OKon Photo Album - Master Index

A Short History of OKon

There were 15 OKons in Tulsa, Oklahoma, running from 1977 through 1992. In 1981 the majestic Mayo Hotel, OKon's convention hotel, was suddenly sold, and with nowhere else to go the con had to be cancelled that year, but many of the same fans worked on Panopticon West, a Tulsa Doctor Who convention which featured Peter Davison, the 5th Doctor, as GoH. OKon was organized and run by local fans in the now-defunct STARbase Tulsa.

Over the years, OKon raised thousands of dollars for local charities (the Tulsa Recreation Center for the Physically Limited, the Brass Ring Society, Project Get-Together) as well as national charities (The American Diabetes Association, the Arthritis Foundation, the American Cancer Society). OKon '85 was the largest, with attendance well over 2,000. That year, the con raised $8,000 for charity.

For additional information about OKon please visit the web page at http://www.cooky.demon.co.uk/us/okon.html. Thank you.

-- Tim Frayser

In the collection of photographs that follows there are may be faces that are not known to the current custodians. If you recognize one or more people in a photo that have not been mentioned in that photo's caption, or you know who the photographer was, please use the form that has been provided with the photo to identify that individual or individuals. Information about what was happening in a photo would also be appreciated if it is not included in the photo's caption. Thank you.

When you get to a photo that you may want to copy to your system simply click on the photo and then use your browser to save the image file. Clicking on the photo will give you a clean copy of the image file without the caption and other text that makes up the Web page. Because many of these photos may be copyrighted by the photographer or by other parties, care must be taken in their use for other than strictly personal enjoyment.

To access the Photo Album for a specific OKon, please click on the name of the convention in the table.


Year Title [Unchanged] [Unchanged]    Year Title [Unchanged] [Unchanged]
1977OKon I [Unchanged]

1988OKon XI [Unchanged]

1978OKon II [Unchanged] [Unchanged]
1989OKon XII [Unchanged]

1979OKon III


1990OKon XIII [Unchanged]

1980OKon IV [Unchanged]

1991OKon XIV


1982OKon V


1992OKon XV [Unchanged]

1983OKon VI [Unchanged]




1984OKon VII





1985OKon VIII [Unchanged]




1986OKon IX [Unchanged]




1987OKon X [Unchanged]





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