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Jonathan Frakes
Frakes at HawaiiCon on September 18, 2016
Born
Jonathan Scott Frakes
(1952-08-19) August 19, 1952 (age 65)
Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupation
Actor, director
Years active
1978–present
Known for
William T. Riker
Spouse(s)
Genie Francis (m. 1988)
Children
2
Jonathan Scott Frakes (born August 19, 1952) is an American actor and director. Frakes is best known for his portrayal of Commander William T. Riker in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation and subsequent films. Frakes also hosted the television series Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction. In June 2011, Frakes narrated the History Channel documentary Lee and Grant. He was the voice for David Xanatos in the Disney television series Gargoyles.
Frakes directed while starring in Star Trek: First Contact as well as Star Trek: Insurrection. He directed episodes of several Star Trek television series and The Orville. He is the author of the novel The Abductors: Conspiracy.[1]
Contents
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1 Early life
2 Career
3 Personal life
4 Filmography
5 Directing filmography
5.1 Feature films
5.2 Television
6 References
7 External links
Early life[edit]
Frakes was born in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, the son of Doris J. (née Yingling) and Dr. James R. Frakes. He is of mostly German, and some English, descent.[2] He grew up in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. A 1970 graduate of Bethlehem's Liberty High School, he ran track and played with the Liberty High School Grenadier Band.[3] Frakes received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theater Arts at Pennsylvania State University in 1974, where he was a member of the Thespians and a MA from Harvard University in 1976.[4]
His father was a critic for the New York Times Book Review, a book editor, and professor of English literature at Lehigh University from 1958–2001, where he was the Edmund W. Fairchild Professor in American Studies. James R. Frakes died in early 2002.[5] Frakes had a younger brother, Daniel, who died in 1997 from pancreatic cancer.[6]
Career[edit]
For a time in the 1970s, Frakes worked for Marvel Comics, appearing at conventions in costume as Captain America.[7] Frakes moved to New York City and became a member of the Impossible Ragtime Theater. In that company, Frakes did his first off-Broadway acting in Eugene O'Neill's The Hairy Ape directed by George Ferencz. His first Broadway appearance was in Shenandoah. At the same time, he landed a role in the NBC soap opera The Doctors.[8] When his character was dismissed from the show, Frakes moved to Los Angeles and had guest spots in many of the top television series of the 1970s and 1980s, including The Waltons, Eight Is Enough, The Dukes of Hazzard, Matlock and Hill Street Blues.
He played the part of Charles Lindbergh in a 1983 episode of Voyagers! titled "An Arrow Pointing East". In 1983, he had a role in the short-lived NBC prime time soap opera Bare Essence (which also starred his future wife Genie Francis), and a supporting role in the equally short-lived primetime soap Paper Dolls in 1984.[8] He also had recurring roles in Falcon Crest[8] and the miniseries North and South before signing for the role of Commander William T. Riker on Star Trek: The Next Generation.[9] Frakes appeared in the 1986 miniseries Dream West.
He has done animation voice acting, most notably voicing the recurring role of David Xanatos in the animated series Gargoyles, and he provided the voice of his own head in a jar in the Futurama episode "Where No Fan Has Gone Before". He had a small, uncredited role in the 1994 movie Camp Nowhere. He also reprised his role of Riker for a Next Generation cutaway on an episode of Family Guy that also featured his co-stars Patrick Stewart and Michael Dorn as their respective roles of Picard and Worf. Later, he again played himself on another Family Guy episode, where all seven main TNG actors (plus Denise Crosby and Wil Wheaton) made voice appearances. He is also one of six Star Trek actors (the other actors being Kate Mulgrew, Michael Dorn, George Takei, Avery Brooks and Majel Barrett) to lend their voices to the video game Star Trek: Captain's Chair, reprising his role as Riker when users visit the Enterprise-D bridge featured in the game.
