by C.L. Harmon | Mar 27, 2023 | Stories
The Origins of Hasty Bake and How it Cooked Up America’s Pastime of Back Yard Grilling Grill It And They Will Come “Smoke ’em if you’ve got ’em.” “Kill it and we’ll grill it.” “You choke it and we’ll...
by C.L. Harmon | Feb 6, 2023 | Stories
Climbing out of Hell & Chopping Down the Tree of Knowledge Uniquelahoma Readers, publisher C.L. Harmon has recently published his third book. This latest publication is a collection of Mindsets, positive and unique perspectives written much as one would expect in...
by C.L. Harmon | Jan 18, 2023 | Stories
Uniquelahoma & Forgotten Oklahoma Partner Up to Keep Oklahoma’s Unique and Forgotten History Alive Partner Up A few years ago, something very cool caught my attention. I had learned of someone who was doing something that was facilitating a subject I am very...
by C.L. Harmon | Jan 17, 2023 | Stories
A Forward Trajectory Of Kindness Leads To A Destination Of Giving Back – Tina Parkhill “I just don’t have the time.” It’s something that most of us say. And many of us say it quite often. We live in a busy world with a seemingly...
by Eric Neher | Nov 15, 2022 | Stories
The Race of the Cardinal The exodus began with one. A near featherless hope for a future lingering just south of against the odds. The nest sat five feet above the ground, woven into a far-reaching branch of a sixth-year elm, built by a pair of monogamous Cardinals...
by Eric Neher | Oct 17, 2022 | Haunting, Story
For many, the sight of an open highway can lead to moments of nostalgia, reminding one of the family trips and warm welcomes. For others, they inspire a sense of adventure, the promise of something new that contains an element of danger. And yet, there is danger out...
by C.L. Harmon | Aug 18, 2022 | History, Places
Tulsa’s Spotlight Theatre Hosts Longest Running Production In the US The BeginningHistoryShow LongevitySpotlight Video provided by John D Beasley There is an aroma of the past as one walks into the small lobby at 1381 Riverside Drive in Tulsa. It’s...
by Eric Neher | Jul 14, 2022 | Animals, Evergreen, non-profit
We have all seen them. They lay strewn along the asphalt, the hardly noticed victims of a technology they will never understand. According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, over one million unfortunate animals meet their demise on the endless stretch of...
by C.L. Harmon | Jun 29, 2022 | Evergreen, Celebrity, History
Step Back Into A Reality That Will Blow You Away Outside a seemingly ordinary red brick building near downtown Tulsa, there are a few letters over the front doors, a charming font with the words Woody Guthrie Center. But those few words are certainly not anything that...
by C.L. Harmon | May 24, 2022 | Food, Business, Evergreen, Stories
Oklahoma’s Only Family-Owned Soda Company Is Bringing In The State’s Newest Taste ‘O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.’ Psalm 34:8. And though it is not on the packaging, this scripture...
by C.L. Harmon | May 11, 2022 | Event, Festivals
The Castle of Muskogee, Hear Ye, Hear Ye! Ye ole festival in yonder Muskogee is to commence with fun and games of yore once again. Indeed, the season is upon us when we can traipse back into yesteryear and immerse ourselves in a long-ago time. Kings, queens, knights,...
by C.L. Harmon | Apr 25, 2022 | Food, Business
Its origins are a bit mysterious. However, one legend has it that a goat herder named Kaldi stumbled upon it in the forests of the Ethiopian plateau. It turns out his goats found renewed energy after eating some strange berries. Those berries would eventually become...
by C.L. Harmon | Mar 21, 2022 | People
They’re terrible people! Just terrible! Okay, okay…maybe not terrible, but certainly bad. Well… not perhaps bad so much as just not very good. Alright…after some thought, they’re actually a decent bunch. Fine! They are funny and...
by Eric Neher | Feb 28, 2022 | Stories, Evergreen, Obstinate Observations, Reading
It was the atrocious state of her lower attire that cast me back in time… When I was but a lad of fifteen, my very existence depended on a pair of nylon pants containing zippers with both horizontal and vertical options. And the color choices were amazing! Both...
by C.L. Harmon | Jan 5, 2022 | Food, charity, Evergreen
Getting Prepared – Submitted by Kevin Harper Common Ground… it’s an interesting phrase we toss around daily, meaning something that can be agreed upon. But what happens when someone digs below the surface of that ground? One Tulsa native decided to...
by C.L. Harmon | Nov 25, 2020 | People, Celebrity, Native American
Miss Oklahoma Rags to Riches It’s a Cinderella story of sorts, a rags-to-on-her-way-to-riches story. The parallels between this driven young lady and the fabled Cinderella are uncanny, with one exception Mariah Jane Davis needs no Prince Charming to achieve the...
by Eric Neher | Oct 16, 2020 | Haunting, Holiday, Unique Places
Oklahoma Lights In 1946 a small platoon of military men arrived in the desolate northeast corner of the Sooner State. This was not a top-secret operation or retrieval of hidden Nazis. These men were tasked with something much more obscure and baffling. The mission?...
