There is a certain macabre romance that one feels when entering the Cherokee National Prison Museum. The museum is located in the heart of the Cherokee capital of Tahlequah and has stood there since 1875, continuing to function for the Indian...
George Washington said, “Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages”. That sentiment is still alive today and for one organization, it has become a battle cry of sorts due to a lack of financial support caused by the effects of COVID-19. The...
A View from the Outside Reveals the Purpose Inside The Origin of the Outsiders House Museum 731 N. St. Louis Avenue. It’s just an ordinary address of an old house in an old neighborhood that most people will never see and would pay no attention to it if...
It’s a structure in progress with its steel framing and concrete foundations soon to appear, seemingly becoming just another building rising into the city. By appearances, it will probably draw no more than glances from those on the expressway above...
Candy Loving, Playboy’s 25th Anniversary Playmate holding the November 1979 issue of JAM Magazine — issue #3 If one the greatest musicians in rock n’ roll gave you advice, would you take it? Perhaps for most it might depend on the advice. What if...
In 1935 the midwest teetered on the edge of extinction. Economic ruin had spread like an unchecked plague, infecting its way across the nation, shutting for-ever once profitable doors and ruining the lives of millions. But in Oklahoma that was only the...
With a boyish charm and subtle humor coming across the cell waves, our conversation began with, “well that’s what people call me,” when I asked if I could call him G.R. I could imagine that being said with a slight inner chuckle. His politeness and gentle...
What do you get when you mix cowboys, jail doors, guns, a Hollywood icon, and horse saddles together? If you’re thinking blockbuster western, you would be wrong…well at least for this article you would be. For this compilation, you need to be thinking...
Since the printing of the first Gutenberg Bible in 1452, more than just the elite and church leaders have had the incredible experience of holding the written word in their hands and turning pages to discover new adventures and knowledge. Books have been...
Oklahoma at certain times of the year rivals all other states for natural beauty especially in the fall when the trees explode with color. Oklahoma is the only state in the country that offers outdoor experiences with distinct ecosystems such as the...
It Takes More Than Taste to Create Tradition Mondo’s Ristorante Turns 50 This Month Almost every tradition begins with three ingredients; family, friends, and food. Traditions created with those ingredients bring about a perfect combination enticing...
The following is based on actual events and may not be suitable for all age ranges. If you are easily scared or frightened please refrain from reading this true Oklahoma tale. At the turn of the twentieth century, the annual divorce rate for the United...
Oklahoma is known for many things. It is indeed a diverse and multi-cultural state. But without its people, it’s just another place on this vast planet. At Uniquelahoma, we have the opportunity to learn about all types of people who pursue interesting...
A Land Both Far and Near Searching for that perfect spot where the beauty of nature, history, and art collide in a decades-old estate situated on a hill that feels more like a thousand miles from a large busy city that is only minutes away from downtown...
They are man’s best friend and probably the most loyal of all creatures on the planet. They have been the joy of royalty and peasantry alike for as long as anyone knows. They are God spelled backward and the definition of love spelled forward. It should...
The War At Home Memorial is Coming to Broken Arrow Broken Arrow’s Veterans Park is due to receive a new memorial, on July 17th. Standing tall in the field, the monument is in the form of 22 towering steel plates, each hollowed out with the...
OU Football is Making its Mark! A look at the unique impact the Sooners are having on America’s favorite pastime. Remember Baker Mayfield? A lot has happened in the football world at the University of Oklahoma since the Heisman Trophy winner, and...
A Moment in Time Today we remember a day 75 years ago when principles were put before personal choices, bravery was put forth to face the greatest of fears and sacrifices were made that washed away in the tides of time. It was the day the greatest armada...
Who is Chuck Hoskin Jr.? Meet the Unique Oklahoman running for Chief of the Cherokee Nation Chuck Hoskin Jr. is a name that has been shared across national airways concerning Cherokee and Native American affairs and locally, in the state of Oklahoma,...
How to Make a Sandwich I sat across the table from her as we enjoyed our personalized pizza’s window side, a world away from the bustle happening through the thin veil of the window pane. It was a teaching moment with my astute and, at times, very direct...
Voices are reminders that we live; words are proof that we have spoken and memories are what we leave as a result. Each life is a voice spoken in a graceful fluidity through seconds and years in time which becomes a whisper to the future. It is that voice...
Santa is Real! You Just Haven’t Met Him Yet CL Harmon, Lead Author, Osage Nation Member 18 December 2018 co-published with Tulsa Lifestyle Magazine The True Spirit of Christmas Is Closer Than You Might Think You better watch out, you better not cry,...
OPPORTUNITY KNOX, BUILDING A LEGACY ONE LANDMARK AT A TIME CL Harmon, Lead Author, Osage Nation Member 02 Nov. 2018 As she sat there amid the hustle and bustle of the diner’s morning breakfast rush sporting a red Church Studio tee and a slight sense of...
Trick or treaters with their little pumpkin buckets or brown bags soliciting candy, tales of a headless horseman stalking the innocent in the chilly air of darkness. Horror movies that bring to life the ghouls and goblins that rest dormant in our psyches have all...
