"Ooooklahoma is the place to be, farm livin' is the life for me, land spread out so far and wide..." Ok, enough of that. Ever been curious about Oklahoma and Tulsa? Sure you have! I was too and that's why I have created a special page just for the curious cats out there like myself. I have requested and received a tour book (which is rather thick) and a map for Oklahoma. How did I do such an amazing thing for free? Like this:All you have to do is write to the following address and request an Oklahoma State tour guide. It's as cheap as 33 cents and as easy as pie! Here's the address:
Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department
Box 60789
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
73146-6789You can expect your Oklahoma tour guide anywhere from 2-4 weeks after requesting. It's a neat tidbit to add to your ever growing Hanson collection.
Now, for those of you who just want to read some quick fun facts about Oklahoma, you've read far enough! Check out these interesting facts about the oil drilling state - -
- The name "Oklahoma" comes from two Choctaw words: "okla" meaning people and "humma" meaning red, so the state's name literally means "red people."
- Oklahoma has the largest American Indian population of any state. Many of the 252,420 American Indians living in Oklahoma today are descendants from the original 67 tribes inhabiting Indian Territory.
- Thirty-five of the American Indian tribes currently living in Oklahoma are head quartered in the state.
- Oklahoma has 43 colleges and universities.
- The highest point in the state is Black Mesa in Cimarron County (4,973 ft); the lowest is due east of Idabel in McCurtain County (287 ft).
- Oklahoma has more man-made lakes than any other state, with over one million surface acres of water and 2,000 more miles of shoreline that the Atlantic and Gulf coasts combined.
- Oklahoma is the third largest gas producing state in the nation.
- Oklahoma ranks second in the nation in the production of all wheat, fourth in cattle and calf production; fourth in the production of pecans; seventh in peanuts and tenth in peaches.
- Oklahoma's four mountain ranges include the Ouachitas, Arbuckles, Wichitas and the Kiamichis.
- Forests cover approximately 24 percent of Oklahoma.
- Oklahoma is bordered by six states: Texas to the south, Arkansas and Missouri to the east, Kansas and Colorado to the north and New Mexico to the west.
- Oklahoma is comprised of 77 counties.
- Oklahoma has a land area of 69,919 square miles and ranks 18th in the nation in size.
- According to the 1990 U.S. census data, Oklahoma's population is 3,145,585. Of those, 82.1 percent are white; 8 percent American Indian; 7.4 percent African American; 2.7 percent Hispanic and 1.1 percent Asian.
- Oklahoma's two most populous cities are Oklahoma City, 444,719, and Tulsa, 367,302, followed by Lawton, 80,561, and Norman, 80,071.
(Keep going, there's more!)
- State Wildflower: The Indian Blanket
- State Floral Emblem: Mistletoe
- State Tree: The Redbud
- State Rock: The Barite Rose Rock
- State Animal: The American Buffalo (or Bison)
- State Bird: The Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher
- State Grass: Indian Grass
- State Motto: "Labor Omnia Vincit" meaning "Labor Conquers All Things."
- State Musical Instrument: The fiddle
- State song: "Oklahoma!" from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical of the same name
- State Fish: The White Bass (also called Sand Bass)
- State Reptile: The Mountain Boomer (Collared Lizard)
- State Salute: "I salute the flag of the State of Oklahoma. Its symbols of peace unite all people."
- State Waltz: "Oklahoma Wind"
- State Soil: Port Silt Loam
- State Colors: Green and white
- State Poem: "Howdy Folks," by David Randolph Milsten of Tulsa(Populous counts and U.S. census data reports are not recent)
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