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  • Shuler Malcolm Meadors (1890 - 1982)
  • Hullen Howard Watkins, Sr. (1924 - 1981)
    Livingston High School FFA Unit Holds Initiation 'Twenty Nine Boys Are Given Greenhand Degree At Ceremony ' LIVINGSTON, Oct. 21---Twenty nine boys were initiated as greenhands in the Livingston Chap...
  • Carrie Bertha McCoy (1878 - 1937)
    Oklahoma and Indian Territory, U.S., Indian Censuses and Rolls, 1851-1959 Name: Corrie Frye Gender: Female Residence Age: 16 Birth Date: 1877 Residence Date: 15 Apr 1893 Native American Tribe: C...
  • Waddie McCoy, Jr. (1876 - 1952)
    Oklahoma and Indian Territory, U.S., Indian Censuses and Rolls, 1851-1959 Name: Waddie McCoy Gender: Male Residence Age: 17 Birth Date: 1876 Residence Date: 15 Apr 1893 Residence Place: Cooweesc...
  • Henry William McCoy (1903 - 1971)
    Indian Population - Proportions Of Indian And Other Blood Name: Willard McCoy Age in 1910: 6 Birth Date: 1904 Birthplace: Oklahoma Home in 1910: Dawson, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA Race: Indian (Nativ...

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This is the master project for Oklahoma and its history.

State of Oklahoma

  • Nickname(s): Sooner State; Land of the Red Man; Native America
  • Motto(s): Labor omnia vincit (Latin: Work conquers all)
  • Official language: English; (Cherokee official within Cherokee Nation and UKB)
  • Demonym: Oklahoman; Okie (colloq.)
  • Capital(and largest city): Oklahoma City
  • Largest metro: Oklahoma City-Shawnee

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Brief history

Oklahoma (Listeni/ˌoʊkləˈhoʊmə/; Cherokee: Asgaya gigageyi / ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᎩᎦᎨᏱ;[8] Pawnee: Uukuhuúwa, Cayuga: Gahnawiyoˀgeh) is a state located in the South Central United States. Oklahoma is the 20th-most extensive and the 28th-most populous of the 50 United States. The state's name is derived from the Choctaw words okla and humma, meaning "red people". It is also known informally by its nickname, The Sooner State, in reference to the non-Native settlers who staked their claims on the choicest pieces of land before the official opening date, and the Indian Appropriations Act of 1889, which opened the door for white settlement in America's Indian Territory. The name was settled upon statehood, Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory were merged and Indian was dropped from the name. On November 16, 1907, Oklahoma became the 46th state to enter the union. Its residents are known as Oklahomans, or informally "Okies", and its capital and largest city is Oklahoma City.

A major producer of natural gas, oil, and agricultural products, Oklahoma relies on an economic base of aviation, energy, telecommunications, and biotechnology. In 2007, it had one of the fastest-growing economies in the United States, ranking among the top states in per capita income growth and gross domestic product growth. Oklahoma City and Tulsa serve as Oklahoma's primary economic anchors, with nearly two-thirds of Oklahomans living within their metropolitan statistical areas.

With small mountain ranges, prairie, mesas, and eastern forests, most of Oklahoma lies in the Great Plains, Cross Timbers and the U.S. Interior Highlands—a region especially prone to severe weather. In addition to having a prevalence of English, German, Scottish, Scotch-Irish, and Native American ancestry, more than 25 Native American languages are spoken in Oklahoma, third only to Alaska and California.

Oklahoma is located on a confluence of three major American cultural regions and historically served as a route for cattle drives, a destination for southern settlers, and a government-sanctioned territory for Native Americans.

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