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Carol Mowdy Bond
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More Than Books
The Tulsa City-County Library (TCCL) and Metropolitan Library System of Oklahoma County (MLS) have reimagined the uninspired vision of a library – finding a book...

Curating Camaraderie
A plethora of athletic leagues are available for men and women over 18 who want to make friends, burn some calories and, above all, have...

(Studying) A Bug’s Life
You may think of bugs as a nuisance – but they provide the world with $70 billion in services and account for 85% of Earth’s...

A Tribute to Unsung Heroes
Did you know that Oklahoma City is home to one of the nation’s largest firefighter museums? Located east of the OKC Zoo in the Adventure...

Brimming with Stories
Cataloging archeological and historic properties significant in our nation’s history, the National Park Service’s (NPS) National Register of Historic Places (NR) includes over 97,000 listings....

A Canyon For All
Five miles south of I-40 on US-281, the Oklahoma prairie yawns open, revealing a canyon near Hinton. The chasm, made of orange-brown, cross-bedded, fine-grained sandstone,...

Birds of a Feather
“We’re a donation-based museum,” says Lauren Gandara, who greets people at the American Pigeon Museum and Library (APM&L). “There’s no entry fee. So people can...

A Sharp Set of Skills
“I’m drawn to the frontier style because of the materials I get to use,” explains bladesmith and SDS Knifeworks owner Shawn Shropshire. “The patina. The...

Community Effort Pays Off
Reaching skyward from the Canadian County prairie, Piedmont’s first two-story brick building houses the Piedmont Historical Society Museum. The structure was built in 1917 as...

Remembering the Railways
As trolley cars that ran on rails, early 20th century interurban cars often carried about 60 people. These cars were cleaner than railroad compartments because...