The first person to be executed for violation of the Lindbergh kidnapping law died on a gallows in 1936 at McAlester state penitentiary, the only hanging ever at the prison.
The 227 residents of the Carter County community of Berwyn thought they had the key to growth and prosperity when the cowboy movie star Gene Autry bought a ranch nearby.
Oklahoma lawman Bill Tilghman, called "the greatest of us all" by another former deputy marshal, was shot to death outside a Cromwell dance hall by a federal prohibition enforcement officer.
When Judge Edgar S. Vaught died in 1959, his obituary said he was best known for presiding at the trial of the kidnappers of the Oklahoma City oilman Charles Urschel.
Perle Mesta, the Oklahoman who became the queen bee of Washington society and whose name will always be synonymous with party-giver, wished to be remembered for her other accomplishments.