1943 when the Babbs Switch district was annexed into the nearby Hobart and Roosevelt districts.
Roadside picnic table and Site of Babbs Switch Tragic School Fire memorial.
