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Tulsa Lore

Tulsa Dead Mall Nostalgia—On Ice!

Inside WeStreet Ice Center, where Promenade Mall meets Hemingway tragedy meets eclectic entertainment destination.

July 8, 2025

The Father Of The Yield

The genesis of the humble yet powerful "yield" sign, created by a Tulsan in 1950.

June 13, 2025

First Charged, Last Freed

The exonerated czar of Greenwood

May 28, 2025

Beno Hall: Tulsa’s Den Of Terror

Inside the Klan temple built in the aftermath of the Tulsa Race Massacre

I’m The Guy Who Broke Into The Promenade Mall 

I did it so you don’t have to (plus you shouldn’t anyways)

Nasty Newspapers, The Klan and Tulsa’s Gilded Age

Fake news as a pretext for violence? Rule by the wealthy elite? Sky-high inflation? We’ve heard this story before.

March 19, 2025

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

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

January 23, 2025

Selling ‘Tulsa’ To Tulsans

What can a 1949 film about the city's oil industry tell us about self-mythology?

December 12, 2024

The Gospel of John Lennon

In search of John Lennon's lost letter to Oral Roberts

December 12, 2024

The Unlikely Baroness

The life of Oklahoma's youngest black millionaire.

November 19, 2024