Menu

barney oldfield

Remembering the Southwest Sweepstakes Race of 1915, part 2

Remembering the Southwest Sweepstakes Race of 1915, part 2

by Lynne Rostochil. Go here to read Part 1 of the Southwest Sweepstakes story. Tuesday, April 20th dawned bright and warm in Oklahoma City and provided the perfect spring weather for the kickoff of the highly anticipated Southwest Sweepstakes.  I imagine that classrooms and offices were very near vacant that morning as thousands drove or […]

More

Remembering the Southwest Sweepstakes Race of 1915, part 1

Remembering the Southwest Sweepstakes Race of 1915, part 1

by Lynne Rostochil.   Okay, I’m going to start off with a caveat — there’s isn’t one thing mid-century modern about this Mod Blog series.  Try as I might, I just couldn’t make any connection to anything mod, but this is such a fascinating and little-known piece of Oklahoma City history that I think you’ll […]

More

Click here to go back to previous page