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Oklahoma Gazette
Oklahoma’s International Bluegrass Festival returns to Guthrie
The 29th annual Oklahoma’s International Bluegrass Festival returns to Guthrie Oct. 8-10 with three days of live music, workshops, competitions and campground jams at Cottonwood Flats. Seventeen bands will perform across three stages, with this year’s lineup including The Slocan Ramblers, The Fretliners, Johnny Mullenax and bluegrass musicians John...
American Songwriter
Born 98 Years Ago Today in Oklahoma, the Steel Guitar Legend Who Helped Launch Merle Haggard’s Career and Shape Waylon Jennings’ Outlaw Sound
On September 16, 1928, Ralph Mooney was born in Duncan, Oklahoma. Mooney followed the path of countless Okies before him and moved to California to live with his older sister and brother-in-law. The latter relationship would prove to be one of his most fundamental, professionally speaking, as Mooney learned guitar, fiddle, and mandolin from his sister’s husband. Mooney’s brother-in-law planted the seed, and Leon McAuliffe’s “Steel Guitar Rag” made it bloom.
myfamilytravels.com
This Oklahoma Bookstore Holds More Shelves Than You Could Browse In One Long Afternoon
Some buildings in Oklahoma look like nothing from the parking lot and then swallow your whole afternoon whole. I walked into one expecting a quick stop, maybe twenty minutes, and came out two hours later with a stack of paperbacks under my arm and a sheepish look on my face.
106.3 The Buzz
33 International Food Vendors Descend On Elmer Thomas Park For Lawton's September Festival Weekend
Lawton's International Festival returns September 25 through 27 at Elmer Thomas Park, bringing 33 food vendors serving Greek, Mexican, Thai, and other cuisines from around the world. Thirty-three different vendors will set up near the Holiday House on the park's east side.
Texoma's Homepage
From gold rush boomtown to the home of the World Famous Meers Burger
OKLAHOMA (KFDX/KJTL) — The Meers Store and Restaurant, located at 26005 State Highway 115 in Meers, Okla., stands as the sole surviving structure from a turn-of-the-century gold rush boomtown. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the historic establishment today serves lean, grass-fed Longhorn beef patties ground fresh from cattle raised and slaughtered on-site. […]
news9.com
Oklahoma artists performing in Pryor’s Born and Raised Music Festival
PRYOR, Okla. - The City of Pryor is kicking off its Born and Raised Music Festival on Wednesday. Chris Thomas from Live Loud Entertainment joins News 9 to share the lineup of artists and discuss when the festival begins. What is the Born and Raised Festival?. Thomas: Well, it’s a...
KTUL
New Route 66 documentary highlights Oklahoma’s past—and its future
TULSA, Okla. — A new documentary tracing the history of Route 66 from Chicago to Los Angeles is making several stops in Green Country this week. “Route 66: The Main Street of America” explores the people, small towns and locally owned businesses that helped keep the iconic highway alive after interstate freeways bypassed many communities.
News On 6
Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame set to reopen after major rebrand
TULSA, Okla. - The Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame in Muskogee is preparing to reopen its doors to the public after a multi-million-dollar effort to transform and rebrand the historic attraction. The Hall of Fame will celebrate its grand reopening Saturday, Sept. 26, with live music, a ribbon-cutting ceremony and...
We Are Texoma
Bluey And Bingo Take The Stage At McMahon Memorial Auditorium In Lawton On Dec. 1
Bluey and Bingo are bringing their puppet show to McMahon Memorial Auditorium on Dec. 1. The live performance features an original story where the pups scheme to get their dad off the bean bag during timeout.
myfamilytravels.com
This Tiny Oklahoma Town Began With A Railroad Station Made From A Boxcar
It began as a nickname, a railroad switch known around the boiler rooms as “Happy Jack.”. A simple boxcar was rolled onto the tracks to serve as the first depot, and when the inaugural train arrived on a crisp November day in 1907, the tiny settlement officially came to life.
Texoma's Homepage
Frederick Country Club host 7th Annual Charity Golf Scramble
The Frederick County Club will be holding a special tournament next month. The 7th Annual Golf Scramble will be taking place on Friday, Oct. 16, at 9 a.m., with sign-in starting at 8:30 a.m., at the country club at 1001 N. 1st Street.