Today at 9:16 a.m., Oklahoma officially became a state 100 years ago.
We have a wondeful state. Most people will wave as they pass you on the roads. Some will however flip you off.lol

We are having one hell'uva celebration today. There are so many famous peole that came home today to be here.
It is very cool.


Oklahoma famous people:


Bonnie and Clyde
Stand Waite

Johnny Bench baseball player, Oklahoma City
John Berryman poet, MacAlester
Garth Brooks singer, Tulsa
Jeremy Castle singer, Blanchard
Iron Eyes Cody Cherokee actor
Gordon Cooper astronaut, Shawnee
Ralph Ellison writer, Oklahoma City
James Garner actor, Norman
Owen K. Garriott astronaut, Enid
Vince Gill singer, Norman
Chester Gould cartoonist, Pawnee
Woodrow Wilson Woody Guthrie singer, composer, Okemah
Ike,Taylor, Zac Hanson music, Tulsa
Roy Harris composer, Lincoln Cty
Paul Harvey broadcaster, Tulsa
Van Heflin actor, Walters
Tony Hillerman author, Sacred Heart
Ron Howard actor, director, Duncan
Karl Guthe Jansky engineer, Norman
Ben Johnson actor, Pawhuska
Jennifer Jones actress, Tulsa
Jeane Kirkpatrick diplomat, Duncan
Shannon Lucid astronaut, Bethany
Mickey Charles Mantle baseball player, Spavinaw
Reba McEntire singer, McAlester
Shannon Miller Olympic gymnast, Edmond
Bill Moyers journalist, Hugo
Daniel Patrick Moynihan N.Y. senator, Tulsa
Patti Page singer, Clarence
Brad Pitt actor Shawnee
Tony Randall actor, Tulsa
Oral Roberts evangelist, Ada
Dale Robertson actor, Oklahoma City
Will Rogers humorist, Oologah
Dan Rowan comedian, Beggs
Robert Stemmons whistler, Tulsa
Maria Tallchief ballerina, Fairfax
James Francis Jim Thorpe athlete, Prague
Jeanne Tripplehorn actress, Tulsa
Ted Shackleford actor, Tulsa
Wilma Mankiller Cherokee chief, Tahlequah
Carrie Underwood American Idol winner and music star, Checota
Theres another young girl coming up, I cannot remember her name right now. Singer
Hanson, singing group
Woody Guthrie, Singer
All American Rejects, Band,(new) 2 platinum records

Miss Americas:
Norma Smallwood, 1926 Tulsa
Jane Anne Jaroe,Laverne, 1967
Susan Powell,1981, Elk City
Shantel Smith, Muldrow, 1996
Lauren Nelson, Lawton, 2007

Oklahoma's current population is 3,450,654 ( 2000, estimated).
• Oklahoma is comprised of 77 counties.
• Oklahoma covers 69,919 square miles.
• Guthrie was the first state capitol of Oklahoma.
• Oklahoma's state capitol is the only one in the world with an oil well drilled beneath it.
• Oklahoma is the third largest gas producing state in the nation.
• The Nellie Johnstone oil well located at Johnston Park in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, had the first flowing commercial well in the world.
• The world's largest air material center is Tinker Air Force Base in Midwest City.
• Fort Sill at Lawton is the Army's principal artillery school.
• Pawhuska, Oklahoma, had the first Boy Scout troop in America (1909).
• Sylvan Goldman of Oklahoma created the first rolling supermarket cart.
• The first parking meter was created in Oklahoma and installed in Oklahoma City in 1935.
• Oklahoma has 43 colleges and universities.
• Oklahoma is the winter quarters for more circuses than any other state.
• Oklahoma's average annual temperature is a pleasant 60.5 degrees.

GEOGRAPHY
• Oklahoma has four mountain ranges: Ouachitas, Arbuckles, Wichitas, and the Ozarks
• Forests cover 24 percent of Oklahoma
• The Poteau River is the only river in Oklahoma that flows north.
• The world's largest single deposit of pure alabaster may be found in the Alabaster caverns near Freedom, Oklahoma.
• Oklahoma is linked to the world's waters by the McClellan-Kerr Navigation system--flowing on the Arkansas River through Arkansas to the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico.
• The highest elevation in the state is Black Mesa, 4,978 feet, in far northwestern Oklahoma.
• The lowest elevation in the state is in the southeast corner near Idabel, at 324 feet
• Oklahoma has the distinction of having the highest hill in the world, Mount Cavanal, at 1,999 feet.
• Oklahoma has more man-made lakes (200) than any other state, over one million surface-acres of water, and 2,000 more miles of shoreline than the Atlantic and Gulf coasts combined.
• The largest lake in Oklahoma is Lake Eufaula, covering 102,000 surface acres of water.

