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Oklahoma Santa Claus Commission history

Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. Officially. At least in Oklahoma.

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Hanging Judge Parker played major role in before statehood

He never lived in Oklahoma and died before statehood, but Judge Isaac Parker of Fort Smith, Ark., played a major role in taming Indian Territory.

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The hatchet-wielding woman who smashed bars in early 1900s

Carry Nation earned fame as a hatchet-wielding woman who smashed bars and other places that served liquor.

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Remembering the biggest train robbery in American history

A Tulsa robber (who sometimes operated legitimate businesses) and his three brothers helped stage what historians call the biggest train robbery in American history.

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Oklahoma reporter won Pulitzer Prize for war reporting

There ought to be a way to tell you about it but I don t know how. Not with words like frostbite. Not with any temperate-zone words I know."

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