A few links to tide you over: Tulsa Gal has a photo-filled post on the history of the Tulsa State Fair. The aerial shots showing the evolution of the fairgrounds are fascinating. Tulsa TV Memories has a page devoted to the Tulsa State Fair, including the classic1965 radio jingle that...
Posted by Michael Bates on October 2, 2009 1:02 AM
Some Tulsa State Fair history: Chris Miyata has posted a set of photos and scans of the Tulsa County Fairgrounds in the mid-1960s. There are photos of the IPE Building (now the QuikTrip Center) at the Tulsa State Fairgrounds and scans from a 1964 booklet highlighting 15 years of improvements...
Posted by Michael Bates on August 18, 2009 7:12 AM
We spent most of Saturday at the Tulsa State Fair. Despite my disgust at many of the decisions of of the Tulsa County Public Facilities Authority (aka the Fair Board), as I mentioned last year, going to the fair is a family tradition that predates my existence. The fair was...
Posted by Michael Bates on September 28, 2008 12:30 AM
The final report from Tulsa's Citizens' Commission on City Government is the topic of this week's column in Urban Tulsa Weekly. The commission, appointed by then-Mayor Bill LaFortune last December, finished on schedule, made some constructive recommendations, including a recommendation against adding at-large seats to the City Council. You can...
Posted by Michael Bates on June 22, 2006 10:20 PM
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