Halloween Events “Be silent in that solitude,Which is not loneliness—for thenThe spirits of the dead, who stoodIn life before thee, are againIn death around thee, and their willShall overshadow thee; be still.” —From “Spirits of the Dead” by Edgar...
Angela Ellis’ Garden Grows Prosperity & Harvests Hope CL Harmon, Lead Author, Osage Nation Member 22 March 2016 Saying that something is criminal has been an expression that gets tossed around to describe a situation in a negative light. But...
Turning a Dream into a Forever Company Kirk Richardson 6 October 2018 Webco Industries Founder Bill Weber died on Sunday, September 9. He was 92. On regular occasion, Mr. Weber was still showing up to work at Webco’s Sand Springs, OK headquarters...
Daddy Hinkle’s, Adding Its Own Spice To Oklahoma Life CL spends some time with David of Daddy Hinkle’s spice company based in Cleveland Oklahoma. CL Harmon, Lead Author, Osage Nation Member 28 September 2018 Now and then the expression ‘the spice of...
Tulsa Stained Glass, Teaching How To Pick Up The Pieces And Put Them Together CL Harmon, Lead Author, Osage Nation Member 21 SEPTEMBER 2018 For over 1,000 years stained glass art has been a part of the creative world. It is an art form that is like no other in...
New Osage Casino Opens With a Winning Hand CL Harmon, Lead Author, Osage Nation Member 12 SEPTEMBER 2018 *This is not a paid advertisement and we have received no compensation for the publication of this story. It’s an excitement...
Make a Run for Fashion at the Cain’s CL HARMON *This is not a paid advertisement and we have received no compensation for the publication of this story. So I heard about this event where there are beautiful models sporting some of the coolest...
How A Mosquito Can Change Your Life CL HARMON The following story is one that I felt compelled to write for a couple of reasons. The first is simply because it’s an incredible story about surviving when all of the odds appear stacked in the opposite...
Who Says an Old Tiger Can’t Learn New Tricks CL HARMON While listening to Wiley Oleson during our interview, I couldn’t help but think back to the first time I heard the band Survivor’s “Eye of the Tiger” from the big screen while Rocky Balboa was gearing up...
Close To The Bone CL HARMON The image has sent shivers down the spines of countless throughout the ages. It has struck in our hearts fear and fright and the realization of mysterious shadows and spirits in the dim light. The mere sight reminds us of...
Celebrate the 4th of July all over Oklahoma with fireworks. Here is a list of celebrations we know about coming up. Not all are just on the 4th, rather on several different days! There will be live music, food trucks, fireworks, and fun at...
How One Oklahoman Gave Us Back Our History CL HARMON History Lesson I have this vivid memory while in junior high school of sitting in a classroom with other students my age and feeling the boredom in that room as being suffocating. Or maybe I was...
Uniquelahoma honors all those who fought for freedom on D‑Day this 74th Anniversary. C.L. Harmon Wouldn’t it be a remarkable event if 5,000 ships came to the rescue of people who were being oppressed? What if those ships were carrying 150,000 troops who...
Colin Warde and The Film Industry in Oklahoma CL Harmon Have you ever wondered what it’s like to work on a movie set and in the showbiz field? I have, and so I asked someone who knows, a native Oklahoman who is a big part of the still small, yet growing...
TRAVEL & LIFESTYLE Step Out Of Your Car And Into The Past C. L. Harmon May 25, 2016 When the wind came sweeping down the plains of Oklahoma in the 1870’s and 80’s, it brought Native Americans from all corners of what would become the continental United...
A Thousand Pictures Tell of a Legacy CL HARMON Have you ever met someone for the first time and instantly know that this person is going to be your friend? There is just something about them that you connect with…as though you already knew them on a...
Happy Mother’s Day Mom CL HARMON Uniquelahoma is primarily about unique and special people, ones who make the state a better place. This week, I thought I would write about the most unique and special person I know. She goes by many names to different...
Sacred Heart: Konawa Oklahoma ERIC NEHER Eric lives in Blanchard with his wife and son. He is a contributing author to Ozark Farm and Neighbors as well has having several flash fiction stories published. On the evening of January 15th, 1901 a strange...
May 1, 2018 For Immediate Release On May 12, 2018, Elder Care will be celebrating the 20th anniversary of The Good, The Bad &The Barbeque, the annual fundraiser which has become one of the most eagerly anticipated events in the area. With the unparalleled...
Dale Lewis Follows The Road to Discovery CL HARMON Individuality is one of the most abundant resources in Oklahoma. This is not to say that individuality isn’t prevalent in other places as well. But Oklahoma seems to have it almost oozing from the...
Kelly B. Todd: Helping Children One Session At A Time CL HARMON If necessity is the mother of invention then need must be the father of charity. Across the globe, there are organizations whose purpose is to help those who may not otherwise be able to...
