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Edward C.

Picher, Oklahoma: The Most Toxic Town in America

Picher, Oklahoma armed two world wars with the ore beneath its streets. The town was erased in 2009, and the reason is still stacked on the ground.

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Oklahoma

Racial massacres buried for decades, mass graves still being uncovered, and a history of violence against its own citizens that America tried to forget.

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Osage County, Oklahoma: The Oil Murders Behind Killers of the Flower Moon

The Osage became the world's richest people in the 1920s — then began dying for their oil. Inside the true story behind Killers of the Flower Moon.

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Diego A.

Tragedies & Disasters

The Rise and Fall of Black Wall Street: Tulsa’s Forgotten Prosperity and the Massacre of 1921

Explore the rise and fall of Black Wall Street. Uncover the true history of the Greenwood District, the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, and the modern search for mass graves.

Edward C.

Picher, Oklahoma: The Most Toxic Town in America

Oklahoma

Osage County, Oklahoma: The Oil Murders Behind Killers of the Flower Moon

The Rise and Fall of Black Wall Street: Tulsa’s Forgotten Prosperity and the Massacre of 1921

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