Oklahoma: A Story Through Her People

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A Style All Its Own O K L A H O M A : A S t o r y T h r o u g h H e r P e o p l e 22
Many events in <strong>Oklahoma</strong>’s history make it unique among the states. From the Trails of Tears that brought American Indians from the southeastern United States to the land runs that opened large areas of the region to non-Indian settlement, the way in which <strong>Oklahoma</strong> became populated with a diverse citizenry can never be duplicated. Below: Wetlands—swampy marshes. C H A P T E R 2 2 3
Page 1 and 2: KLAHOMA OA S t o r y T h r o u g h
Page 3 and 4: OKLAHOMA A S t o r y T h r o u g h
Page 5 and 6: CONTENTS 4 Chapter 1 Building Block
Page 7 and 8: Scientists date the sedimentary roc
Page 9 and 10: Wichita Mountains The Wichita Mount
Page 11 and 12: C H A P T E R 1 9
Page 13 and 14: The Mound Builders constructed huge
Page 15 and 16: Left: George Catlin’s 1836 painti
Page 17 and 18: Every first Saturday in May, the to
Page 19 and 20: To keep peace in Indian Territory,
Page 21 and 22: The railroads led the movement for
Page 23: The Camp Cook’s Troubles by Charl
Page 27 and 28: Right: Indian Paintbrush. Even the
Page 29 and 30: Opposite page and this page: Kiamic
Page 31 and 32: Forests cover one fourth of the sta
Page 33 and 34: Below: Red Bud Tree at Cedar Lake i
Page 35 and 36: Above and below: Talimena National
Page 37 and 38: Tulsa Riverwalk C H A P T E R 2 3 5
Page 39 and 40: Oklahoma’s people are unique. The
Page 41 and 42: Inventions & Innovation W I L E Y P
Page 43 and 44: Inventions & Innovation The needs a
Page 45 and 46: Right: Renowned Oklahoma artist Cha
Page 47 and 48: Primarily an agricultural state thr
Page 49 and 50: The names of oil and gas pioneers i
Page 51 and 52: At one time during the early oil an
Page 53 and 54: Top: Grain silos. C H A P T E R 3 5
Page 55 and 56: Agriculture remains an integral par
Page 57 and 58: Slew City Sir is a grandson of Seat
Page 59 and 60: Oklahoma grown can be found in farm
Page 61 and 62: Above: Tree farm. Left: The vinyard
Page 63 and 64: Opposite, top: Mister Lew is a towi
Page 65 and 66: Robert S. Kerr Dam C H A P T E R 3
Page 67 and 68: Above: Cherokee Casino, Ramona, Okl
Page 69 and 70: Opposite: SkyDance Pedestrian Bridg
Page 71 and 72: Expo Square, Tulsa C H A P T E R 3
Page 73 and 74: In the second decade of the new cen
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Opposite: Muskogee Power Plant. Bel
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C H A P T E R 4 7 5
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Oklahoma’s cost of living is a ma
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Education has been a key tool in pr
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Oklahoma City Community College C H
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Langston University C H A P T E R 4
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C H A P T E R 4 8 5
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Oklahoma’s location makes the sta
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Oklahoma electric rates are among t
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BOK Center, Tulsa General Electric
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The quality of life in Oklahoma is
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Robbers Cave State Park C H A P T E
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Above: Lincoln Bridge, Chickasaw Na
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Renaissance Festival C H A P T E R
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Top: Oklahoma State Fair. Above: Ok
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Opposite and above: Festival of the
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Above: Canal in downtown Oklahoma C
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Downtown Guthrie Top, right: Masoni
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Above: Rafting on the Illinois Rive
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C H A P T E R 5 1 1 1
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Above: Piominko, Great Chief of the
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C H A P T E R 5 1 1 5
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C H A P T E R 5 1 1 7
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Opposite, top: Northwest Oklahoma.
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Residents and visitors alike give O
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Opposite, clockwise starting from t
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C H A P T E R 6 1 2 5
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Due to the leadership and assistanc
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Opposite, top: Off to the zebra and
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Opposite page: The National Route 6
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Above: Induction into the Oklahoma
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People always have been Oklahoma’
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C H A P T E R 6 1 3 7
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One of the ways that Oklahomans are
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Above: Noble High School band membe
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Langston University Above and right
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C H A P T E R 6 1 4 5
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Clockwise, starting from the top: T
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Oklahoma Partners Quality of Life .
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Quality of Life Healthcare provider
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Nations Council, Boy Scouts of Amer
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John Steele Zink first purchased 1,
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matches the skills and desires of t
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Sunbeam Family Services, which bega
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jobs for people with disabilities,
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for children and families including
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O K L A H O M A P A R T N E R S 1 6
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on a basis of mutual respect and un
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23,000 in the 1980s. Today, there a
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e the safest anywhere, has pledged
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Tonkawa, Oklahoma’s people and he
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included a series of summer concert
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In the heart of Pauls Valley’s hi
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The history of Stroud does read lik
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the sports included were tennis, so
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Citizen-approved bond projects also
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completed in 1960, followed by a gy
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In 1912 local Presbyterian ladies s
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CHOCTAW NATION OF OKLAHOMA The Choc
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ecause the revenues of tribal busin
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and prolong the process of investig
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Crawfish. Historic photographs and
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tornado was declared the worst torn
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For the Wyandotte Nation, 2013 brou
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Oklahoma had not been together as a
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to the landscape for cultural educa
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OKLAHOMA HALL OF FAME The Oklahoma
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Marketplace/Professionals Financial
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future and the future of your child
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Express put more than 80,000 people
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Beginning in 2013, Express offices
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estrictions, which meant for each $
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about a half dozen other people who
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Wade moved back to Mustang in 1988
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In addition, Hill was named a final
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Mission360, a Christian-based found
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C. B.’s death. Both served as com
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PUCKETT’S FOOD STORES The story b
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In February 1901 three bankers from
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Building a Greater Oklahoma Oklahom
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The Siegfrieds hold firm in Ray’s
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Founded upon a dynamic vision and p
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underground utilities including wat
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well as food grade phosphates used
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Additionally, to bring worldwide at
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Currently, Bio-Cide’s products ar
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scholarships at his alma mater for
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Today, their expertise covers powde
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Following graduation, Chuck joined
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PELCO PRODUCTS, INC. Pelco Products
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Zinke is active in many association
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efficiently, and quickly recover th
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Another valuable resource for devel
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Since its founding in 1966 as a sma
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When their son, Cory, graduated fro
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Hammer Construction was originally
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Huckabay Family All America Bank ®
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS B O B B U R K E B
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LEADERSHIP SPONSORS ISBN: 978-1-939
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