Columnist roysj writes of the Sooner State's Golden Driller, a '75-foot, 43,500-pound concrete testament to Oklahoma’s oil-rich history.' If the I-65 rocket comes down, would a statue honoring astronauts be a suitable replacement? Do you have other ideas?
I’ve got no skin in the rocket battle. As of this newsletter, not a peep from Gov. Kay Ivey or any other state leaders about whether the state will fine itself—is there a swear jar at the state house? Or ignore it like the officer who catches his buddy in a speed trap.RELATED:Then? Replace it with an astronaut. A gigantic astronaut. No, not Buzz Lightyear or the popular Snoopy Astronant balloon from the Thanksgiving parade.
One akin to the 75-foot, 43,500-pound concrete testament to Oklahoma’s oil-rich history—for the unfamiliar, the state was once essentially land atop a sea of oil—that stands guard outside the Tulsa Expo Center in my hometown. It was originally constructed in 1952, rebuilt six years later, and in 1966 donated to the Tulsa County Fairgrounds for the International Petroleum Exposition.In 1979, the legislature declared it the state monument..
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