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About Granger Meador

I enjoy reading, technology, day hikes, art museums, and photography. My wife Wendy and I work in the Bartlesville Public Schools in northeast Oklahoma, but this blog is outside the scope of our employment.

1940 Postcard: Turner Falls

Today’s postcard from a 1940 Oklahoma souvenir pack is of Turner Falls, where Honey Creek drops down around 60 feet near Davis in the Arbuckle Mountains, although some sources claim 77 feet, which is likely inspired by nearby highway 77. … Continue reading

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1940 Postcard: Oklahoma Indians

Today’s postcard from a 1940 Oklahoma souvenir pack is of eight Indians, including three men wearing feather war bonnets. Historically, those were only worn by the Plains Indian tribes whose ancestral territories extended into the region, not the tribes forcibly … Continue reading

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1940 Postcard: Downtown Tulsa

Today’s postcard from a 1940 Oklahoma souvenir pack is of downtown Tulsa. Years ago I did a self-guided Art Deco tour of the fabulous lobbies and the like constructed in downtown Tulsa in the roaring 1920s, when it truly was … Continue reading

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1940 Postcard: Fort Gibson

Today’s postcard from a 1940 Oklahoma souvenir pack is of Fort Gibson, which is across the Arkansas River from Muskogee in the east central part of the state. I’ve never been particularly interested in old forts. Years ago my father … Continue reading

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1940 Postcard: Will’s Memorial

Today’s postcard from a 1940 Oklahoma souvenir pack is of the Will Rogers Memorial Museum and Tomb at Claremore. Yesterday’s card was of his birthplace, so two of the twenty cards in the pack dealt with The Cherokee Kid. That’s … Continue reading

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