On November 16, 1907, Oklahoma became the 46th state. The United States got the territory through the Louisiana Purchase.
ELWOOD — Love and conflict abound in a place where the wind comes sweeping down the plain. Curly, a young cowboy in the Oklahoma Territory, has a problem. He’s in love with Laurey, a young woman who ...
"Chapter 1, Title Page: Negro and White exclusion towns and other observations in Oklahoma and Indian Territory: essays by Frank G. Speck from The Southern workman / by Frank G. Speck ; edited with an ...
The Sooner Schooner was introduced in 1964 and became the school’s official mascot in 1980. The scaled-down Conestoga wagon is reminiscent of those pioneers used while settling Oklahoma Territory in ...