Frakes is one of only two Star Trek regulars to appear on four different Star Trek series (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Enterprise). The only other regular to match or exceed that number is Majel Barrett-Roddenberry who appeared in five of the television series. He has also directed episodes in four of the series (TNG, DS9, VOY, and DIS). His directing career has included the films Star Trek: First Contact and Star Trek: Insurrection. Additionally, Frakes was an executive producer for the WB series Roswell, directed several episodes, and guest-starred in three episodes. His relationship with Star Trek is made light of in the episode "Secrets and Lies", in which the alien character Max auditions for a guest role as an alien for Star Trek: Enterprise.
Frakes appeared on the 1994 Phish album Hoist, playing trombone on the track titled "Riker's Mailbox". Frakes would occasionally perform on the trombone during his tenure as Commander Riker, drawing on his college marching band experience. He was also a member of "The Sunspots", a vocal backup group of Star Trek cast members that appeared on Brent Spiner's 1991 album Ol' Yellow Eyes Is Back.
Frakes hosted The Paranormal Borderline, a television series on UPN, which dealt with the paranormal and mysterious happenings and creatures. In one episode, Frakes presented an interview of reporter Yolanda Gaskins with veteran astronaut Gordon Cooper, where they discussed the possibility of aliens having visited Earth in the past.[10][11] Overall, the show was criticized and pulled off the air after it was discovered that footage showing a yeti from the Himalayas was purposely faked by the show and its producers. The "Snowwalker" footage, as it is known, purportedly shows a yeti crossing through a valley in the Himalayas, walking in front of a Belgian couple who are traversing the area on skis. The network finally admitted the hoax, and Frakes distanced himself from the show. He hosted Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction, which also dealt with the paranormal world.
Frakes and Francis appeared together in Lois & Clark in the episode "Don't Tug on Superman's Cape" as a creepily too-good-to-be-true couple. He narrated the History Channel's That's Impossible.
Frakes has directed episodes of Roswell, Leverage,[12] Castle, NCIS: Los Angeles, Burn Notice, Falling Skies and most recently Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Switched at Birth, Hit the Floor, and The Librarians.
Frakes works with the Workshops, the Waterfall Arts Center, and the Saltwater Film Society, all located in Maine, where he teaches classes on film direction. He and his wife owned a home furnishings store in Belfast, Maine, called The Cherished Home, which closed in August 2012 due to his wife being too busy with her acting to spend adequate time at the store.[13]
Frakes was also the voice of Finn the Human's adult version in the episodes "Puhoy" and "Dungeon Train" on Adventure Time.
Personal life[edit]
Frakes first met actress Genie Francis on the set of the television soap opera Bare Essence, and again while filming the mini-series North and South. They began dating in 1985, became engaged in 1986, and married on May 28, 1988. They have two children.[14]
Filmography[edit]
Film
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1994 Camp Nowhere Bob Spiegel
1994 Star Trek Generations Commander William T. Riker
1996 Star Trek: First Contact Commander William T. Riker Nominated-Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated-Saturn Award for Best Director
1998 Star Trek: Insurrection Commander William T. Riker
2002 Star Trek: Nemesis Captain/Commander William T. Riker
2002 Clockstoppers Janitor uncredited
2004 Thunderbirds Policeman uncredited
2011 The Captains Himself/Captain William T. Riker
2017 Devil's Gate Sheriff
Television
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1978 Charlie's Angels Brad Episode: "Angel on My Miind"
1978 Fantasy Island Kirk Wendover Episode: "The War Games/Queen of the Boston Bruisers"
1979 The Waltons Ashley Longworth Jr. Episode: "The Lost Sheep" and "The Legacy"
Eight Is Enough Chapper Episode: "Separate Ways"
The White Shadow uncredited as Basketball Player Episode: "One of the Boys"
1980 Beulah Land Adam Davis
The Night the City Screamed Richard Hawkins
1981 The Dukes of Hazzard Jamie Lee Hogg Episode: "Mrs. Daisy Hogg" in a 4th Season episode entitled
Harper Valley Clutch Breath Episode: "Low Noon"
1982 Hart to Hart Adam Blake Episode: "Harts and Palms"
Hill Street Blues Drug dealer Episode: "Of Mouse and Man"
Quincy, M.E. Leon Bohannon Episode: "The Face of Fear"
Quincy, M.E. Surgeon Episode: "Ghost of a Chance"
Voyagers! Charles Lindbergh Episode: "An Arrow Pointing East"
