Oklahoma Journeys

Past Episodes

September 10, 2011 - Governor Walton Declares Statewide Martial Law, 1923
March 12, 2011 - Passenger Trains Leaving Oklahoma
February 19, 2011 - John Hope Franklin
January 29, 2011 - Carl Magee Dies
January 22, 2011 - Admiral Marc Mitscher Birthday
January 10, 2011 - Governors
November 20, 2010 - Battle of the Washita, November 27, 1868
November 5, 2010 - Battle of Round Mountain, November 19, 1861
October 16, 2010 - USS Tulsa
October 2, 2010 - The Indian Raid That Never Was
September 25, 2010 - Fort Gibson Abandoned, 1871
September 18, 2010 - Cherokee Strip Land Run, September 16, 1893
September 11, 2010 - Lynn Gerber and 9/11
July 31, 2010 - David Payne Arrested, 1884
July 24, 2010 - Birth of Ralph Blane, 1914
July 17, 2010 - First Parking Meter, 1935
July 10, 2010 - William Murray and the Red River Bridge War
July 3, 2010 - July the 4th, 100 Years Ago
June 19, 2010 - US Marshal Sent to Pond Creek, 1894
May 29, 2010 - Tulsa Race Riot, 1921
May 22, 2010 - Battleship USS Oklahoma Commissioned 1917
May 15, 2010 - Apollo 10
May 8, 2010 - Turner Turnpike Officially Opens as Toll Road, May 17, 1953
May 1, 2010 - No Man's Land Becomes Oklahoma's Land - May, 1890
April 24, 2010 - Abernathy Boys Ride to the Big Apple
April 17, 2010 - Oklahoma Land Run - April 22, 1889
April 10, 2010 - Zeke Proctor Murder Trial April 15, 1872
March 20, 2010 - Cherokee Bill Meets His Maker
March 6, 2010 - Roy Hoffman and Chitto Harjo
February 27, 2010 - The End of the CCC in Oklahoma March 7, 1942
February 20, 2010 - Kate Barnard Dies
February 13, 2010 - The Birth of Pawnee Bill, February 14, 1860
February 6, 2010 - Henry Starr - Actor and Bank Robber
January 30, 2010 - Bernard de la Harpe Enters Oklahoma, February 27, 1719
January 23, 2010 - Opening of the Port of Muskogee, 1971
January 16, 2010 - State's First Republican, Governor, 1963
January 9, 2010 - World's Biggest Barbeque
January 2, 2010 - Alice Mary Robertson
December 19, 2009 - Babbs Switch Revisted
December 12, 2009 - Death of Henry G. Bennett
December 5, 2009 - Birth of Jelly Bryce
November 28, 2009 - OKC Discovery Well
November 14, 2009 - Admission Day in Oklahoma
November 7, 2009 - Battle of Round Mountain
October 31, 2009 - Cordell German Newspaper Threatened
October 24, 2009 - Anton Classen's Birthday
October 17, 2009 - Benny Owen
September 26, 2009 - Al Jennings
September 19, 2009 - Cherokee Strip Land Run
September 12, 2009 - Robert S. Kerr
December 19, 2009 - Babb's Switch Revisited
December 12, 2009 - Death of Henry G. Bennett
December 5, 2009 - Birth of Jelly Bryce
November 28, 2009- OKC Discovery Well
November 14, 2009 - Admission Day in Oklahoma
November 7, 2009 - Battle of Round Mountain
October 31, 2009 - Cordell German Newspaper Threatened
October 24, 2009 - Anton Classen's Birthday
October 17, 2009 - Benny Owen
September 26, 2009 - Al Jennings
September 12, 2009 - Robert S. Kerr
August 29, 2009 - Temple Houston
August 22, 2009 - Slippery Christians Escape Again, 1895
August 15, 2009 - Katz Lunch Counter Sit-In, 1958
August 8, 2009 - Kiowa, Comanche, Apache Land Lottery and Fort Sill
August 1, 2009 - Green Corn Rebellion, 1917
July 18, 2009 - Statehood Convention - July 18, 1905
July 11, 2009- Hottest Day in Oklahoma History
June 27, 2009 - OK State Capitol Moved from Guthrie to OKC - Myths vs. Reality
June 20, 2009 - Mexican Joe and Effie
June 13, 2009 - Pawnee Bill
June 7, 2009 - Congressional Funding for Longhorn Herd Approved
May 30, 2009 - Assassination of Cherokee Leaders, 1838
May 23, 2009 - Seminoles Sign Treaty of Payne’s Landing, 1832
May 17, 2009 - 40th Anniversary of Apollo 10
May 3, 2009 - Oklahoma Historical Society Formed, 1893
April 26, 2009 - Louisiana Purchase, 1803
April 11, 2009 - Pioneer Woman Statue Unveiled, 1930
April 4, 2009 - Woodward Tornado, 1947
March 29, 2009 - New Oklahoma Flag Raised for the First Time, April 2, 1925
March 21, 2009 - Wild Mary Sudik Revisited
March 14, 2009 - 101 Ranch Auction and Interruption, 1932
March 7, 2009 - First Shelterbelt Planted Greer County, Oklahoma, 1936
February 28, 2009- Oklahoma Guard Returns from Mexico
February 7, 2009 - A.C. Hamlin is born
February 1, 2009 - The First Streetcar in Oklahoma City, February 1, 1903
January 17, 2009 - Al Spencer Escapes from the McAlester Penitentiary
December 20, 2008 - Christmas in the New State
December 13, 2008 - Gemini 6 and Tom Stafford
December 6, 2008 - The USS Oklahoma Sinks
November 22, 2008 - The Battle of the Washita November 27, 1868
November 8, 2008 - The End of World War I November 11, 1918
November 1, 2008 - Bill Tilghman is Killed November 1, 1924
October 25, 2008 - Happy Birthday Teddy Roosevelt!
