Saturday, June 28, 2008 | by nathan

The Bombing of Boise City

I’ve become mildly obsessed with this bit of Oklahoma history in advance of our trip to the Panhandle, so here’s this:

The Great Oklahoma Road Trip 2008, videos, Oklahoma

3 Comments »

  1. Comment by Dylan

    That’s awesome… I read the article you posted about it too.

    28 June 2008  7:14 pm

  2. Comment by Alan Scott

    Great story! So they missed the courthouse and almost destroyed other buildings? Doesn’t lend a whole lot of confidence to the bomber crew, does it? Thanks for the post!

    30 June 2008  7:45 am

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    […] I find it oddly haunting, the huge skies, the fields. Also, we were having some weird music moments in our car - "Vein of Stars" by the Flaming Lips came on, and I was almost freaked out by how perfect the song seemed to complement the landscape. Both are haunting and beautiful. Even though I never tired of seeing the plains flying past, I was excited, as was everyone else, when we finally reached our next stop, Boise City: […]

    7 July 2008  10:47 am

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