Oklahoma: A Story Through Her People

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Above: Port of Catoosa. Below: Muskogee Port. 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 78
Education has been a key tool in preparing the state’s workforce for cutting edge business growth. Oklahoma’s system of 25 public colleges and universities and 57 career and technology centers, and several high-quality private universities, educates students of all ages in the areas needed for today’s information-based technology-driven companies. Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford. Southwestern Oklahoma State University C H A P T E R 4 7 9
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KLAHOMA OA S t o r y T h r o u g h
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OKLAHOMA A S t o r y T h r o u g h
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CONTENTS 4 Chapter 1 Building Block
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Scientists date the sedimentary roc
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Wichita Mountains The Wichita Mount
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C H A P T E R 1 9
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The Mound Builders constructed huge
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Left: George Catlin’s 1836 painti
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Every first Saturday in May, the to
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To keep peace in Indian Territory,
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The railroads led the movement for
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The Camp Cook’s Troubles by Charl
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Many events in Oklahoma’s history
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Right: Indian Paintbrush. Even the
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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
Page 75 and 76: Opposite: Muskogee Power Plant. Bel
Page 77 and 78: C H A P T E R 4 7 5
Page 79: Oklahoma’s cost of living is a ma
Page 83 and 84: Oklahoma City Community College C H
Page 85 and 86: Langston University C H A P T E R 4
Page 87 and 88: C H A P T E R 4 8 5
Page 89 and 90: Oklahoma’s location makes the sta
Page 91 and 92: Oklahoma electric rates are among t
Page 93 and 94: BOK Center, Tulsa General Electric
Page 95 and 96: The quality of life in Oklahoma is
Page 97 and 98: Robbers Cave State Park C H A P T E
Page 99 and 100: Above: Lincoln Bridge, Chickasaw Na
Page 101 and 102: Renaissance Festival C H A P T E R
Page 103 and 104: Top: Oklahoma State Fair. Above: Ok
Page 105 and 106: Opposite and above: Festival of the
Page 107 and 108: Above: Canal in downtown Oklahoma C
Page 109 and 110: Downtown Guthrie Top, right: Masoni
Page 111 and 112: Above: Rafting on the Illinois Rive
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Page 115 and 116: Above: Piominko, Great Chief of the
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Page 121 and 122: Opposite, top: Northwest Oklahoma.
Page 123 and 124: Residents and visitors alike give O
Page 125 and 126: Opposite, clockwise starting from t
Page 127 and 128: C H A P T E R 6 1 2 5
Page 129 and 130: 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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