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Oklahoma History
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Extractions: STATE SEAL OF OKLAHOMA Centered by a five-pointed star, each ray contains the seals of the Five Civilized Tribes. In the center of the star are an Indian and pioneer shaking hands under a figure holding balanced scales, representing Justice. The star is surrounded by 45 smaller stars representing the other states admitted to the U.S. before Oklahoma. Oklahoma's state seal has a dark blue background. The large center star is white, the smaller stars are gold and the ring around the edge of the seal is gold. The letters within it are dark blue. STATE FLAG An Osage warrior's buckskin shield, decorated with pendant eagle feathers is the basic design. In crossed positions over the shield are an Indian peace pipe and an olive branch, the white man's symbol of peace. The flag is a rich sky blue. The word "Oklahoma" is white. The Osage war shield is tan, outlined in red, the peace pipe is white with red tips and the olive branch is green. O nce called Indian Territory because it was home to the five "civilized" tribes, Oklahoma was one of the last states to join the United States (1907). Oklahoma is situated in the southern edge of the Great Plains. Though most think of Oklahoma as being treeless and flat, this is far from the truth in many parts of the state. The area around Tulsa, located in northeastern Oklahoma, at the edge of the Ouachita Mountains with it's many scenic reservoirs and rolling hills, looks much like the Hill Country area of central Texas. Oklahoma has over 7 million acres of woodlands, so this cancels the rumor of the state being a treeless plain as well.
Oologah, Oklahoma History
Oologah, oklahoma history. Historic Oologah, birthplace of The CherokeeKid, Will Rogers, is 30 minutes northeast of Tulsa on Highway
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Extractions: Oologah, Oklahoma History Historic Oologah, birthplace of The Cherokee Kid, Will Rogers , is 30 minutes northeast of Tulsa on Highway 169 in northwest Rogers County. Oologah emerged as an Indian Territory coal mining boom town. It soon became a shipping point for coal mined in the area because of its location on the Iron Mountain and Southern railroad line. In 1906, when Oologah was still a town in Indian Territory, the Bank of Oolagah was built due to the need for a safe depository and other general financial operations. It was one of the first banks in northeastern Oklahoma. The only bank in the area for over twenty years, and it existed as a commercial building for approximately eighty years. Will Rogers said he told folks he was from Claremore because no one but an Indian could pronounce Oologah. The town's name is a Cherokee word meaning "dark cloud." Oologah (pronounced oo'-la-gawh) was also spelled Oolagah prior to Oklahoma 's statehood (1907) and still is at some historic buildings.
Town Of Arcadia, Oklahoma History
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Extractions: Events ... Contact The history of Arcadia dates back to the late 1800's. The Post Office was officially named on 2 AUG 1890. The MKT (Missouri, Kansas, and Texas Railroad Co.) locally known as "the Katy" laid its tracks in the early 1900's . The Arcadia Depot became a center of commerce. Farmers and ranchers were able to ship agricultural and farm products out and other needed supplies and equipment could be received at the Arcadia Depot. The Township of Arcadia was dedicated and plated on March 14, 1903 on land donated by Mr. Frank Odor (Arcadia Addition). Later Mr. Benjamin Newkirk donated additional land and Newkirk Addition was added to the Town Plat. The roots of the economy in the Town of Arcadia were in the agriculture field. Cotton was the cash crop for the economy. The town had three cotton gins as well as a pharmacy, school, post office, churches, general store and other assorted businesses. In 1924 the town fell victim to a great fire that destroyed all the businesses and buildings on the east side of Main Street. Many of the buildings were never to be replaced after the fire. U. S. Highway "Route 66", the Mother Road, was built between 1928 and 1931. This coast to coast highway, Chicago to Los Angeles, California highway runs through Arcadia.
