We had a blast touring The Coleman Theater, seeing the hometown of Steve and Cassie Gaines, and even an unplanned reroute to put some good food in our belly! Join us in Miami, OK.

Tim provides some history from a book written by his father about Pottawatomie County. Then a slice of tasty history for downtown Shawnee and the Grand Cafe.

This is a short epiode about the band that Tommy was in, and the only out-of-state show they performed. 

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(MUSIC)

In doing the research for this episode, I tried to listen to a lot of Woody Guthrie songs. I never really knew much about him, other that one of the 3 Oklahoma "W" names. Woody Guthrie, Will Rogers, and Wiley Post. Now I will say that I was expecting a cross between Bob Dylan and Hank Williams Sr. I will say this diplomatically; Woody Guthrie must be an acquired taste. Not so much my cup of tea. But im glad, because I still did the work and looked into the info, so the podcast wouldnt suffer due to my taste. It wasn't until 1998 that a statue of Woody was erected. It is on the south side of Broadway between 3rd and 4th streets. And it has been said that Okemah wouldnt even recognize that Woody was from there, until all of the people that knew of him personally had gotten old and died.

Much of my info was found at  https://www.woodyguthrie.org/ 

Also, yearly Woodyfest info is at  https://www.facebook.com/WoodyFest/ 

(FOOD)

Hen House Restaurant

613 W. Broadway

918-623-2501

Rated #1 of 14 in Okemah on Tripadvisor

Custom built 2-story rustic style building, built in 2004.

Kristy Lesley is the owner.

 https://www.facebook.com/hen.house.7/ 

(HISTORY)

Our history for this episode is basically about the oil boom town of Okemah, OK.

 https://www.facebook.com/places/Things-to-do-in-Okemah-Oklahoma/113278748682627/ 

This first 12 minutes is an introduction to us, Tommy and Tim. And an idea of what we have in mind for our first ever podcast. We welcome any questions, comments, and feedback. We have no clue what we're doing!