OKLAHOMA

OKLAHOMA INFO

• Motto- Labor omnia vincit (Labor conquers all things)
• Nickname- Sooner State
• State flower- Mistletoe
• State bird- Scissor tailed flycatcher
• State song- "Oklahoma"

OKLAHOMA GEO

• Land area- 68,667 sq mi
• Highest point- Black Mesa (4,973 ft. above sea level)
• Lowest point- Little River (289 ft. above sea level)
• Average temperature- 58 to 62 degrees
• Yearly rainfall- 17 inches in the west 56 in the south east

GOVERNMENT

• Capitol- Oklahoma City
• Governor- Mary Fallin (R)
• Became a state on November 16th 1907
• Population- 3.815 million in 2012
• Largest cities- Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Norman, Lawton, Broken Arrow and Edmond

ECONOMICS AND ATTRACTIONS

• Industries- Natural gas, oil refining, meat packing, food processing, machinery manufacturing
• Attractions- Green country state parks, Route 66, national cowboy and western heritage museum, science museum of Oklahoma

HISTORY

• In 1541, Oklahoma was first explored by Francisco Vasquez de Coronado.
• In 1803, Oklahoma was purchased from France.
• In 1845, Western Panhandle region became a US territory.
• In 1889, homesteading was permitted and 50,000 people swarmed into the area.
• In 1907, Oklahoma became a state.

FUN FACTS

• Famous people- Brad Pitt, Carrie Underwood and Garth Brooks
• If you play catch in the streets of Bartlesville, you are breaking the law.
• If you wear New York Jets cloths in Ada, Oklahoma, you could be jailed.
• It is against the to spit on a sidewalk.
• Sasquatch has been sited in Oklahoma.

PERSONAL PAGE

• No, I would not like to live in Oklahoma. I like Tennessee.
• I would like to live in Buffalo, Oklahoma. I would attempt to live here because it is small.
• The nature makes this state appealing to me.
• The only thing I would want to do in Buffalo, Oklahoma is farm.