Oklahoma History And Activity Books
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Okeene Oklahoma History
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Extractions: Free Stuff Whippet Desktop Sports Photo's Crawford Photography Okeene's history Archaeology Outlaws Historical Overview The area surrounding Okeene was officially opened to European settlement by the land run of April 19th, 1892. Designated as "C" County in 1890, it was renamed Blaine County in 1892 after Senator James G. Blaine, who had recently died. Blaine a United States Senator from Maine had also been Speaker of the House and a presidential candidate. The county seat, Watonga, was named after Watangaa, or Black Coyote, an Arapahoe leader [ Prior to the land run, Europeans had already invaded "Indian Territory". Evidence for such occurences in the Okeene area include the Todd Ranch which was established in 1871, 2 1/2 miles east of Okeene on Big Spring Creeek [ ], and the presence of "boomers" and "sooners" in the Watonga area prior to the land run [
Okeene Oklahoma History
Welcome to Okeene Oklahoma. Depending on your point of view Okeene hasfour locations the picturesque Cimarron Valley, the northeast
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Extractions: Free Stuff Whippet Desktop Sports Photo's Crawford Photography Town of Okeene OPWA Schools Churches ... Rattlesnake hunt Welcome to Okeene Oklahoma Depending on your point of view Okeene has four locations: the picturesque Cimarron Valley, the northeast corner of Cheyenne-Arapaho territory, northeast Blaine County or the home of the mighty Whippets football team. At first glance Okeene appears to be a typical prairie town surrounded by flat prairie landscapes. However, nothing could further from the truth. A thriving rural community, Okeene has endured the test of time including, tornadoes, floods, the 2001 ice storm and economic ups and downs. From humble beginnings Okeene has grown into a mature city, no wonder our motto is "Proud Past-Bright Future". Things to do Okeene prides itself on being the home of the original rattlesnake hunt. Held annually at the end of April or early May it attracts participants, spectators and the curious from around the world. In 2002, Okeene celebrated its 63rd snakehunt and looks forward to many more. Information about the rattlesnake roundup can be found at the Diamond Backs web site.
Books On Oklahoma History
Books on oklahoma history Local and Regional History, Genealogy and Pictorial Historiesfrom Brough's Books. oklahoma history. Books on American States History.
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University Of Oklahoma History
University of oklahoma history, David Ross Boyd, the first presidentand very distinguished educator, was hired by mail. He traveled
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Extractions: University of Oklahoma History David Ross Boyd, the first president and very distinguished educator, was hired by mail. He traveled by train to Norman, Oklahoma (Oklahoma Territory at that time), over one hundred years ago, expecting to find a great institution. He thought he would be taken to some beautiful, gothic building like Evans Hall or Bizzell Memorial Library with its gardens. He was certain he would see a campus like the one you will visit today. When he got off the train a local businessman, who was helping to start the University, met him. Boyd immediately asked, "Where's the campus?" The civic leader brought him to this place, but instead of the great institution he expected, he arrived at nothing but flat prairie. Historic records show that there was not a single tree, not even a tall shrub, for five miles in any direction. Nine hundred people lived in Norman and there was not one paved street. There were eleven students, operating out of a three-room building on Main Street. That was the University of Oklahoma. There stood David Ross Boyd, the distinguished educator, in the middle of an open field looking at a prairie that went on forever with not a single building in sight, on a hot, dusty Oklahoma day. Having seen this place for the first time, he looked around him and said to the businessman, "What possibilities! What possibilities!" That is the spirit of the University of Oklahoma. It is an institution that believes in possibilities.
Black Mesa, Oklahoma History
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Extractions: In the next seven issues of the Newsletter, I am going to tell you a little about Oklahoma, specifically the Panhandle, aka No Mans Land, the most western area being Cimarron County, home of the Black Mesa. As we get closer to Convention time, I will of course give you Convention specifics. I also want to introduce you to our committee members, so you will have some idea of who you are talking to when you spot one of us at the Convention. We will be wearing Co-host tee-shirts bearing the Convention logo and our name tags, and we will all welcome questions and suggestionseven criticism, if its nicely put. First our committee: Many of you know Allan Griggs, who runs the Kenton Mercantile. Kenton is a fairly small town (population 35) near the Black Mesa. Kenton has many claims to fame in addition to Allan, for instance it is the only town in the state of Oklahoma that is in the Mountain Time Zone rather than the Central Time Zone. Allan will be on hand at the Merc almost non-stop during the Convention, as the Merc will be the registration site for the Convention, as well as the only place in the world to have one of Allans fine dinosaur burgers. If you havent yet met him, he will be featured in a 30-minute video that you can view at the site of the Highpointers Mercantile in the Swallow Falls State Park Campground at Convention Maryland 2001.