by Eric Neher | Sep 27, 2020 | History, Museum
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 Territory until 1898. The...
by C.L. Harmon | May 28, 2020 | Veterans
Wounded Veterans Struggle 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...
by C.L. Harmon | May 21, 2020 | Celebrity
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 they did see it. But to a few, it’s a place of memory...
by C.L. Harmon | Apr 2, 2020 | Music
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....
by Eric Neher | Mar 11, 2020 | Stories
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 beginning....
by C.L. Harmon | Mar 3, 2020 | Cowboys
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...
by C.L. Harmon | Oct 28, 2019 | Food
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...
by C.L. Harmon | Dec 18, 2018 | People
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...
by C.L. Harmon | Nov 2, 2018 | People
Leon Russell & Opportunity Knox, Building a Legacy one landmark at a time. As she sat amid the hustle and bustle of the diner’s morning breakfast rush sporting a red Church Studio tee and a slight sense of anxiety, I couldn’t help but feel like I was...
by C.L. Harmon | Oct 11, 2018 | Business
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...
by C.L. Harmon | Oct 6, 2018 | Business
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...
by C.L. Harmon | Sep 28, 2018 | Behind the Scenes, Business, People
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...
by C.L. Harmon | Sep 21, 2018 | Activities, Behind the Scenes, Business, Interesting
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...
by C.L. Harmon | Sep 12, 2018 | Activities, Behind the Scenes, Business, Native American, Tulsa
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...
by C.L. Harmon | Aug 22, 2018 | Activities, Behind the Scenes
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...
by C.L. Harmon | Aug 17, 2018 | Interesting, People
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...
by C.L. Harmon | Jul 30, 2018 | People, Uniquelahoma
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...
by C.L. Harmon | Jul 19, 2018 | Interesting, Oklahoma City, Unique Places
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...
by C.L. Harmon | Jul 4, 2018 | Interesting
We made this video as a reminder of the important things to remember. Written by CL Harmon, produced by Spencer...
by C.L. Harmon | Jun 7, 2018 | Behind the Scenes, Interesting, Uniquelahoma
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...
by C.L. Harmon | Jun 5, 2018 | History, Uncategorized
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 were...
by C.L. Harmon | Jun 1, 2018 | Behind the Scenes, Business, Celebrity
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...
by C.L. Harmon | May 25, 2018 | Activities, Unique Places
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...
by C.L. Harmon | May 11, 2018 | People
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...
by Eric Neher | May 8, 2018 | Haunting, Interesting
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 sight...
by C.L. Harmon | May 4, 2018 | Interesting, Murder, People
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...
by C.L. Harmon | Apr 26, 2018 | Business, Interesting, People
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...
by Eric Neher | Apr 17, 2018 | Unique Places
There is a town just thirty minutes south of Oklahoma City called Blanchard. A small community of roughly 8400 people epitomizes the slow retreat of what once was with what must now be. It is a rare place where the past and the future nestle comfortably together in...
by C.L. Harmon | Apr 12, 2018 | Celebrity, Music
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...
by C.L. Harmon | Mar 29, 2018 | People
Continuing from Larry Shaeffer’s Legacy Part 2: The Road To Success. 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...
by C.L. Harmon | Mar 15, 2018 | Music, Celebrity, History
Continuing from Larry Shaeffer’s Legacy Part 1: In The Beginning, There Was Music. 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 that...
by C.L. Harmon | Mar 9, 2018 | Music, Celebrity, History
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. The middle and final parts will touch on his...
by Jeff Brown | Nov 17, 2017 | Uniquelahoma
Oklahoma and me… and I… and my eye Stories 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. My folks live about a quarter mile...
by Sammie Harmon | Sep 21, 2017 | Unique Places, Native American
Legends are a critical link that connects us to our ancestors and are a positive force from our Creator. Are these true stories or based on actual events? I believe the legends of the Healing Rock speak for themselves. The Main Player, Moonhead Wilson Moonhead Wilson,...
by Spencer Heckathorn | Sep 8, 2017 | Behind the Scenes
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...
by C.L. Harmon | Aug 22, 2017 | People, Native American, Uniquelahoma
He is not a large man in stature but puts 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 interpreted life...
by C.L. Harmon | Aug 7, 2017 | People
Ziegler in Kurobonla, Sierra Leone during his time in the Peace Corp Keeping the Bees “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,...
by C.L. Harmon | Jun 16, 2017 | People
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 whoever said,...
by C.L. Harmon | Jun 10, 2017 | Uniquelahoma
We want to share what makes you unique with the world. Welcome to the world of the 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 allowed me to meet and...
by C.L. Harmon | Jun 10, 2017 | Native American, Celebrity, Featured, People
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 comic quip, ‘I am not a doctor, but I play one...
Larry Sellers, The True Native American Outside my window is a woodpecker tapping away at an…
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The Race of the Cardinal The Race of the Cardinal The exodus began with one.…