Geographically Yours

April 19, 1995: The Oklahoma City bomber parked a van loaded with explosives next to the Murrah Federal Building, and committed mass murder....

In 1830, 40 million bison lived under the stars of freedom, just like the country's human co-occupants. But, Americans couldn't lea...

Strong City is a city in name (see it?) only. It offers strong proof that a city can be rural. Why rural? Because it does not meet the 2,...

What lies beneath the Oklahoma state capitol? The cultural landscape offers a hint: oil. That used to be a working oil derrick. Now, it s...

Should we call the season "fall" if there are no leaves to fall? That is almost the case here. Most environments, however, do h...

"Paean" is the word of the day because it fits this piece of public art so perfectly. What does paean mean? It's a fervent ...

Residents of the Great Plains just can't let all their windmills pass into oblivion. In their heyday, these wind widgets commanded th...

Not all cars become vintage objects of human affection . Some get dismembered for their parts, with their carcasses lined up in cemetery-...

Happy Halloween, the eve of All Hallows day! But, there is something wrong here in midtown. Halloween is supposed to be the time when gho...

"And Jesus Wept" after the Oklahoma City bombing in 1996, and after the shootings in Littleton, Col., Blacksburg, Va., Fort Hoo...

Once established in 1903, The townfolk of Goodwell Sighed: There must be More color here for us to enjoy. So, some trees, we must dep...

That's a ton of hay. Actually, at almost 2000 pounds a bale, that's about ten tons of hay. It's exactly what the agricultural...

Burma-Shave held strong until after World War II, but the company's sales began to sag in the late 1940s. However, up to the end in ...

Halloween and May Day have parallel histories. They are six months apart. The former marks the transition from summer to winter. The seco...