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Since most Americans seem to be getting a lot of political advice from a vast minority of other Americans is it not fair to ask, Why? Why is it that Rep. Ihsan Omar-D from Minnesota is so listened to in Congress when she makes her many demands on her adopted homeland for such radical changes? Why would someone from Mogadishu, probably the most messed up place in the world in governance presume that the USA is so messed up, so racist, so materialistically unfair that in order to repair it, it must be first destroyed. “It’s just too far gone,” she implies.
Read moreThe Hughes County Sheriff’s Office and Hughes County EMS responded Friday, July 10, to a small plane crash within the county. The pilot was transported by Hughes County EMS paramedics to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. OHP, FAA, and NTSB are conducting the investigation. Please keep the family and friends of the deceased pilot in your prayers. We will release more information as it becomes available following the conclusion of the investigation.
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Over 80 years ago a large group of Calvin residents gathered in front of the J.W. Hundley Company for one of their famous drawings. A picture was taken of the crowd and it is now on display. The 4th of July a large crowd gathered in the same location to have a similar picture taken. It was a lot of fun!
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A single vehicle accident Sunday evening resulted in one passenger, Hunter Morrison, 19, Holdenville, being transported to the OU Medical center by Medical Flight with multiple injuries, according to a report from the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. Morrison was listed in stable condition in the report. The driver, a 17-year-old juvenile, (name withheld) was transported by Hughes County EMS to Holdenville Hospital, where he was treated and released with trunk external and arm injuries. Another passenger, 15-yearold, (Name withheld), was transported by a personally owned vehicle to Holdenville General Hospital, where he was treated and released with external injuries.
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The All-Black towns of Oklahoma represent a unique chapter in American history. Nowhere else, neither in the Deep South nor in the Far West, did so many African American men and women come together to create, occupy, and govern their own communities. From 1865 to 1920 African Americans created more than fifty identifiable towns and settlements, some of short duration and some still existing at the beginning of the twenty-first century. For the next several weeks, we will focus on the following surviving towns, also known as the Thirteen Original All-Black Towns of Boley, Brooksville, Clearview, Grayson, Langston, Lima, Red Bird, Rentiesville, Summit, Taft, Tatums, Tullahassee, and Vernon.
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In 1895, Lee Tatum and his wife, Mary founded an eponymous community surrounding their store and hotel in the Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory. Mr. Tatum applied for a post office to be located
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