Nathan Buck of Spaulding was a man of faith in his God, his church and his nation. He was a music teacher that left part of himself with his students. He had a great faith in church music and left his imprint on his community, his country and state.

Profound proclamations concerning life When you stand in front of a classroom of children for 57 years as I so enjoyably did, you encounter all sorts of questions, mostly about your personal life and sometimes about whatever topic we might have been discussing in class.

Two media outlets recently declared Oklahoma to be among the 10 worst states to move to or live in. Apparently, the authors of those lists didn’t talk to actual people moving across state lines.

This year, Democratic candidates have argued that Oklahoma is in far worse shape after years of Republican control. As someone who previously worked in Oklahoma’s executive branch when Democrats were in charge, I can tell you that is not true.

How many of our readers know that at one time our Holdenville High School was known as the Frogs? This past week I found the following item from 1927.

Yankee Doodle Dandy the 4th The 4th of July is celebrated in the U.S. as Independence Day, to commemorate the Declaration of Independence that was officially adopted on 4th of July, 1776.

Having had a lot of dental work done over the years, I really enjoyed and appreciated the following article written by Jim Mullen. I just spent two hours in a dentist’s chair having a crown replaced.

it “Glory-Land” but Won’t. We just called it Government Dam back in 1939.

I belong to the Oklahoma Historical Society and appreciate the great work they do. I learned some very interesting things.

Many years ago an evangelistic preacher named Dwight L. Moody has just started preaching his nightly sermon.