RUSSELL COBB

ARTIST BIO

Dr. Russell Cobb, descended from three generations of Tulsa oilmen, is a writer and historian. His books include Ghosts of Crook County (Beacon Press, 2024), selected as one of the best books of 2024 by Publishers Weekly, and The Great Oklahoma Swindle: Race, Religion, and Lies in America's Weirdest State (Bison Books, 2020), winner of an Oklahoma Department of Libraries award. His current project charts the rise and fall of Tulsa as the Oil Capital of the World against a backdrop of land fraud, racial tension, and four generations of Tulsa family history.

ARTIST PROJECT INFO

Lives and Lies on The Line is a public art and digital-history project tracing the layered history of Charles Page Boulevard, the industrial corridor connecting Tulsa and Sand Springs. Through five bike-accessible markers, the project will reveal stories overlooked in the story Tulsa tells itself. These sites include Muscogee allotments and Tullahasse Indian Cemetery, Newblock Park, Joe Station, and Charles Page Boulevard itself. Each stop will feature a QR code linking to a mobile exhibit combining archival photographs, maps, oral histories, documents, audio, and original artwork by participating artists. The project culminates in a community bike ride on April 24, 2027.

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