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A different kind of strike – Part 2
Ray Caldwell, who pitched in baseball’s major leagues from 1910 through 1921, lived from 1888 until 1967. He played primarily for the New York Yankees before finishing his career with the Boston R...
A different kind of strike – Part 1
April signals the beginning of baseball season in the United States. Therefore, it is appropriate to tell one of the thousands of interesting stories that have come from the annals of what used to be...
Another gospel song
Recently, we looked at the life and career of songwriter Albert Brumley who wrote several hundred hymns, the most popular of which was the gospel standard, “I’ll Fly Away.” In researching the story...
Oklahoma Profile: Albert Brumley – part 2
In 1931, Albert Brumley married Goldie Schell and the couple settled in her hometown of Powell, Missouri. Albert earned a living by continuing to write gospel songs that were published by numerous...
Oklahoma Profile: Albert Brumley, part 1
Albert Brumley was born on a farm near Spiro, Indian Territory, in October 1905. His parents were poor sharecroppers, raising their children and eking out a meager living working on a cotton farm...
Full Cyrkle, part 3
Like most rock bands of the 1960s, The Cyrkle had a brief existence. As we noted last week, the group produced three albums and had six singles that made the rock charts. All of their hits were...
Full Cyrkle – part 2
When members of the rock group The Cyrkle began making music in 1966, fame came quickly. The band’s first album peaked at No. 47 on the Billboard charts while producing two hit singles. Their first h...
Full Cyrkle – Part 1
Once upon a time – in the mid-1960s – there was a musical group made up of young men in their early 20s. Actually, there were about a million such bands in the mid-1960s. This article is about one...
The score was 222-0, part 4
As we have seen, Georgia Tech defeated Cumberland College in a 1916 football game that ended with the score of 222-0 with Cumberland being on the losing end of the contest. An interesting footnote to...
The score was 222-0, part 3
Cumberland University of Tennessee sent a small group of athletes to Atlanta, Georgia, in 1916 to play a football game against Georgia Tech. The outcome, as we have seen, was a 222-0 thrashing with...
The score was 222-0, part 1
Many sports trivia fans know that the most lopsided score ever in a college football game was 222-0. The contest that produced that sad result was Georgia Tech versus Cumberland University. The year...
Oklahoma Profile: Tony Hillerman
Tony Hillerman was born in Oklahoma (in 1925) to parents who were the children of European immigrants. His mother’s people were English while his father’s folks were Germans. The Hillermans rai...
A girl and her guitar
All over Europe (and probably in other parts of the world, too) there are people known as “buskers.” According to one dictionary, a busker is “a person who performs music or other entertainment in th...
Drag queens on wheels, part 10
With this article we will conclude our look at the women drivers who have helped make the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) the most diverse motorsports organization in the world. We will accomplish...
Drag Queens on Wheels, part 9
Looking at some of the more successful female drivers who participate in events sponsored by the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) shows that several have won individual races but only four have...
Drag queens on wheels, part 8
Both Ashley and Courtney Force had successful careers in the sport of drag racing. Working for the motorsports empire founded by their father, John Force, both women won several races sanctioned by...
Drag queens on wheels – Part 6
The sport of drag racing is extremely expensive! In addition to one or more valuable cars, one must have a crew of mechanics who can make the vehicles run flawlessly and fix any problems that can...
Random Thoughts
In the decades since Shirley Muldowney won her three championships in the National Hot Rod Association’s (NHRA) Top Fuel category, several other female drivers have also excelled at drag racing. O...
Drag queens on wheels, part 4
When Shirley Muldowney began competing in the “Top Fuel” category of the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) in 1973, she faced discrimination from fans of the sport as well as some of her fellow mal...
Drag queens on wheels, part 2
During the 1950s, drag racing became popular in the United States. This was true whether people engaged in the activity informally or as an organized sport with standardized rules. One indication of...
Drag queens on wheels, part 1
Almost everyone agrees that women in the United States have had to struggle to attain some measure of equality in their lives. For example, a little over a century ago (in 1920, to be exact), women...
Two disputed elections, part 4
The United States has seen numerous disputed elections in its history, from the presidency on down to the state and local level. One contested election occurred in 1918 in a campaign for a seat in...
Two disputed elections, part 3
With the 1876 presidential election being so close that its outcome was disputed, Congress created a 15-member commission to resolve the matter. The question before the commission was whether to...
Two disputed elections, part 2
When the Civil War ended in 1865, Republican members of Congress refused to allow former Confederate states to have seats in that body for several years. Meanwhile, over the veto of President Andrew J...
Two disputed elections, part 1
As everyone should know, the United States has experienced several contested (or disputed) elections in its past. In a democracy such as ours, fair elections are crucial to a functioning government....
