KENTON—Things have changed a little since Jane and Bob Apple launched the Hitching Post Bed & Breakfast in 1996. The plan was to give people an opportunity to experience an…
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Go batty: Trek through Alabaster Caverns
FREEDOM—Hidden in the hills of Northwest Oklahoma is the world’s largest gypsum cave open to the public. The main cave at Alabaster Caverns State Park has been wowing people for…
Dive bar appeal: Friends can still meet at the Flamingo
After his discharge from the Army, Bob Parker moved to Enid and opened a restaurant at 514 S. Van Buren called Duffy’s Café in the early 1940s. He then built…
Rev Up and Roll Out in Hennessey
HENNESSEY—The town of Hennessey plans to kick off their Fourth of July early with a car, truck, and bike expo June 28-29. Hennessey Rev Up and Roll Out weekend will…
Piddle around at the antique shop in Carmen
CARMEN—Travelers driving through Carmen on Oklahoma 45 may not know there are hidden treasures and vintage finds tucked inside the old Baptist church on the north side of town. This…
Carving out community: 4T’s delivers more than meats, produce
HENNESSEY—John Taylor was working for Bill’s IGA in Kingfisher in 1963 when one of the locally owned grocery stores in downtown Hennessey went up for sale. He and his boss…
By air and rail: Waynoka has been delighting passengers for over a century
WAYNOKA—For over a century, the Northwest Oklahoma community formerly known as Keystone has been serving up food and transportation for commoners and celebrities alike. In fact, in the late 1920s,…
No bull: Ranch House Café rustles up grub for all
NASH—Nashville, the Northwest Oklahoma rural community not the Tennessee country music capital, has been pickin’ and grinnin’ since the Land Run of 1893. Just east of the Oklahoma 132 and…
Celebrations Gift Guide
Shop local and snag the best gifts in Northwest Oklahoma this spring for your mother and/or your graduate! — Kidd Drug and Gift, 104 N. Main (U.S. 60), Fairview; 580-227-4685…
Coming back for a Lotta-Burger
In 1951, an Oklahoma staple was born in Tulsa: the Lot-A-Burger. Still widely voted as one of the top 10 old-fashioned burger joints in the state, Lot-A founder Leo Waller…