OKLAHOMA FACTS

What OKLAHOMA is all about:

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

Bugtussle, Oklahoma

Hooker, Oklahoma

Slaughterville, Oklahoma

Bowlegs, Oklahoma

Slapout, Oklahoma

And Regardless What Side Of The Fence You're On...

Gay, Oklahoma

Straight, Oklahoma

Here Are Some Little Known But Very Interesting Facts About Oklahoma.

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 invented and designed by Clinton Riggs,father of Bartlesville retired physician Thomas Riggs MD, and erected in Tulsa.

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.Bob Dunn a musician from Beggs invented the first electric guitar 1935.

22. Frank Lloyd Wright's only skyscraper is located in Bartlesville.

22. The ' Will Rogers World Airport' and the ' Wiley Post Airport' are both named after two famous Okies....both killed in an airplane crash!!!