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Season 5, Episode 33: Finding the Butterfield with Susan Dragoo
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Season 5, Episode 33: Finding the Butterfield with Susan Dragoo

The Oklahoma Today Podcast

August 12, 202442m 48s

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Show Notes

What started as a story in Oklahoma Today is now a full-fledged book. Writer Susan Dragoo—a frequent contributor to Oklahoma Today magazine—published her new historical nonfiction account of the Butterfield Overland Mail stagecoach route, titled Finding the Butterfield: A Journey Through Time In Indian Territory, in July. The old mail route stretched from St. Louis, Missouri, to San Francisco, California, cutting through the Rocky Mountains and a stretch of modern-day Oklahoma in Indian Territory. Dragoo joins this week's podcast to shed some light on the history of the short-lived route and tell us what remains for the curious to see today. Visit susandragoo.com/butterfield-oklahoma for purchasing information. 

Also on this week's podcast, the editors discuss the oft-debated topic of Oklahoma's best burger, and in podvents Karlie tells us about a week-long paint party in OKC. You won't want to miss it!