Okemah News

The Hen House Cafe is gaining a reputation for not just its healthy portions, but also its pretty healthy down home cuisine.

It could be the water, perhaps, or the air, or the vibes, in general, that have made Okemah, Okla., famous for its music and musicians, from Woody Guthrie and the town's annual free music festival in July to its latest acclaimed singer-songwriter, John Fullbright - who actually grew up in Bearden, Okla., but got his schooling in nearby Okemah.

Outside the Woody Guthrie Center, there's a large mural of Guthrie holding his guitar with the phrase, "This Machine Kills Fascists." Woody Guthrie with his parents Nora Belle and Charley, and brother George, at their home in Okemah, Okla., in 1926.

At the new Woody Guthrie Center in Tulsa, Mary Jennings Boyle, foreground, Guthrie's first wife, views a display of their time in Pampa, Texas, some 80 years ago.

Vietnam vet travels by wagon from Michigan to Okla...: Vietnam veteran Charlie Peters has been on the road since May 1. He's traveling by wagon from Owosso, Mich., to his father's gravesite in Okemah, Okla., to meet and thank veterans along the way.