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16. Bits of odd info about Tulsa

Sat Jun 20, 2020, 12:21 PM

Jun 2020

* Tulsa grew because oil was discovered in the area. But no oil wells could be set up within the city limits. Oil wells were on the capitol grounds in OKC

* Mercedes Lackey, internationally famous science fiction author, lives near Tulsa
She's written 2 books set in Tulsa

----Jinx High, play on name of high school in Jenks suburb. The school is the setting of a paranormal battle between good and evil
----Sacred Ground. Native American woman in Tulsa learning from her grandfather to be a shaman gets involved in fighting an ancient curse on land near the Arkansas River that an unscrupulous entrepreneur wants to develope

* P C Cast and her daughter have written a paranormal series House of Night, set in an alternate universe in which Tulsa is inhabited by humans and vampires!

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A Trump supporter flies a Confederate flag outside BoK Center in Tulsa. [View all] highplainsdem Jun 2020 OP

Only one? I thought there would be dozens of those things. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2020 #1

I've seen photos of others, but this is the most obvious one I've seen so far. highplainsdem Jun 2020 #2

It's NOT over! onecent Jun 2020 #3

Good! Make Trump own his racist supporters procon Jun 2020 #4

They want to provoke. cwydro Jun 2020 #5

Fairly stiff breeze & overcast Cirque du So-What Jun 2020 #6

There's a 40% chance of thunderstorms for a few hours before the doors open at 3 pm, highplainsdem Jun 2020 #8

Some people are truly tone-deaf. n/t Laelth Jun 2020 #7

Tone-deaf? No, they know exactly what they are doing. SMC22307 Jun 2020 #13

Jethro enid602 Jun 2020 #9

In Civil War the Five Civiiized Tribes sided with the Confederacy bobbieinok Jun 2020 #10

"The enemy of my enemy is my friend" describes that history struggle4progress Jun 2020 #12

Oklahoma and Native Americans bobbieinok Jun 2020 #15

Yup, the party of Abraham Lincoln n/t Victor_c3 Jun 2020 #11

If Lincoln were alive now, he would be a Democrat. roamer65 Jun 2020 #14

Bits of odd info about Tulsa bobbieinok Jun 2020 #16

I was looking for a white flag. pwb Jun 2020 #17