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The 1970 Cole’s Cross Reference Directory — an avocado-green volume in the corner of the fourth floor of Central Library — lists 112 W. Fourth St. as the home of Orpha’s Lounge. Upstairs, at 110 ½, was Orpha’s Hotel. On the same page, there’s a number for Oral Roberts University and its Dial-A-Prayer line, and a listing for the Orpheum Building. There’s also a personal address tucked among the commerce listings: Orpha Satterfield. She’s been dead more than 10 years, but she continues to receive mail at the address.

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<em>Photo by Matt Phipps for This Land Press</em>