Oklahoma History
History of Oklahoma. Before Oklahoma's written history began in 1541when Spanish explorer Coronado ventured through this area. At
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Extractions: GO BACK Before modern settlers and Indians came to Oklahoma, the land was occupied by hunter-agriculture peoples. Near Anadarko, archeologists discovered the bones of a mammoth and several spear points. They estimate the mammoth was killed more than 11,000 years ago. The spear point was identified as belonging to an ancient group of hunters called the Clovis culture. From 500 to 1300 AD, the Spiro Mound Builders lived in an area just west of the Arkansas/Oklahoma border. Items left in burial mounds show the Mound Builders to be skilled artists. Oklahoma's written history began in 1541 when Spanish explorer Coronado ventured through this area. At that time, it was the home of the Plains Indian tribes, such as the Osage, Kiowa, Apache and Comanche. In 1803, Oklahoma was sold to the U.S. as part of the Louisiana Purchase. In the 1830s, the federal government forced the Five Civilized Tribes to leave their homelands. These tribes were living in the southeastern part of the U.S. They had to walk to Oklahoma over a trail that became known as the "Trail of Tears." Many men, women and children died during this long and treacherous trip. Once these people settled here, Oklahoma became Indian Territory. Many of the Indians sided with the Confederate Army during the Civil War. As punishment for this after the war, a series of treaties forced the Indian nations to give up the western half of the Indian Territory to the U.S. This area became home for other Indian tribes.
Collinsville, Oklahoma History
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Extractions: n the beginning, sometime during 1897, settlers from all over began to gather forming a community due to the fertile prairie and huge coal beds beneath the earth. The new settlement, approximately a mile east of today's town site, was named after respected surveyor and engineer, Dr. A.H. Collins. He was persuaded to move his post office to the new town site from his allotment located two miles north by the folks' promise to name the town after him. The Collins Post Office was established on May 26, 1897, then the name was changed to Collinsville on June 16, 1898. According to an article in Volume 1, No. 1, of the first Collinsville News issue, dated May 11, 1899: "In accordance with the court proceedings held at Muscogee, Indian Territory Northern District, on April 1, 1899, in which the petition for incorporation of the Town of Collinsville, Indian Territory, was granted, the same bearing Hon. Judge William Springer's signature." The Old Town moved to it's present location shortly after the Santa Fe Railroad was built during the summer of 1899. Present day Collinsville is at the intersection of hwy169 and state highway 20, and is located from 97th East Avenue to 145th East Avenue, and 126th Street North to 166th Street North. Highway 75 is four miles west of downtown.
Oklahoma History Store
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Extractions: H I S T O R Y Red Dirt: Growing Up Okie by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz Drawing deeply on the stories, often biblical parables, she heard in her early years, Dunbar-Ortiz brings to life one of the least understood groups in US history: poor rural whites. "Love of the land is not located so much in the mind, or in the heart, as in the skin: how the skin feels when you go back." Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz HOME INTRO SYMBOLS ALMANAC ...
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Oklahoma History
Oklahoma. Histories. OKLAHOMA's Pacific Fleet operations during the next four yearsincluded joint operations with the Army and the training of reservists.
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Extractions: Oklahoma Histories OKLAHOMA (BB-37) was laid down 26 October 1912 by New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J.; launched 23 March 1914; sponsored by Miss Lorena J. Cruce, and commissioned at Philadelphia 2 May 1916, Captain Roger Welles in command. Joining the Atlantic Fleet with Norfolk her home port, OKLAHOMA trained on the eastern seaboard until sailing 13 August 1918 with sister ship NEVADA to join in the task of protecting Allied convoys in European waters. In December she was part of the escort as President Woodrow Wilson arrived in France, departing the 14th for New York and winter fleet exercises in Cuban waters. She returned to Brest 15 June 1919 to escort President Wilson in GEORGE WASHINGTON home from his second visit to France, returning to New York 8 July. A part of the Atlantic Fleet for the next two years, OKLAHOMA was overhauled, trained, and twice voyaged to South America's west coast; early in 1921 for combined exercises with the Pacific Fleet, and later that year for the Peruvian Centennial. She then joined the Pacific Fleet for six years highlighted by the cruise of the Battle Fleet to Australia and New Zealand in 1925. Joining the Scouting Fleet in early 1927, OKLAHOMA continued intensive exercises during that summer's Midshipmen Cruise, voyaging to the East Coast to embark midshipmen, carrying them through the Panama Canal to San Francisco, and returning by the way of Cuba and Haiti. Modernized at Philadelphia between September 1927 and July 1929, OKLAHOMA rejoined the Scouting Fleet for exercises in the Caribbean, and returned to the west coast in June 1930 for fleet operations through spring 1936. That summer she carried midshipmen on a European training cruise, visiting northern ports. The cruise was interrupted with the outbreak of civil war in Spain, as OKLAHOMA sped to Bilbao, arriving 24 July 1936 to rescue American citizens and other refugees whom she carried to Gibraltar and French ports. She returned to Norfolk 11 September, and to the West Coast 24 October.