1983 Bare Essence Marcus Marshall Several episodes.
1984 Highway to Heaven Arthur Krock, Jr. Episode: "A Devine Madness"
Five Mile Creek Adam Scott Episode: "Gold Fever"
The Fall Guy Connors Episode: "Always Say Always"
1985 The New Twilight Zone Single Guy Episode: "But Can She Type?"
North and South Stanley Hazard
1986 Dream West Lt. Archibald Gillespie
Matlock D.A. Park Episode: "The Angel"
1987–1994 Star Trek: The Next Generation Commander William T. Riker/Lt. Thomas Riker 176 Episodes
1988 Reading Rainbow Himself Episode: "The Bionic Bunny Show"
1994 Wings Gavin Rutledge Episode: "All's Fare"
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Lt. Thomas Riker Episode: "Defiant"
1994–1996 Gargoyles David Xanatos, Coyote (voice)
1995 Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Tim Lake Episode: "Don't Tug on Superman's Cape"
Cybill Himself Episode: "Starting on the Wrong Foot"
Alien Autopsy: Fact or Fiction? Himself (Host/Narrator)
1996 Star Trek: Voyager Commander William T. Riker Episode: "Death Wish"
1998–2002 Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction? Himself (presenter) 45 episodes
1999 Roswell Himself Episode: "The Convention"
2000 3rd Rock from the Sun Larry McMichael Episode: "Gwen, Larry, Dick and Mary"
2000 Ghosts: Caught on Tape Himself (narrator)
2002 Futurama Himself (voice) Episode: "Where No Fan Has Gone Before"
2005 Star Trek: Enterprise Commander William T. Riker Episode: "These Are the Voyages..."
Family Guy Commander William T. Riker (voice) Episode: "Peter's Got Woods"
2009 Family Guy Himself (voice) Episode: "Not All Dogs Go to Heaven"
2009 Leverage uncredited as patient in neck brace in season one episode Episode: "The Snow Job"
2010 Criminal Minds Dr. Arthur Malcolm Episode: "The Uncanny Valley"
NCIS: Los Angeles Navy Commander Dr. Stanfill Episode: "Disorder"
