Great State

This Norman, Okla., carpenter is carving out a new post retirement career in art

30 Years. 30 Great State Stories. 1997. An Ex-con in Shawnee who Cooks Free Breakfast for Hundreds of Neighbor Kids

image of man fixing breakfast

On the high point of Payne County, Dale Gillespie’s Studebakers still run free

Studebaker hood ornament

30 years, 30 Great State stories: The time Galen got run over by a bull

Galen gets run over by a bull

30 years, 30 Great State stories: Oklahoma’s oldest cosmetologist still practices the hot comb method

Oldest cosmetologist

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30 years, 30 Great State stories: 2000- An imaginary letter from a baby to her young mom, Tara Blume, on Mother’s Day

Imaginary letter

30 years, 30 Great State stories: Six generations of girls alive and well in this Oklahoma family

Six generations

30 years, 30 Great State stories: A Newscastle electrician makes lightning in his backyard for fun

Electrician makes lightning

30 years, 30 Great State stories: A real live rooster who crows for his morning coffee

Coffee

30 years, 30 Great State stories: Miss Blues shouts to the heavens

Miss Blues

30 years, 30 Great State stories: Picking wild onions on the banks of the Illinois River

Picking wild onions

30 years, 30 Great State stories: Oklahoma’s full auto shoot

full auto stop

Great State at 30: How we got here and there

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30 years, 30 Great State stories: A well known new U.S. citizen takes her oath

Tara Blume

30 years, 30 Great States: This Route 66 fanatic got 66 tattoos to match

Ron Jones