Russell Cobb

Dr. Russell Cobb is an author and professor at the University of Alberta. His latest book is titled Ghosts of Crook County: An Oil Fortune, a Phantom Child, and the Fight for Indigenous Land (Beacon Press, 2024). His book The Great Oklahoma Swindle: Race, Religion, and Lies in America’s Weirdest State (Bison Books, 2020) won a Director’s Special Merit Award from the Oklahoma Department of Libraries in 2021. His nonfiction writing has appeared in Slate, NPR, the New York Times, and The Nation, among other places. Follow him on IG at @Scissortail74.

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Tulsa Lore

The True Story of Tulsa’s Forgotten Antihero, Sadie James

And a walk downtown in search of her saloon, the Bucket of Blood

Russell Cobb

January 23, 2025

This Land

South By Midwest: Or, Where Is Oklahoma?

Reflections on Oklahoma's complex regional identity.

Russell Cobb

November 25, 2024

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This Land

Backwards Christian Soldier

When Tulsa's Rev. Billy James Hargis was at the height of his powers in the 1960s, he was considered a far-right extremist by Republicans and Democrats alike.

Russell Cobb

November 18, 2024

This Land

Brave New Park

Politics, philanthrocapitalism, and public investment define the origin story of Gathering Place, America's largest privately-funded park.

Russell Cobb

November 15, 2024

Indigenous

Tulsa’s Forgotten Creek Heritage

Tulsa's official "founding" in 1898 obscures a much richer history as a frontier zone of Indigenous, European, and African cultures.

Russell Cobb

November 15, 2024