2011 The Super Hero Squad Show High Evolutionary (voice only) Episode: "The Devil Dinosaur You Say!"
2012 Leverage Uncredited man in background at Consumer Products Safety Commission Episode: "The Toy Job"
Castle uncredited Richard Castle fan who gets his book signed Episode "The Final Frontier"
2013 Adventure Time Adult Finn (Voice) Episodes: "Puhoy" and "Dungeon Train"
2014 Hit The Floor
2016–2017 Guardians of the Galaxy J'Son (Voice) 9 episodes
2016 Future-Worm! Steak Starbolt (Voice)
2018 After Trek Himself Aftershow
Episode 11
Directing filmography[edit]
Feature films[edit]
Star Trek: Klingon (1996) – interactive movie
Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)
Clockstoppers (2002)
Thunderbirds (2004)
The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines (2006)
The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice (2008)
Television[edit]
Star Trek: The Next Generation
3.16 - The Offspring (1990)
4.07 - Reunion (1990)
4.21 - The Drumhead (1991)
5.18 - Cause and Effect (1992)
6.09 - The Quality of Life (1992)
6.20 - The Chase (1993)
7.08 - Attached (1993)
7.14 - Sub Rosa (1994)
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
3.02 - The Search, Part II (1994)
3.08 - Meridian (1994)
3.13 - Past Tense, Part II (1995)
Star Trek: Voyager
2.03 - Projections (1995)
2.07 - Parturition (1995)
2.13 - Prototype (1996)
Diagnosis Murder
3.18 - Left-Handed Murder (1996)
Roswell
1.07 - River Dog (1999)
1.19 - Four Square (2000)
1.21 - The White Room (2000)
3.04 - Secrets and Lies (2001)
3.08 - Behind the Music (2001)
The Twilight Zone
The Lineman (2002)
Masters of Science Fiction
The Discarded (2007)
Leverage
1.07 - The Wedding Job (2009)
1.11 - The Juror #6 Job (2009)
2.04 - The Fairy Godparents Job (2009)
2.11 - The Bottle Job (2010)
3.02 - The Reunion Job (2010)
3.06 - The Studio Job (2010)
3.13 - The Morning After Job (2010)
4.09 - The Queen's Gambit Job (2011)
4.12 - The Office Job (2011)
4.15 - The Lonely Hearts Job (2011)
5.03 - The First Contact Job (2012)
5.05 - The Gimme a K Street Job (2012)
Dollhouse
2.04 - Belonging (2009)
Castle
2.08 - Kill the Messenger (2009)
5.06 - The Final Frontier (2012)
5.20 - The Fast and the Furriest (2013)
NCIS: Los Angeles
1.14 - LD50 (2010)
2.11 - Disorder (2010)
3.16 - Blye, K. (2012)
4.10 - Free Ride (2012)
5.02 - Impact (2013)
8.10 - Sirens (2016)
V
1.07 - John May (2010)
Persons Unknown
1.05 - Incoming (2010)
1.10 - Seven Sacrifices (2010)
1.11 - And Then There Was One (2010)
The Good Guys
1.09 - Don't Taze Me, Bro (2010)
1.16 - Silence of the Dan (2010)
The Glades
1.08 - Marriage Is Murder (2010)
2.04 - Moonlighting (2011)
4.02 - Shot Girls (2013)
Burn Notice
4.14 - Hot Property (2010)
5.06 - Enemy Of My Enemy (2011)
5.17 - Acceptable Loss (2011)
6.09 - Official Business (2012)
7.06 - All or Nothing (2013)
Bar Karma
1.09 - Three Times a Lady (2011)
Falling Skies
3.09 - Journey to Xilbalba (2013)
4.06 - Door Number Three (2014)
5.06 - Respite (2015)
King & Maxwell
1.08 - Job Security (2013)
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
1.08 - The Well (2013)
Switched at Birth
3.06 - The Scream (2014)
4.08 - Art Like Love is Dedication (2015)
Hit the Floor
2.03 - Behind the Back (2014)
2.04 - Full-Court Press (2014)
The Librarians
1.04 - And Santa's Midnight Run (2014)
1.06 - And the Fables of Doom (2015)
1.10 - And the Loom of Fate (2015)
2.06 - And the Infernal Contract (2015)
2.08 - And the Point of Salvation (2015)
3.05 - And the Tears of a Clown (2016)
3.06 - And the Trial of the Triangle (2016)
3.09 - And the Fatal Separation (2017)
4.04 - And the Silver Screen (2017)
4.06 - And the Graves of Time (2017)
The Orville
1.05 - Pria (2017)
Star Trek: Discovery[15]
1.10 - Despite Yourself (2018)
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Jonathan Frakes; Dean Wesley Smith (1996). The Abductors: Conspiracy. New York: Tor. ISBN 978-0-312-86208-4.
Jump up ^ "1". Freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com. Retrieved October 10, 2012.
Jump up ^ Sylvia Lawler (September 25, 1988). "Jonathan Frakes's career beams up Bethlehem actor scores as 'Star Trek' commander". Allentown, PA: The Morning Call. pp. T.01.