October 19, 2008 - Tinker Field is Named
October 5, 2008 - German POWs in Oklahoma, 1945
September 20, 2008 - Will Rogers' First Talkie, 1929
September 13, 2008 - Cherokee Strip Land Run, 1893
August 23, 2008 - Gemini 5
August 16, 2008 - Katz Drug Store Sit-In, 1958
August 11, 2008 - Victory in Japan Day – August 14, 1945
August 4, 2008 - Kiowa, Comanche, Apache Land Lottery August 6, 1901
July 26, 2008 - Tulsa Newspaper Captures Photo of UFO
July 12, 2008 - The Battle of Honey Springs
July 5, 2008 - Pat Hennessy is Murdered, 1874
June 28, 2008 - Composer Louis Ballard is Born, 1931
June 21, 2008 - Stand Watie Surrenders – June 23, 1865
June 14, 2008 - Oklahoma’s Semi-Centennial Exposition Opens, 1957
June 8, 2008 - The Capitol Moves from Guthrie to Oklahoma City, 1910
June 1, 2008 - Clarence Tinker Disappears June 6, 1942
May 24, 2008 - The Death of Alexander Posey, 1908
May 17, 2008 - Turner Turnpike Officially opens as a Toll Road, 1953
May 10, 2008 - Free Land! The Passage of the Free Homes Bill
May 3, 2008 - The USS Oklahoma Takes to the Seas
April 26, 2008 - First German POW's Arrive in Oklahoma
April 19, 2008 - Oklahoma's First Land Run
April 12, 2008 - The Nellie Johnstone Comes In
April 6, 2008 - The End of Prohibition
March 29, 2008 - The Crazy Snake Rebellion
March 22, 2008 - Wild Mary Sudik Comes In – March 26, 1930
March 15, 2008 - The Beginning of the End for OK Passenger Trains
March 9, 2008 - The End of the CCC in Oklahoma March 7th, 1942
March 1, 2008 - Discovery of Cushing Oil Field, 1912
February 24, 2008 - First Dragoons Organized
February 16, 2008 - Langston University Becomes a Reality
February 9, 2008 - Vote Taken on Registration Bill/House Fight
January 26, 2008 - Montfort Stokes Arrives in Indian Territory, 1833
January 20, 2008 - Transfer of Oklahoma Prisoners to McAlester, 1909
January 12, 2008 - Ada Sipuel Case Decided January 9, 1948
January 6, 2008 - Signing of the Medicine Lodge Peace Treaty, 1867
December 30, 2007 - Krebs Mine Explosion, January 7, 1892
December 23, 2007 - The Babb's Switch Schoolhouse Fire
December 16, 2007 - Lucille Mulhall Dies, 1940
December 9, 2007 - Oklahoma A & M Formally Opens
December 2, 2007 - The Impeachment of Governor Henry S. Johnston
November 25, 2007 - Steve Owens, Heisman Winner
November 18, 2007 - Birth of Wiley Post
November 11, 2007 - Statehood!
November 3, 2007 - News Summary - 100 Years Ago
October 28, 2007 - 100 Years Ago Today
October 21, 2007 - Constitution Delivered to President Rooselvelt
October 14, 2007 - News Summary
October 6, 2007 - First African-Americans to Cross North America, 1932
September 30, 2007 - John Ross Signs with the Confederacy, 1861
September 23, 2007 - Fort Gibson Abandoned, 1871
September 16, 2007 - Governor Walton Declares Martial Law, 1923
September 9, 2007 - First Statewide Elections
September 2, 2007 - Constitution for State of Sequoyah
August 26, 2007 - First Oklahoma State Fair 1907
August 19, 2007 - Outlaw Bill Doolin Killed 1896
August 12, 2007 - Katz Lunch Counter Sit-in, 1958
August 4, 2007 - David Payne Arrested 1884
July 21, 2007 - Ralph Blane's Birthday
July 14, 2007 - First Parking Meter, 1935
July 7, 2007 - Birth of Composer, Louis Ballard, 1931
June 30, 2007 - Pat Hennessey
June 23, 2007 - Three Sands
June 17, 2007 - The Great Railroad War
June 10, 2007 - A Capitol Idea
June 3, 2007 - Clarence Tinker
May 29, 2007 - Alexander Posey
May 20, 2007 - Prohibition
May 13, 2007 - Turner Turnpike Opens
April 29, 2007 - Battleship U.S.S. Oklahoma
April 22, 2007 - Land Runs of Oklahoma