TALL TALES UNCOVERED

TALL TALES UNCOVERED

By Joe CummingsHistory
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TALL TALES UNCOVERED episodes

  • Tall Tales on the Road

    Journey on the Oklahoma Land Run of 2023 with Mike and Bea Parker, the winners of the Oklahoma Historical Society contest to visit the most Historical sites from Oklahoma's early beginnings, Native Americans, the Wild West, the Civil War battles, the Land Runs, and beyond. How did a baby buffalo become a prize indeed? What Native Americans inspired its name?

    32 min
  • Being Number 2
    In The Oklahoma Cherokee Strip Land Run of 1893, Was there a Tall Tale in being #2? Can #2 be a # 1?
    18 min
  • Two Amazing Pioneers in the Cherokee Outlet

     Lydia Markland Pace was a rare woman Pioneer of her own making and a pathfinder.  Richard Messall went in a different direction. Yet, they shaped the Cherokee Outlet in their own unique way. Two Pioneers clashing or not? Let the Tall Tale decree!

      

    14 min
  • Oklahoma Tall Tales Uncovered
    Today is release date of new book nationwide: Oklahoma Tall Tales Uncovered. Tall tales from Okla. Giant to Bonnie and Clyde with everything in between! Endorsed by US Marshal museum and national artist & sculptor H. Holden.
    3 min
  • 1895 Border Wall: East vs West
    Was there a Snob Hill where the East side looked down on the West side?Why a battle over the downtown square? Why a very high border fence?Who ended it? High Drama in Enid, Oklahoma Territory.
    15 min
  • 18 Sticks of Dynamite - The 1901 Enid Downtown Fire

    The total destruction of a raging fire in 1901 downtown Enid. Why was Jake Roach carrying 18 sticks of dynamite? Was he the cause of the fire? It is true the Opera House exploded in fire and sent lit embers into the Kenwood addition eight blocks away? What happened while Enid burned? The Tall Tale story of the Never-Ending Fire and the 18 sticks of Dynamite.

    19 min
  • Christmas in the Cherokee Strip with John Phillips Sousa.

      John Phillip Sousa and his Marine Corps Band performed in Enid, OKlahoma for a Christmas concert in 1919 and 1925. He also gave concerts         in 1921 and 1928 which are all explained. DId he really spend $6,000 ($93,000 today's cost) on white kid gloves? What did he leave for the community? The story of "The March King" in the Cherokee Strip.

       

    17 min
  • Soaring Over Oklahoma: Amelia Earhart

    Was Amelia Earhart ever in Oklahoma ? Is there any truth to the TALL TALE that Amelia Earhart was arrested in Oklahoma? What happened to her?

    What are the Ninety Nines in Oklahoma? What kind of Plane did she fly? Let's journey back!

    15 min
  • Murder on the Enid downtown square July 8,1936

    The Nationwide Search for Lawrence Devol, the triggerman of the Ma Barker-Karpis Gang, was in full swing in July,1936. An insane killer                 was on the loose. Does  the Tall Tale of a major gunfight on the Enid downtown square have any truth to it? Was the last of the depression era             killers in Enid?

     

    17 min

About TALL TALES UNCOVERED

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Taking tall tales of cowboys to gangsters of the Cherokee Strip researching them and discovering the true story