Author Description

Every museum, with schedules & fee information, as well as historic sites are included in this Oklahoma tour guide written by the late Kent Ruth, well-known Oklahoma historian & Burnis Argo. Photography is the work of well-known, professional photographer Jim Argo. The contributing editor is D. Ray Wilson, author of several historical tour guides & other histories. The book includes an overview of Oklahoma's history before taking the reader over the highways that crisscross the Sooner State. The offerings along these routes bring the reader a rich, colorful, yet brief history of this land which was once known as Indian Territory. There are many colorful characters involved in the state's history--Will Rogers, Al Jennings, Wiley Post, Paul & Thomas Braniff, Louis L'Amour, Belle Starr, Bill Tilghman, Chris Madsen, Heck Thomas, Temple Houston, Sequoyah, Bill Doolin, George A. Custer, Ned Christie & many others. The state remained wild & untamed for well into the 1920s. Each section has a map showing the route covered. This book was more than five years in the making & has been well researched. It includes more than 100 photographs & maps. It is fully indexed.