Continued---

Gene Autry came from Tioga, tx

HISTORY

500-1300AD Spiro Indians, linked to the Aztecs, thrived and left burial mounds filled with exquisite artwork and clues to their way of life. A museum displaying their artifacts is near Spiro.
1012 Viking explorers visited eastern Oklahoma and left their mark near the town of Heavener.
1541 Oklahoma's recorded history began when Spanish explorer Coronado carved his name and the date on a rock near the Cimarron River in western Oklahoma.
1803 Oklahoma was part of the Louisiana Purchase.
1824 Ft. Gibson was the first fort to be established in Oklahoma.
1889 Land in Indian Territory was opened to white settlement by land runs, lotteries, and auctions. The territory was split in half, and the western half became Oklahoma Territory.
1889 The first land run was held April 22nd. At exactly noon, a cannon boom signaled the start of the run which opened the Unassigned Lands for settlement.
1891 The Sac and Fox, Pottawatomie-Shawnee Lands, located just east of the original run site, were opened on September 21.
1892 The Cheyenne and Arapaho lands in western Oklahoma were opened for run on April 19.
1893 The largest and most spectacular run in northern Oklahoma, the Cherokee Strip, was held on September 16.
1895 On May 23rd, the Kickapoo Land Run was held in central Oklahoma.
1907 November 16, Oklahoma became the 46th state to join the Union.


INDIAN FACTS
• Oklahoma's name is derived from two Choctaw words, "okla" meaning people, and "humma" meaning red; literally meaning "red people."
• The "Trail of Tears" began in the 1830s. It was the journey of the Five Civilized Tribes from the southeastern United States to Indian Territory. The relocation was forced.
• The Five Civilized Tribes attempted statehood in 1905 under the name Sequoyah
• There are 39 tribes and nations of American Indians with headquarters in Oklahoma. Descendants of the original 67 tribes inhabiting Indian Territory still live here.

OKLAHOMA SYMBOLS
State Colors Green and White
State Grass Indian Grass
State Insect Honeybee
State Motto "Labor Omnia Vincit" - Labor conquers all things
State Nickname Sooner State
State Song "OKLAHOMA!" from the Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical of the same name.
State Animal American Buffalo or Bison
State Bird Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
State Fish White or Sand Bass
State Floral Emblem Mistletoe
State Musical Instrument Fiddle
State Reptile Mountain Boomer or Collared Lizard
State Rock Rose Rock
State Tree Redbud
State Wildflower Indian Blanket/Gallardia

The state flag is an Osage warrior shield on a field of blue with the shield crossed by a peace pipe and an olive branch.
The state seal shows a pioneer and an Indian shaking hands beneath the Scales of Justice, centered in the star. The star's five rays each contain symbols of the Five Civilized Tribes.

Kat

i've heard Carrie Underwood is a total b****

My bad. I guess he lived here then at one time. But, you are right. It is Texas.
Kat

She lives--lived just down the street from my step dad, Her folks are as nice as they can be. She is real. I hope she stays that way.
Kat

Cherry; I edited it.
Kat

Oklahoma, my favorite US state (next to Hawaii ). I've been there twice and loved it. It feels more like home than anywhere else I've visited in America. It's a lot like Alberta in many ways. Oil, farming, mountains and real down to earth people. One thing is that it's way warmer in the winter and not nearly as much snow.
I hope I get the chance to visit again.

Hi Kat

Hi Jon

HEHE! Hanson came from Oklahoma!! I am probably their biggest fan and I MET THEM Tuesday in St. Louis at their (incredible) concert! I have a huge desire to go to Oklahoma b/c of them...lol

Proud to be from Oklahoma and proud to be back in Oklahoma to

live again.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY OKLAHONMA !!!!


I noticed some names missing, but I know it is hard to name

everybody. To add a few more Oklahoman's to the list,

There is three members of the group Restless Heart that I want to mention. They are my friends:

David Innis: Bartlesville

Paul Gregg: Altus

&

Greg Jennings: Nacoma Park

These three love their home state of Oklahoma. I have known Dave for 34 years.

Also want to add:

Blake Shelton, B.J. Thomas,(born in Hugo), Toby Keith,

and a name that was left off of the Miss America list is Anita

Bryant, who was born in Barnsdall.


Wish I had a list of everyone born in Oklahoma. My Maternal Grandpa was born in Indian Territory, now known as Oklahoma in August 1889, so he was born after the land run but his dad had planted a lot of land in the 1870's in Osage county, after moving from Osage Mission,Kansas, members of the Osage Tribe.


HOME SWEET HOME......


IN THE OKLAHOMA HILLS..........

Anyone on here attend the big concert with Garth, Reba, Vince, and all those in OKC ? Would love to hear a review. E-mail me if you wish to.

Today is Isaac Hanson's birthday...

Hanson are 3 great entertainers/musicians/ and humanitarians to come from OK. Right now they are literally putting shoes on the feet of needy children in Africa by hand as we speak.

Hi Anastsia, Bobby, and Billy in Oklahoma!!!


Hi Kat!

Hin everybody!
The concert was apparently a blast. The news interviewed them. It was so cute...Carrie Underwood was so star struck by Garth Brooks.

Yes, there are so many people that desearve to be mentioned from Oklahoma, but I can't think of them.

My son got confused about when all those stars were to be here; he thought it was when we had the big parade last month. He tried to buy tickets. Oh well....so goes life.
Kat