History

Eyewitnesses said airplanes dropped bombs over Greenwood during the Tulsa Race Massacre. But did it really happen? The historical record is surprisingly complicated.

Oklahoma has plenty of famous foods, but some of our best dishes don't get nearly enough attention outside the state.

Oklahoma has more than 400 miles of drivable Route 66, and you don't have to turn it into a giant road trip to experience the Mother Road.

Some Lawton businesses have been gone for years, but mention the name and suddenly everybody remembers exactly what it was like.

The buffalo roaming the Wichita Mountains almost weren't here at all. Here's the story behind one of Oklahoma's greatest conservation successes.

Rocklahoma didn't begin in Pryor. Oklahoma's original Roklahoma happened in 1980 with a lineup that included Van Halen.

Before water parks and plastic playgrounds, Oklahoma kids spent summers flying down concrete waterslides. Some of those memories are now gone.

A Tulsa bomb company, a Texas inventor, and a fishing reel that changed the sport forever.

Oklahoma almost became two separate states, and most people have never heard the story of Sequoyah.

June 15th will live on in infamy as one of the darkest days in Lawton, Oklahoma.

People once rode pump jacks for fun in Oklahoma oil fields. Strange as it sounds today, the stories were common enough to inspire nationwide safety campaigns.

Oklahoma gave the world the twist tie, but most of us throw it away the moment we open the bread bag. So what's the point?