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By Scott Meacham I am a history buff. I really enjoy reading about the events of our state and our country from years ago. While it is highly unlikely that I would ever sign up for a civilian trip to the moon, if time travel ever became a reality, I would at least investigate the possibility. Lately, I have been enjoying some desk-chair time travel, writing about Oklahoma inventors and entrepreneurs, people like Wiley Post, inventor of the first pressurized flight suit, and Bob Dunn, with his e...

Utqiagvik will see its first paved street this summer April 22nd 5:22 pm |   In addition to upgrades to the Utqiagvik Airport, the state plans to lay down the first paved road in Alaskas northernmost community this summer. Ahkovak Street, which runs parallel to the Wiley Post-Will Rogers Memorial Airport, is on the list for this years State of Alaska Department of Transportation improvements. The project, which is expected to cost more than $7 million, includes raising the roadway, impro...

KEN BRIDGES      Accidents happen.  People make wrong turns.  Sometimes these end badly, sometimes not.  One supposed wrong turn became part of an aviation legend.  And with it, Texas native Douglas Corrigan became known for one of the most bizarre feats in aviation history – the transatlantic flight that went the wrong way.                  Douglas Corrigan was born in Galveston in 1907, less than four years after the Wright Brothers completed their historic ...

This Week in History: June 19-25, 2017 for human events ever resemble those of preceding times.” Machiavelli June 19 1586 – English colonists sail away from Roanoke Island, North Carolina, after failing to establish England’s first permanent settlement in America. 1846 – The New York Knickerbocker Club plays the New York Club in the first baseball game at the Elysian Field in Hoboken, New Jersey. It is the first organized baseball game. 1867 – Ruthless wins the first Belmont Stakes ho...

”I never met a man I didn’t like.” – Will Rogers I wish Will Rogers were alive today. I’d love to hear what he might have had to say about our current state of affairs. But…. I guess I can talk about his rough start in life, born half Cherokee on a ranch somewhere in Oklahoma in 1879 and his failed attempt to become a cowboy on the plains of Argentina. I guess I could talk about his career on the stage. After all, his roping skills landed him in the Guinness Book of World Records an...

Fifty years before the world wide web and more than 80 years ahead of the phenomenon of social media, Wiley Post, was (in today’s parlance) an “influencer.” Wiley Post went from being a dare-devil barnstormer and pilot of the rich and famous to becoming the first person to fly solo around the world. He was honored with the keys to New York City, celebrated with a pair of ticker-tape parades, and hosted at the White House by two different presidents. When people said the name “Wiley”, e...

Press Release Release Date: February 26, 2021 by Chickasaw Nation Media Relations Office Chickasaw Nation Productions documentaries “ Pearl, On Top of the World,” “ Pearl” and “Bearer of the Morning: The Life of Te Ata Thompson” from the Chickasaw Heritage Series will air during Women’s History Month in March on WBEC-TV in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. “Pearl Carter Scott: On Top of The World” will be shown Monday, March 1 at 11 p.m.; Saturday, March 6 at 5:30 p.m.; Saturday, Ma...

By Darla Shelden, City Sentinel Reporter –

Wiley Post was a man of curiosity and adventure born into a working family of cotton farmers who bounced around Texas and Oklahoma, finally settling near Maysville, Oklahoma. How many times do you hear this about inventors — Wiley Post did not like school. He did favor mechanical things. According to accounts he saved up to buy one of the first bicycles in the county, he studied “newly arrived sewing machines,” and he disassembled and reassembled farming machinery in the field. Before he w...

People, machines tackle snow to keep airport runways clear Follow Us Question of the Day ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) - A hefty snowstorm will alter the rhythms of daily life, but it will not weaken the resolve of the snow fighters waging war on winter at Lehigh Valley International Airport. What plays out on airport grounds is a small-scale, military-style mobilization, with those in charge drawing up plans and outlining tactics before dispatching people and equipment by the dozens. TOP ST...