Oklahoma Statehood was declared on November 16, 1907.
President Theodore Roosevelt signed a Presidential Proclamation officially granting statehood to Oklahoma.
Most of the Oklahoma land was acquired during the Louisiana
Purchase of 1803. The Indian Act of 1834 officially created the region as Indian Territory.
Oklahoma was the 46th state admitted to the union. We are bordered by six states. George W. Steele of Indiana was appointed by President Harrison as the first governor of Oklahoma. Steele arrived in Guthrie on May 23, 1890, and on July 8th he called for the election of members for the Territorial Legislative Assembly.
The Assembly convened in August. Regardless of the business at hand most of their time was spent wrangling over the location of the state capital.
Oklahoma’s history has been quite unique. It includes the relocation of Indian tribes, the land runs, the settling of the land by the pioneers and the development of the oil industry.
Interesting trivia about Oklahoma is: currently the state population is almost 4 million; there are 4 phone area codes being
405, 580, 539 and 918; the Sooner State is the nickname; the state wildflower is the Indian Blanket; the state song is “Oklahoma” by
Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein; the state game animal is the White Tail Deer and the state animal is the American Buffalo; the Redbud is the state tree; the Rose Rock is considered the state rock; and the state bird is the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher.
Oklahoma’s state seal are symbols developed from the state history and symbols from the Indian Nations.
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