Jump up ^ [1]
Jump up ^ "James R. Frakes". Allentown, Pennsylvania: The Morning Call. March 15, 2002. pp. B.10.
Jump up ^ "Daniel M. Frakes". Allentown, Pennsylvania: The Morning Call. May 19, 1997. p. A09.
Jump up ^ Brian Cronin (2006-07-04). "Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #58". Comics Should Be Good!.
^ Jump up to: a b c Nemecek, Larry (1992). "Rebirth". In Stern, Dave. The Star Trek The Next Generation Companion. 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020: Pocket Books. p. 18. ISBN 0-671-79460-4.
Jump up ^ Sylvia Lawler (May 5, 1986). "Making history: "North and South's" Jonathan Frakes is crafting his future– History yields a good part for Jonathan Frakes". Allentown, PA: The Morning Call. pp. D.01. Archived from the original on July 19, 2011.
Jump up ^ Video on YouTube
Jump up ^ http://www.qtm.net/~geibdan/coop.html Archived 2009-02-05 at the Wayback Machine. UFO Folklore Center – Transcript of Interview
Jump up ^ Turner Network. "Leverage Season 3 Episode Synopses" (Microsoft Word document). Turner Network. Retrieved May 7, 2010.
Jump up ^ "Log In or Sign Up to View". www.facebook.com.
Jump up ^ "Jonathan Frakes Biography". FrostSnow. Retrieved April 30, 2017.
Jump up ^ Hibberd, James (June 27, 2017). "Star Trek: Discovery scoop: Jonathan Frakes joins as director". Entertainment Weekly. United States: Time Inc. Retrieved June 27, 2017.
External links[edit]
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The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines (2006)
The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice (2008)
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For the area between Texas and southern Oklahoma with a similar name, see Texoma.
Texhoma, Oklahoma
Town
Location in Texas County and state of Oklahoma.
Coordinates: 36°30′16″N 101°47′11″W / 36.50444°N 101.78639°W / 36.50444; -101.78639Coordinates: 36°30′16″N 101°47′11″W / 36.50444°N 101.78639°W / 36.50444; -101.78639
Country
United States
State
Oklahoma
County
Texas
Incorporated
1908
Area
• Total
0.6 sq mi (2 km2)
Elevation
3,487 ft (1,063 m)
Population (2010)
• Total
926
• Density
1,500/sq mi (600/km2)
Time zone
Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)
CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP code
73949
Area code
580
Website
texhoma.us
Texhoma is a town in Texas County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 926 at the 2010 census. Texhoma is a divided city with the Texas–Oklahoma state border separating the town from Texhoma, Texas. The name of the town is a portmanteau of Texas and Oklahoma.[1] Founded around the Rock Island Railroad laying tracks through the area, much of the town's local economy is from ranching and livestock.
Contents
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1 History
2 Geography
3 Texhoma-Texhoma relationship
4 Demographics
5 Education
5.1 Transportation
6 Sites of interest
7 Notable people
8 References
9 External links
History[edit]
Before No Man's Land was opened for settlers in 1890, the area now known as the Oklahoma Panhandle was sparsely settled ranchland. After the opening some of the land was filed on near the ranch headquarters, mostly by the cowboys, and sold to the ranch as soon as proved up. Expansion of the Rock Island Railroad tracks from Liberal, Kansas to Santa Rosa, New Mexico spurred the settlement's formation.
A post office named Loretta was established May 7, 1898, but the name and location was changed to Texhoma on November 12, 1901, as there was another Loretta, Oklahoma. Very few claims were filed on until the railroad was assured. The town grew quickly to a population near 1,000, serving as the closest railroad town to the people who lived as far north and west as present Boise City, and south into the Texas Panhandle to the present town of Gruver.
The land was quickly homesteaded and proved to be a rich agricultural area.
