Am so excited! Just finished stitching the Oklahoma map embroidery I designed last year after we decided to make the move back to our home state. Started embroidering this map last year, put it down for a while and picked it back up recently. Am sure everyone knows how that it is... you start or move on to other WIP only to return to the project at hand and eventually things get done. Anyhow, I have become besotted with embroidered maps. It started a couple of years ago, when I offered to embroidery a pre-printed South American map panel for my friend, Vicki, while she did the embroidery on the North American panel. These companion panels were rather large as you can see in the photo below (that's hubby holding up SA for me). Part way through this coop embroidery project and while on business, Vicki's partially embroidered panel was stolen from her hotel room. We were both heart broken. The motel and the local police didn't seem to think it was a big deal and in the grand scheme of things maybe not, but losing all that time and energy was really very upsetting. After a few months, another panel was located on eBay and I am pleased to say both maps are finished and framed. Wishing you ... "Plen'y of heart and plen'y of hope...

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A collection of 20 historical photos showcases Oklahoma’s rich history from pre-statehood to early

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Viewers of KFOR-TV sent in hundreds of photos of the tornado that moved through Moore, Oklahoma and the surrounding area. During large weather events the internet is filled with old, wrong, and sometimes even fake photos claiming to be of whatever storm is in the news. Here are 10 photos confirmed to be of the […]

This post may contain affiliate links. Please see my disclosure page for details. This website is free to use, but if you want to leave a tip, you can Buy Me a Coffee. Whenever I think about a beach trip, I usually start planning a road trip from OKC to Padre Island or check out flights to [...]

Oklahoma, also know as “Sooner State”, “Land of the Red Man” and “Native America”, offers some of the most beautiful and spectacular sights and places to visit! Just browse through ... Read more

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This photo was taken in the Oklahoma State Capitol in Oklahoma City.

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The next time you cross a bridge in Oklahoma, roll down your windows and listen...

“We come here to remember Those who were killed, those who survived and those changed forever. May all who leave here know the impact of violence. May this memorial offer comfort, strength, p…

Oklahoma City bombing, terrorist attack in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S., on April 19, 1995, in which a massive homemade bomb concealed in a rental truck exploded, heavily damaging the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. A total of 168 people were killed, including 19 children, and more than 500 were injured.

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This morning I found this article in the Wall Street Journal dealing with a Federal program to send money to the states to buy up abandoned property and refurbish it. AVONDALE, Ariz. -- In this Phoenix suburb, two townhouses stand vacant, filled with trash and abutting an empty neighborhood swimming pool covered with graffiti. But to Gina Ramos Montes and other city officials, the dilapidated properties look promising. As part of the $4 billion Neighborhood Stabilization Program authorized by Congress in July, Avondale is set to receive $2.5 million to redevelop neighborhoods blighted by abandoned and repossessed homes.Think about what this says about our culture. 150 years ago, American pioneers were moving into the wilderness where there were no structures at all and building homes and farms and towns. In Oklahoma, there was a mad rush for such land on March 2, 1889. Can you imagine the reaction you would have gotten from those settlers had there already been homes on the land? Settlers in Oklahoma. The people pictured include representatives from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Department of Agriculture and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Or maybe not. Nowadays, we need the government to come in and make the houses ready for habitation by other citizens. Meanwhile, we've just blown our economy apart because we decided to help low-income people buy homes by making home loans so easy to get that dogs could qualify for the money. At the same time, we subsidize rental housing for single parent families with no expectations on them for morality or thrift. Tax credits for such people will soon be in the mail. Now, no post on a topic like this would be complete without a quote from the ultimate spokesman for helping people believe in money-dispensing fairies, so here we go: Rep. Barney Frank, a Massachusetts Democrat and one of the program's main advocates on Capitol Hill, said in an interview that it "would have made a bigger difference if there were more money."Is that classic, or what? We have abandoned homes, vandalized by neighbors who are most likely not even close to paying their share of the tax burden nor expected to do so, being rebuilt by the government with money borrowed from China that will be paid back by our children, assuming we don't simply vaporize our currency first. Here's what might be the best part of all. For new subdivisions, the city wants to entice buyers by subsidizing down-payments, closing costs and renovation expenses. The structures are solid, but the interiors are often damaged. Officials suspect that buyers might need a financial incentive before they'll take the plunge. "They're watching the TV," said Rogene Hill, the assistant city manager. "Everybody is getting bailed out. 'Why should I have to buy a refrigerator?' It's emotional, not rational."Fantastic. Wouldn't it be great to hold a seance with some of the Oklahoma settlers and let them know this was going on?

Sequoyah was proposed as a separate state from Oklahoma in the early 1900s. The lands of the Indian Territory, comprised of the lands of the Five Civilized Tribes and other Native American Tribes, would have made up the new state. Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory were admitted to the Union as a single state in 1907. OHS Map Collections: www.okhistory.org/research/collections/maps.html

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In the center of the Oklahoma is Oklahoma City, known as OKC or simply "the city" to residents of the state. The state's largest city has in recent years taken great pains to make itself more attractive to visitors. So, besides the city standards...