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Want to share FUN OKLAHOMA FACTS with your students?
1. The bread twist tie was invented in Maysville. 2. The shopping cart was invented in Ardmore in 1936. 3. The nation's first parking meter was intalled in Oklahoma City in 1935. 4. The first Girl Scout Cookie was sold in Muskogee in 1917. 5. Cimarron County, located in the Oklahoma Panhandle, is the only county in the U.S. bordered by 4 separate states...Texas, New Mexico, Colorado & Kansas. 6. The Oklahoma State Capital is the only capital in the U.S. with working oil wells on its grounds. 7. Boise City, Oklahoma was the only city in the United States to be bombed during World War II. On Monday night, July 5, 1943, at 12:30 a.m., a B-17 Bomber based at Dalhart Army Air Base, Texas, dropped six practice bombs on the sleeping town, mistaking the city lights as target lights. 8. WKY Radio in Oklahoma City was the first radio station transmitting west of the Mississippi River. 9. The nation's first 'Tornado Warning' was issued on March 25, 1948 in Oklahoma City minutes before a devastating tornado. Because of the warning, no lives were lost. 10. Oklahoma has the largest Native American population of any state in the U.S. 11. The name 'Oklahoma' comes from two Choctaw words...okla meaning 'people' and humma meaning 'red'. So the name means, 'Red People.' The name was approved in 1890. 12. Oklahoma produced more astronauts than any other state. 13. Oklahoma has more man-made lakes than any other state. 14.. During the 'Land Rush', Oklahoma City went from a vast, open prairie to a city of over 10,000 in a single day. 15. The nation's first traffic 'Yield' sign was erected in Tulsa on a trial basis. 16. Pensacola Dam is the longest multi-arched dam in the world at 6,565 feet. 17. The 'Port of Catoosa' (just north of Tulsa) is the largest inland port in America. 18. The aerosol can was invented in Bartlesville. 19. Per square mile, Oklahoma has more tornadoes than any other place in the world. 20. The highest wind speed ever recorded on earth was in Moore, Oklahoma on May 3rd. 1999 during the Oklahoma City F-5 tornado. Wind speed was clocked at 318 mph.
21. The 'Will Rogers World Airport' and the 'Wiley Post Airport' are both named after two famous Okies....both killed in an airplane crash!!!
Interesting Cities and Towns of Oklahoma
Love The Summer? -------------------------- Poolville, Oklahoma Sunray, Oklahoma
Want Something To Eat? --------------------------------- Corn, Oklahoma Grainola, Oklahoma Hominy, Oklahoma Olive, Oklahoma South Coffeeville, Oklahoma Sweetwater, Oklahoma Cookietown, Oklahoma
Why Travel To Other Cities? Oklahoma Has Them All! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cleveland, Oklahoma Orlando, Oklahoma Miami, Oklahoma Pittsburgh, Oklahoma Santa Fe, Oklahoma St. Louis, Oklahoma Chattanooga, Oklahoma Peoria, Oklahoma Burbank, Oklahoma Fargo, Oklahoma
Don't Forget The Wildlife! ---------------------------------- Wolfe, Oklahoma Eagle, Oklahoma Buffalo, Oklahoma Fox, Oklahoma Bison, Oklahoma Deer Creek, Oklahoma Elk City, Oklahoma
We Have A Town Named After A Number... ---------------------------------------------------------- Forty-One, Oklahoma
And A Town Who's Letter's Don't Spell Anything... ------------------------------------------------------------------ IXL, Oklahoma
And For The Sportsman Who Wants To Get Away From It All... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------ Fisherman's Paradise, Oklahoma
We Even Have A City Named After Earth's Only Satellite! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- Moon, Oklahoma
And A City Named After Our State! ---------------------------------------------- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Feeling A Bit Chilly? --------------------------- Snow, Oklahoma Slick, Oklahoma Cold Springs, Oklahoma
Oklahoma Is Full Of Love! ----------------------------------- Lovedale, Oklahoma Loveland, Oklahoma Lovell, Oklahoma Bigheart, Oklahoma Loyal, Oklahoma
Like To Read About The Presidents? ------------------------------------------------- Adams, Oklahoma Taylor, Oklahoma Fillmore, Oklahoma Grant, Oklahoma Taft, Oklahoma Johnson, Oklahoma Lincoln, Oklahoma Jefferson, Oklahoma Reagan, Oklahoma Wilson, Oklahoma Roosevelt, Oklahoma Carter, Oklahoma Clinton, Oklahoma Washington, Oklahoma
Other City Names In Oklahoma To Make You Smile..... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Frogville, Oklahoma Loco, Oklahoma Bushyhead, Oklahoma Bug Tussle, Oklahoma Hooker, Oklahoma Slaughterville, Oklahoma Bowlegs, Oklahoma Slapout, Oklahoma
