Post #778803 by stevekh on Sat, Aug 12, 2017 4:49 PM

i just spoke with Benny who owns this sign, and was able to get a little info on it, but not much:

1. it's definitely not for sale
2. he wouldn't send pictures of it
3. it was from the Muskogee location

the reason i called is that looking at the pics of the screenshot and the old signs, it didn't appear to be the Tulsa, OKC, or Clinton one - scale, typeface and construction wasn't right (no bushing areas for neon, it was a single flat piece instead of multiple cabinets) if i were to guess, it's a large roadside sign advertising that one is coming up in muskogee or and ancillary entrance sign for the property

on a side note, through a little digging, i found that the owner of the Trade Winds hotels ran a horse in the Kentucky Derby in 1972 called Our Trade Winds

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972_Kentucky_Derby