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The article discusses the Black Buggy Day festival held in Chouteau, Oklahoma in 2016 which features music, antique tractor show and quilt auctions.

A photo essay of several events in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 2016 including the Festival of Arts, the AMP (Art, Music, Power) Festival of art and music, and the Plaza District Festival.

The article presents information on various cemeteries for horses in the U.S., and refers to National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, Oklahama; tombstone of horse named Abilene in Texas, and monument of American hunter Buffalo Bill Cody and his horse Brigham in Utah.

The article focuses on American criminals Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, who during the period of great depression traveled with their gang, looting and killing people including their Ford Deluxe V-8 vehicle for communication.

The article profiles craftsman Joe Smith, with topics that include his family and educational background, early life and career, and art work.

The article discusses the demolition of antiquated downtown structures in favor of urban redevelopment of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in the 1960s and 1970s, and looks at some the architectural remnants such as the the Center Theater and the Oklhoma History Center's roaring lion-head ornament.

The article chronicles the development of the electrical telephone in Oklahoma and the area code 405 that covers the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area.

The article highlights the journeys of brothers Louis and Temple Abernathy, the children from Oklahoma who, without adult supervision, took several cross-country trips during the early 1900s.

The article offers brief information on leader of Bedonkohe band of Apache Geronimo including he was a prisoner of war (POW) at Fort Sill, he provided for his widowed mother from a young age and his camp was attacked by Mexican soilders in his absence.

The article offers information about several public arts at Oklahoma including illustration of sculpture The Guardian by former senator Enoch Kelly Haney, creation of bronze sculpture Miss Americas by sculptor Shan Gray and depiction of mosaic panels Piece of Mind by artist Susan Morrison.

The article reports on the orchestra work composed by Edward Knight based on the oil painting series of Wilson Hurley titled "Windows to the West" displayed at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma.

The article reviews the architectural designs of the stained glass windows of several chapels in Oklahoma including Oklahoma Baptist University in Shawnee, Immaculate Conception Church in Pawhuska, and St. Paul's Epsicopal Cathedral in Oklahoma City.

A biography of 114-year-old Ora Reed Holland, born on December 24, 1900, reputedly the oldest documented Oklahoman living in a Canadian county, ninth-oldest living American and 15th oldest in the world according to the Gerontology Research Group.

The article provides information on the 2014 International Finals Youth Rodeo (IFYR) held in Shawnee, Oklahoma, in which competitors adhere to tradition but with a new scene. It states that riders kept on reaching for their pockets for their devices, checking their messages and sending texts, watching videos and riding while talking on their mobile phones. It mentions names of cowgirls at the 2014 IFYR, which include Mackie Ford, Jordan Outlaw, and Winter Williams.

The article looks at the folk-art sculpture garden in Nowata County, Oklahoma designed by Chris Barbee which features a collection of over 2,800 bowling balls.

The article presents a profile of Lydie Marland, the adopted daughter of Ernest Whitworth Marland, the richest man in Oklahoma during the 1920s. INSETS: The Romantic Dreams of Alfred Marland;City of Statues;The Mystery of Baby Elizabeth Rosaline.

The article chronicles the history of the town of Optima, Oklahoma, including the origin of the town's name and a proposed dam on Optima Lake.

The article looks at the re-enactment of a Civil War battle at the Honey Springs Battlefield in Oklahoma and mentions topics such as details of the battle, the need for increased awareness of the diversity of the Honey Spring forces, and its importance in American history.

The article focuses on the tourism promotion idea of Grace Ward Smith of northwestern Oklahoma for Woods County who is from a family of showmen-farmers, featuring the sand dunes south of Waynoka, which she called "Little Sahara."

The article discusses the Balao-class submarine USS Batfish which is on display in a soybean field in Muskogee, Oklahoma.

The article reports on the memorial honoring for Ralph Ellison Memorial in New York which was dedicated to novelist Ralph Waldo Ellison of Oklahoma who wrote the book "Invisible Man." INSET: HOMETOWN HONORS.

The article focuses on the mistletoe, the state flower of Oklahoma, with topics that include its history, physical characteristics, and the introduction of the Oklahoma Rose at the New York World's Fair in 1964. INSET: LEGEND AND LORE.

The article focuses on the permission received by high school junior class to host a prom in Garvin County, Oklahoma, along with the ban on dancing in Elmore City and the celebration of the Footloose Festival.

The article focuses on sinking of the USS Oklahoma battleship due to torpedoes during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 7, 1941 and mentions that the ship was recovered through a series of derricks, steel cables and hydraulic winches.

The article traces the history of the obelisk located in Stroud, Oklahoma.

The article offers information on the bronze Hands statue, created by artist Gary Mitchell in , at the Redhawks' Ballpark in Oklahoma City. The statue was created by a foundry in Mexico and transported to Tulsa, Oklahoma with the use of tractor-trailers and weighed 30 tons. Moreover, the achievements, life and career of Mitchell are also mentioned.

The article focuses on the tale of Autograph Rock in the northwestern edge of the Oklahoma Panhandle, Oklahoma. It says that the sandstone slab bears the inscriptions of the names of more than 300 soldiers, traders, and adventurers from the Santa Fe Trail. It states that William Alexander Becknell, American Revolutionary War veteran from Missouri, has cobbled together the Santa Fe Trail in 1821.

The article focuses on American stage actress Kelli O'Hara. Topics discussed include the newspaper "New York Times" which considered that O'Hara is one of the expressive stars in music theater, O'Hara's role at the theatrical production "The Bridges of Madison County" as Francesca, character played by actress Meryl Streep in the movie, and the show's fifth nomination for a Tony Award, Broadway's highest honor where the winner will be announced at the Radio City Music Hall on June 8, 2014.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of exploring the Parallel Forest during her travel across Oklahoma.