The Wizards of Tech: Techsico & Todd Blackburn CL HARMON You push a button on your phone, and you’re connected to anyone you wish to speak with. You strike a key on your computer, and you have access to the entire world. You type a quick message on your...
Haunted: The Blanchard Cemetery ERIC NEHER Eric lives in Blanchard with his wife and son. He is a contributing author to Ozark Farm and Neighbors as well has having several flash fiction stories published. There is a town just thirty minutes south of...
An Enlightened Musical Experience Is No Myth CL HARMON Discovering something new and different is usually an interesting or at least an enlightening experience. Doing this and realizing that you like it, well that is just is cool. It’s like...
Renaissance Brewing Brings Oklahoma The Timeless Taste Of The Ages 5 APRIL, 2018 Beer Brewery Oklahoma It’s Beer Thirty! Yes, it is time to soak up the suds, open up the taps, and let the golden elixir flow. It is a potion of old dating back over 5,000 years to...
On A Collision Course: The Larry Shaeffer Legacy It’s as though one is standing inside his memories while gazing at the walls of his office. Remnants of almost 50 years aboard a metaphorical train that has sped through the years on a mystery track leading him...
Nic ‘Nos’ What The Future Holds 22 MARCH, 2018 Culture Music Oklahoma City “Let’s just ask Nick, he will know”. And with that statement came the birth of the Oklahoma City band Nicnos. After playing an open mike night for fun several years back, the young...
The Road To Success: Larry Shaeffer’s Legacy Some make history while others preserve it. It is rare to find an individual that does both. It takes one who marries the past to the future and forms a union which introduces ignorance to wisdom, wrong to right,...
In The Beginning, There Was Music: Larry Shaeffer’s Legacy PUBLISHER’S NOTE: Due to the expanse of Larry Shaeffer’s career, we have opted to release this story in three posts. The first segment covers the beginning of his career and his rise to success....
Never Tell Me The Odds JESSICA WILLIAMS Strategic Communications major at OSU. “If you find happiness you need to hold on to it because it is never guaranteed that it will last.” Shane Hoffman, a journalism professor at Oklahoma State University, seems to be a...
Carving Out A New Place In The World 22 FEB, 2018 Woodworking Giveaway ======> Click HERE <====== I think most would agree that art is a form of expression. Some artists use paint and a canvas. Others use words and paper, while still others use clay and...
In the Midst of Reality What Kind of Change Do You Want To Be? Marco Pitt, Senior Travelers, Italy Febuary 15, 2018 “What you hold onto holds on to you.” This is a mantra that C.L. Harmon, author of In the Midst of Reality, lives by. His novel was self-published on...
Savor The Flavor Of Extraordinary There is just something about taste that sets it apart from the other senses. We can all touch something and feel whether it is hot or cold, differentiate between odor and fragrance and so on with the other senses. But with taste, we...
Oklahoma and me… and I… and my eye Where the Wind Comes a‑Sweepin’ … Anything but Plain I’m a fifth-generation Oklahoman. My great-great grandparents bought 40 acres in Haskell County in 1913 and my family has alternately farmed and ranched it ever since....
The Healing Rock in Skiatook Sammie Harmon A direct descendant of Chief Whitehair I. I write and research Osage history. Legends are a very important link that connects us to our ancestors and are a positive force from our Creator. Are these true stories or based on...
Who’s Working Here: Uniquelahoma is very much “in the works” while CL and Jessica are hard at work gathering up story ideas, interviewing people, writing, posting, etc. I am working behind the scenes to ensure things are running smoothly and that they...
He is not a large man in stature but put a paintbrush in his hand and he becomes larger than life. Frank Lorenzo of Pawhuska is the first to say that he prefers to paint outside the lines. Even as a young man with crayons, he realized that he...
“Getting stung is just part of it,” he quipped. But in the grand scheme of things, a sour sting now and then is well worth the sweet results Lloyd Ziegler of Mannford, Oklahoma sees by volunteering his time as a beekeeping consultant in Africa. As in many...
Two years ago on this day, a very special lady passed away. She was not famous or rich, but to many, she had a great impact on their lives. She embodied a life of struggles and faith that should be a reminder to all how we should live our own lives. For 100 years...
A Grandmother To All It’s a bond beyond explanation. One that revives a tired soul back into jubilation. In many ways it makes the old feel young again by magically building a bridge that leads to a playground where love and fun are the only rules. I believe...
We want to share what makes you special with the world. Welcome to the world of unique! Welcome to Uniquelahoma! This is your invitation for a glimpse into the people, places, and beauty of Oklahoma. Being a journalist for many years has afforded me the...
2017 Flood Alternatives | The Lake Is Up But Oklahoma Has A Lot To Offer WHAT TO DO FOR SUMMER FUN WHILE ALL THE LAKES ARE FLOODED The 2017 Flood has left many of Oklahoma’s lakes flooded and families wondering what to do for fun summer activities....
Larry Sellers, The True Native American Outside my window is a woodpecker tapping away at an oak tree. To most, this is of no importance. But to Larry Sellers it has meaning. Perhaps even a message from one who has already passed on. There is the old...