STARBASE Oklahoma History
STARBASE oklahoma history ~ First Class, Summer of 1993.
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Extractions: In 1993, Congress authorized and funded the National Guard Bureau to enter into agreements with the Nation's Governors for the purpose of conducting programs targeted at youth in general, and youth at risk in particular. The goals of the program included providing young people with the values, self-esteem, skills, education and self-discipline needed to succeed as students and adults. Brigadier General Kenneth McGill, former commander of the 138th Fighter Wing of Tulsa Air National Guard , learned about the youth program after his Public Affairs personnel, Captain Kimberly Maloy and TSgt Michael Bennett, had attended a conference where the program was highlighted. Believing that the youth of Oklahoma deserved the program, they, along with Air Force Advisor, Lt Col Tom Hughes, commenced to organize Oklahoma. Although funding was not available at the time, support of the program by volunteers from the Air National Guard and the local community was strong, so without funding or supplies, Oklahoma began a pilot program conducted in Tulsa in July of 1993. The primary focus of this program was on fourth through sixth grade children, placing special emphasis on reaching out to minorities and at-risk youth. In order for a school to qualify for the program, the
Oklahoma Audio Almanac -- Commonly Referred-to Books
There are times during my research that I refer to a number of Oklahomahistory texts. oklahoma history Texts Baird, WD, Gobel, D. (1994).
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Edmond Oklahoma History
History of Edmond. The town of Edmond sprang up overnight during the great Oklahomaland run on April 22, 1889, when homesteads were staked around the Santa Fe
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Extractions: Email Directory ... Universities History of Edmond To learn more please visit The Edmond Historical Society I n the early 1880s, the Edmond area was undisturbed prairie with grazing herds of bison, black bears roaming the wooded creeks, and occasional bands of Indians hunting parties. In 1887, after receiving a grant from Congress, the Santa Fe Railroad completed a north-south line between Arkansas City, Kansas and Gainesville, Texas. At mile 103 on this line, a coaling and watering station was built because of the availability of a good water spring. The station was initially called Summit as the highest point of the railroad grade between Cimarron and North Canadian Rivers; but prior to July 14, 1887, the official name of Edmond was filed by Santa Fe with the government. The town of Edmond sprang up overnight during the great Oklahoma land run on April 22, 1889, when homesteads were staked around the Santa Fe station. The original plat for Edmond was prepared by the Seminole Town and Development Company, a newly formed syndicate with ties to the railroad. Many of the original streets were named for men associated with either the Santa Fe Railroad or the town syndicate. The first mayor and city officers were elected in May 1889, and Edmonds population was 394 in the 1890 census. On December 24, 1890, the Oklahoma territorial Governor signed a bill establishing Edmond as the site of a Normal School, which would provide two years of higher education for teachers. The first class was held in a church until the Normal School building was ready for occupancy in January of 1893.
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Extractions: Javascript is either disabled or not supported by this browser. This page may not appear properly. North America Encyclopedia Geography Oklahoma History Unit Studies Hands On Sign Language Old Fashioned Clip-Art used on this page ... Home Oklahoma History Oklahoma History: A Unit Study ~ High School Daily/Weekly lesson plan set-up Chronology pages Art assignments Written assignments Map assignments Yearly updated booklist This curriculum counts for 1 credit in Oklahoma History and can be completed in 18 or 36 weeks. All books and videocassette tapes are available in Oklahoma libraries. If your library does not carry a specific book, the Interlibrary Loan Program is an excellent tool for acquiring books from other libraries. All books have been read and reread to screen out withcraft, new age ideas, profanity, and adult situations. Books with Christian themes are used whenever we can find them. Nonconsumable - Price ~ 12.00 Oklahoma History: A Unit Study ~ Elementary Daily/Weekly lesson plans Chronology pages Art assignments Written assignments Outline maps Interview sheets Community Awareness Sheets Yearly updated booklist This curriculum can be completed in 8 weeks. All books and videocassette tapes can be found in Oklahoma libraries, sometimes using the interlibrary loan Program.

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