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Paul Brooks Davis
Paul Brooks Davis (a.k.a. "Paul Davis", born 1938 in Centrahoma, Oklahoma) is an American graphic artist. Biography Paul Brooks Davis, better known as Paul Davis, was born in 1938 in Centrahoma, Oklahoma. The middle of three children born to Howard Davis, a Methodist minister, and Susan Brookhart Davis, he spent his childhood in small towns: Caddo, Jenks, Hartshorne and Antlers, in Oklahoma, as well as Sulphur Springs, Arkansas; Ellis, Kansas; and, briefly, Great Falls, Montana. He attended Woodrow Wilson Junior High School (Tulsa, Oklahoma), and later, Will Rogers High School in Tulsa, where his talent was nurtured by art teacher Hortense Bateholts. While in high school, Davis, with friends Russell Myers and Archie Goodwin formed a cartoonist's club which met daily at the Owl Drugstore at 11th Street and Pittsburg in Tulsa. Davis won a scholarship to the School of Visual Arts and moved to New York at age 17. There he studied with outstanding illustrators Philip Hays and Rob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centrahoma, Oklahoma
Centrahoma is a rural small town in Coal County, Oklahoma, Coal County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 97 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. History A post office was established at Byrd, Indian Territory on March 3, 1892. It was named for William L. Byrd, Governor of the Chickasaw Nation. Its name changed to Owl, Indian Territory on July 10, 1894. The post office took its name from nearby Owl Creek, a branch of Leader Creek, a tributary of Clear Boggy Creek. On June 11, 1907 the post office was moved a few miles northeast and the name changed to Centrahoma, Indian Territory. Its name was coined from "central Oklahoma."Shirk, George H. ''Oklahoma Place Names'' (Norman: University of Oklahoma, 1965), pp. 33, 42 & 159. Geography Centrahoma is located northwest of the center of Coal County. Oklahoma State Highway 3 passes south of the community, leading northwest to Ada, Oklahoma, Ada and southeast to Atoka, Oklahoma, Atoka. According to the United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |