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Our Favorite Mod Blogs of 2015

by Lynne Rostochil Well, another year has flown by and many of us are taking a moment to reflect on the adventures, triumphs, failures, and challenges 2015 had to offer.  In that vein, we thought we’d also look back on the year and pick our top 10 favorite Mod Blogs of 2015.  Enjoy!   1. […]

Oklahoma State Lodges: The Bizarre Story of Arrowhead

by Lynne Rostochil, vintage images from the OPUBCO collection at The History Center, modern-day images from the Narconon Arrowhead website   Like Fountainhead, its sister lodge to the north on Lake Eufaula, Arrowhead Lodge was born amid controversy when the State of Oklahoma took out a $9 million federal loan to construct the two resort […]

Oklahoma State Lodges: The Fabulous Fountainhead

by Lynne Rostochil (Bob Bowlby)  Few Oklahoma buildings have been more beautifully designed — or more ill-fated — than the spectacular, crescent-shaped Fountainhead State Lodge on the eastern shores of Lake Eufaula.  When the lake was completed in the early ’60s, state leaders decided that it would be a great idea to expand Oklahoma’s vast […]

Searching for Modernism in Small-Town Oklahoma

by Lynne Rostochil, vintage photos of the Temple of the Rainbow Girls from the OPUBCO collection at The History Center, vintage photos of the Masonic buildings in Guthrie courtesy Bill Gumerson, current-day photos by the author   One of my favorite pastimes is getting up early on a Saturday morning, grabbing my camera, heading with […]