Pawhuska, Oklahoma is in for a BIG weekend November 15-16, 2024 with a Cowboy Mounted Shooting competition and an open rodeo!

Ticket Plays CEO Rasy Forrest took time to visit with host, Kelly Hurd, about how Ticket Plays give even the spectator a chance to win!

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Thank you to Good Time Charlee's on Kihekah Ave. in Pawhuska, Oklahoma for hosting this recording! We appreciate your hospitality!!

The House of Pain's former rapper turned philanthropist has a story of redemption and relationship that not only rescued him from his own house of pain, but has led him to give back to his community in bigger ways than he could have ever imagined...

Turn up the volume, and listen in as Danny Boy O'Conner comes to Pawhuska to share about ⁠The Big Show Off⁠ - and the part he plays in it with the ⁠Tulsa Day Center⁠!

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You know him as Alamanzo Wilder on Little House on the Prairie, and we were thrilled to have actor and author, Dean Butler, sit down with host, Kelly Hurd, for an honest look into his new book, "Prairie Man" published by Kensington Publishers. Meet the real Dean Butler in this episode!

Get ready to enjoy this one!

Mark Allen Cash (Johnny Cash's nephew) and Wendi Lou Lee (Grace Ingalls on Little House on the Prairie) sit down with host, Kelly Hurd around Johnny Cash's kitchen table in Bon Aqua, Tennessee for a little pickin', grinnin', and sharin' something good called hope. Mark even picks up Johnny's guitar and begins to play and sing!

If you've been through something lately - this episode is for you!

What a treat it was to sit down with Danette Daniels, owner of The Water Bird Gallery in Fairfax, Oklahoma, and visit with her about The Water Bird venue/gallery/museum - as well as hear her Osage perspective on Killers of the Flower Moon and even get the story on the use of her historic building for filming the movie!

Danette has a heart for her community and its history. She is also making a positive difference one smile at a time!

(Writing an article for the Bartlesville Monthly Magazine is what originally initiated this interview - but it was just so good it needed to go onto a podcast as well! )

Check out her store at WaterBirdGallery.com

You're invited to join us around the dining room table as Cecil and Cathy McGarrah, owners of The Cottages on the Prairie in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, tell us a little of their back story to starting an AirBNB business, as well as disclosing a few insider tips on how to #LiveLikeALocal when you come for a visit to Osage County, Oklahoma!

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*One note - Maria Tallchief, mentioned in this podcast, was from Fairfax, Oklahoma and you can learn more on her and the theater built by her father at https://www.tallchieftheater.com/ #SaveTheTallChief

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Join Kelly Hurd and Michelle Loftis at the dining room table up in the hills outside of Pawhuska as they talk of Michelle's journey to becoming the lodging go-to gal for folks planning a trip to Pawhuska. If you're thinking of visiting the home of Food Network's Pioneer Woman or the place where Martin Scorsese's movie - "Killers of the Flower Moon," starring Leonardo DiCaprio - was filmed, then you don't want to miss this episode!

Look out Food Network, John Hurd is in the kitchen!

In this episode, John and Kelly talk cooking along with some Texas memories that include the Moorhouse Ranch, buffalo, and more - plus a little talk about Oklahoma cow workings.

Enjoy a visit with Mark and Kelly Spencer, owners of the Wolf Creek Ranch just north of Pawhuska where you can trail ride, hike, and enjoy the western way of life!

From Cowboys & Indians magazine to the back pastures of Osage County, Oklahoma - Kenyon Lomax, owner of Prairie Sky Jewelry Co. takes time to sit down with The Tourism Gal and transparently share about her journey to almost overnight success as well as the hard work and vision before it happened.