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The name Oklahoma is from the Choctaw Indian words "okla" meaning people and "humma" meaning red.
The official state flag of Oklahoma was adopted on April 2, 1925. The flag was chosen from entries in a Daughters of the American Revolution flag contest. The winning entry was designed by Mrs. Louise Funk Fluke, an artist from Oklahoma City. The flag features a sky blue field (this is the color of the flag that Choctaw soldiers carried during the Civil War). Oklahoma's flag pictures a Osage Indian battle shield made of buffalo skin. It is adorned with eagle feathers and white crosses (the crosses represent the stars in the sky, and symbolize higher purposes in Native American culture). A gray peace pipe (also called a calumet) and an olive branch (symbols of peace in European and Native American cultures) are on the shield. "OKLAHOMA" is written in white under the shield (this was added to the flag in 1941).
10 Largest cities in Oklahoma (2003): Oklahoma City, 523,303; Tulsa, 387,807; Norman, 99,197; Lawton, 91,730; Broken Arrow, 83,607; Edmond, 71,643; Midwest City, 54,662; Enid, 46,436; Moore, 44,987; Stillwater, 41,320
Number of counties in Oklahoma : 77
Largest county in Oklahoma by population: Oklahoma, 680,815 (2004)
Largest county in Oklahoma by area: Osage, 2,251 sq mi.
Oklahoma State Parks: 51 (72,000 ac.)
Oklahoma Land Area: 69,898 sq mi. (181,035 sq km) (20th)
Oklahoma Geographic Center: In Oklahoma Co., 8 mi. N of Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Population: (2004 est) 3,523,553 (#27)
Francisco Vásquez de Coronado first explored the region for Spain in 1541. The U.S. acquired most of Oklahoma in 1803 in the Louisiana Purchase from France; the Western Panhandle region became U.S. territory with the annexation of Texas in 1845.
Set aside as Indian Territory in 1834, the region was divided into Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory on May 2, 1890. The two were combined to make a new state, Oklahoma, on Nov. 16, 1907.
On April 22, 1889, the first day homesteading was permitted, 50,000 people swarmed into the area. Those who tried to beat the noon starting gun were called "Sooners," hence the state's nickname.
Tourist attractions include the National Cowboy Hall of Fame in
Oklahoma City, the Will Rogers Memorial in Claremore, the Cherokee
Cultural Center with a restored Cherokee village, the restored Fort
Gibson Stockade near Muskogee, the Lake Texoma recreation area,
pari-mutuel horse racing at Remington Park in Oklahoma City, and Blue
Ribbon Downs in Sallisaw.
Oklahoma Agriculture: Wheat, sorghum, hay, cotton, and peanuts. Livestock products, including cattle, dairy products, swine, and broilers.
Oklahoma Industry: Oil made Oklahoma a rich state, but natural-gas production has now surpassed it. Oil refining, meat packing, food processing, and machinery manufacturing (especially construction and oil equipment). Helium, gypsum, zinc, cement, coal, copper, and silver.
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