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On The Hook

Luke Palmer Coalgate, Okla.

Talk to us about growing up in Coalgate. What was that like?

It’s really small-town Oklahoma. My family has had a hardware store in Coalgate since the 1940s. It’s a small country town where you have to drive 30 minutes to find a Walmart or McDonald’s. So, growing up here, there wasn’t a lot to do outside of fishing,

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