Geography[edit]
Texhoma is located at 36°30′16″N 101°47′11″W / 36.50444°N 101.78639°W / 36.50444; -101.78639 (36.504421, -101.786517).[2] According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.6 square miles (1.6 km2), all of it land.
Texhoma-Texhoma relationship[edit]
Texhoma is most known for the fact that it is paired with another Texhoma across the border in Texas. Tourists come for the border sign that separates Oklahoma and Texas, and the sign is very iconic.
Demographics[edit]
Historical population
Census
Pop.
%±
1910 372 —
1920 687 84.7%
1930 819 19.2%
1940 577 −29.5%
1950 1,464 153.7%
1960 911 −37.8%
1970 921 1.1%
1980 785 −14.8%
1990 746 −5.0%
2000 386 −48.3%
2010 926 139.9%
Est. 2015 969 [3] 4.6%
U.S. Decennial Census[4]
As of the census[5] of 2000, there were 935 people, 352 households, and 254 families residing in the town. The population density was 1,495.0 people per square mile (573.0/km²). There were 408 housing units at an average density of 652.3 per square mile (250.0/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 81.60% White, 0.96% Native American, 0.21% Asian, 14.76% from other races, and 2.46% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 31.76% of the population.
There were 352 households out of which 39.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.5% were married couples living together, 5.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.8% were non-families. 25.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.66 and the average family size was 3.15.
In the town, the population was spread out with 31.2% under the age of 18, 9.1% from 18 to 24, 27.6% from 25 to 44, 18.6% from 45 to 64, and 13.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 113.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 103.5 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $27,500, and the median income for a family was $36,667. Males had a median income of $23,229 versus $18,250 for females. The per capita income for the town was $12,938. About 11.7% of families and 15.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 16.9% of those under age 18 and 17.8% of those age 65 or over.
Education[edit]
Texhoma students in both Texas and Oklahoma are served jointly by an unusual bi-state arrangement. Kindergarten through fourth grade students are served by the Texhoma Independent School District [1] in Texas, while fifth through twelfth grade students by Texhoma Public Schools in Oklahoma. It is the only city in Oklahoma where graduating students can attend either Oklahoma or Texas public universities at the in-state tuition rates for either.[6]
Transportation[edit]
State Highway 95 runs from a southern terminus at the Texas state line 42.5 miles north to the Kansas state line.
U.S. Highway 54
Sites of interest[edit]
Texhoma High School is housed in a pair of monolithic dome structures.[7]
Registered Historic Places in the Texhoma area:
Penick House
CCC (Three C) Ranch Headquarters (Osborn Homestead)
Johnson-Cline Archaeological Site
Notable people[edit]
Edgar E. (Ted) Coons, Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at New York University
Leon Fields, OK Representative & State Senator
John Fischer, editor of Harper's Magazine, 1953–1967
Wright Langum, Los Alamos scientist
Patience Latting, Oklahoma City mayor, 1971–1983
Esther and J.B. Riffe, philanthropists
JPR Sewell, OK State Representative
Frank Sewell, OK State Representative
Andy Norton, Independent League Baseball Outfielder
Marian Settles, missionary in Africa
G.A. Acock, Representative
Charles Fred Krull, Agronomist
Ralph A. Hamilton, Musician/Engineer- Lockheed California company
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Remington, Frank L. (Sep 8, 1969). "Take a Good Look at the US Map. Towns Have the Craziest Names". The Milwaukee Journal. p. 2. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
Jump up ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
Jump up ^ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015". Archived from the original on June 2, 2016. Retrieved July 2, 2016.
Jump up ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
Jump up ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
Jump up ^ Wallace, Linda (1991-11-17). "In Texhoma, A Bridge Over Interstate Rivalry". Philadelphia Inquirer: A02.
Jump up ^ Parker, Freda. "Texhoma's Showplace: Two Monolithic Domes".
External links[edit]
Official website
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