Popular Posts and Features at OKC History

So what are the most popular features at www.okchistory.com?

“Now Out In Stores: Bricktown” came in first with 372 views, making Steve very happy. “Elevating the Tracks” by Jack came in second with 288 views, followed by “This Building Was Just Destroyed This Week” with 251 views, “Our Friend Doug Has Some News to Share!” with 245 views, and “The Last Dance for Les ‘Boogie’ Michaels” came in with 176 views.

The most popular features, meanwhile, were “Flashback” with 561 views, “About the Authors” with 444 views, and “About OKCHistory.com” with 425 views.

Fun update coming soon to www.okchistory.com!

Steve has interviewed the jingle writer behind many of the most beloved commercial songs that aired locally in the 1970s. Be sure to check in soon to hear the songs you never thought you'd hear again - including the song for "Southwest Ford" and "Evans Furntiture."

Bricktown

We are pleased to announce that "Bricktown," a publication by Steve Lackmeyer, co-author of "OKC Second Time Around," is set to be published this winter.

Great Show on Cable 20

I know the programming on Cox Cable 20 isn't always the most exciting viewing, but it's starting to gain more and more appeal now that the networks have resorted to nothing but reality shows with the ongoing writers' strike. Catch the January city council show with Ward 4 Councilman Pete White, and you'll hear a great history of south Oklahoma City with attorney John Michael Williams and Capitol Hill Beacon Publisher Jim Sellers.

I know they play the show on a loop, so my best advice for catching it is to simply flip to Cox 20 every now and then and look for the guy to the left.

-Steve

Ward 4 Councilman Pete White

Aviation History

Shortly before the crash of http://www.okchistory.com/, which is now back in business, we received the following email from Ryan, a student at the Florida Institute of Technology. He was writing a report on the Will Rogers World Airport, and was curious about sources of historic information about city aviation. Can anyone provide some tips on this one?

Awaiting a solution from our ISP

So why hasn't http://www.okchistory.com/ not been updated in two months? The answer lies with our ISP and our lack of experience in running a web site. So now I ask your advice... the web site as we last updated it still stands for all the world to see. But to update it in the novice-friendly webbuilder program provided as part of our ISP contract, we would have to start from scratch due to a data base crash. Is this true? We are trying to find out... it seems odd everything is still intact, yet we can't save it.
For now, let me recommend a great new book - "Whatever Happened to Molly Murphy's House of Fine Repute," written by the widow of the restaurant's owner, Bob Tayar. Anyone with a memory of this classic restaurant will enjoy this tell-all expose on Tayar's brilliance and extraordinary weakness for not being able to simply be content with success.
- Steve

OKC History... come see what it's all about

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