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Saturday, May 10, 2008

I-40 passes Okemah, Oklahoma


I have always wanted to stop in Okemah, OK. It is the home of Woody Guthrie, Jimmy Lafave, an annual music festivial (WoodyFest) and is the basis for Kevin Bowe and his band's name - the Okemah Prophets. Sadly it is a pretty run down drab town. The best I could find was this small park with a statue and a mural. That being said.....maybe Woody would think it was an appropriately "working man" kind of monument....