This book offers an inside look at over 30 interesting and unusual episodes that shaped the history of the Sooner State. Read all about the Trail of Tears in Tahlequah. Find out why George W. McLaurin was denied admission to the University of Oklahoma in 1950. Try to solve the mystery of Karen Silkwood's suspicious death in 1974.

Old Paint, Harper County-8000 BC
Riddle of the Runes, Heavener-AD 1012
That Fatal Country, Fort Gibson-1834
After the Tears, Tahlequah-1846
A Second Trail of Tears, Chustenahlah-1861
The Trail That Built a Kingdom, Chisholm Trail-1867
Custer's Dress Rehearsal, Washita River-1868
Indomitable, Bitter Creek-1873
Long Live the Bandit Queen, Eufaula-1889
Boomer Sooner, Oklahoma City-1890
Dead or Alive, Preferably Dead, Wauhillau-1892
Taking Bill Doolin, Twice, Guthrie-1896
The Seminole Burning, Maud-1898
Gala Day, 101 Ranch-1905
Buffalo Comeback, Wichita Mountains-1907
Hold Your Nose and Sign, Guthrie-1907
Land of the Reds, Seminole County-1917
Burning Greenwood, Tulsa-1921
Reign of Terror, Osage County-1923
Wild Mary and No. 1 Stout, Oklahoma City-1930
King Tut's Tomb, Oklahoma-Style, Spiro-1933
Take Me Back to Tulsa, Tulsa-1934
Black Sunday, Cimarron County-1935
Meet the Okies, Route 66-1939
Kate and Angie, Muskogee-1940
Freaks of the Storm, Tinker Air Force Base-1948
Visible At Last, Norman-1950
Black Saturday, Norman-1957
Way Down Yonder, Anadarko Basin-1972
The Karen Silkwood Mystery, Crescent-1974
900-Foot Jesus, Tulsa-1980
Terror in the Heartland, Oklahoma City-1995
Go to the Cross, Moore-1999
Bridge to Nowhere, Webbers Falls-2002
Tar Creek, Picher-2008
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Index
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