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MSU Emeritus publishes first novel about Jewish culture in Ozarks


MSU Emeritus publishes first novel about Jewish culture in Ozarks

Preserving Jewish history has been an ingrained part of Mara Cohen Ioannides’ work for nearly 25 years. The Springfield author is now celebrating the release of her third novel, which explores Jewish life in the Ozarks over 140 years ago. Self-published, Yellow Jack and Turpentine is the first historical novel to explore the intertwining of […]

Big Boy, the world’s largest steam locomotive, will travel through Oklahoma this fall


Big Boy, the world’s largest steam locomotive, will travel through Oklahoma this fall

The world’s largest steam locomotive will travel through Oklahoma in the next few months. Big Boy No. 4014’s 2024 tour begins on Wednesday, August 28 in Cheyenne, Wyoming and will travel through nine states. Built by the Union Pacific Railroad in the 1940s, locomotive 4014 was one of the 600-ton “Big Boys” locomotives and was […]

Big Boy, the world’s largest steam locomotive, will travel through Oklahoma this fall


Big Boy, the world’s largest steam locomotive, will travel through Oklahoma this fall

The world’s largest steam locomotive will travel through Oklahoma in the next few months. Big Boy No. 4014’s 2024 tour begins on Wednesday, August 28 in Cheyenne, Wyoming and will travel through nine states. Built by the Union Pacific Railroad in the 1940s, locomotive 4014 was one of the 600-ton “Big Boys” locomotives and was […]