Sand Springs family donates original copy of 1913 legislation to fund state Capitol construction | Oklahoma Senate
https://oksenate.gov/press-releases/sand-springs-family-donates-original-copy-1913-legislation-fund-state-capitol?back=/press-releases

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Former districts and capitals of Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, that existed from 1834 to 1857, shown with present-day Oklahoma counties.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choctaw_Nation_of_Oklahoma#/media/File:Old_Choctaw_Nation_District_Map_1.png

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Blog Oklahoma Newsletter
Antenna TV
Plus, a newsletter and Threads update, and a notorious outlaw meets his fate.
September 28, 2023

https://open.substack.com/pub/blogoklahoma/p/antenna-tv

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Passing Of The Oklahoma Outlaws - 1915 https://youtu.be/kRisUUAwI8Y

Famous Oklahoma lawman Bill Tilghman made a movie. It even started the only surviving member of the Doolin-Dalton Gang, Arkansas Tom.

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Green Corn Rebellion | The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture
https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=GR022

> Triggered by opposition to WWI and the draft, this tenant farmers' revolt broke out in three counties along Oklahoma's South Canadian River in August 1917. While antiwar sentiments fueled the Green Corn Rebellion, it actually grew from long-standing grievances many tenants held against local landowners, businessmen, and state and local authorities. ...

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How the U.S. Stole ̶O̶k̶l̶a̶h̶o̶m̶a̶ Sequoya
https://youtu.be/d8-kGVCzKwA

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How Did Rural Norman, Oklahoma, Become a Chicago Mobster's Second Home? | KGOU
https://www.kgou.org/show/how-curious/2023-06-20/how-did-rural-norman-oklahoma-become-a-chicago-mobsters-second-home

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P.M.G. New and Leon H. Moore with Oklahoma state flag, 8/8/1924
https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2016849364/

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24-year anniversary of 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak - KTEN
https://www.kten.com/story/48845175/24year-anniversary-of-may-34-1999-tornado-outbreak

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Oklahoma City Bombing — FBI (April 19, 1995)
https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/oklahoma-city-bombing

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How long has Scripps News been up? New to me. Discovered it on YouTube TV this morning.
https://scrippsnews.com/

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Oklahoma City, OK
Station: KOPX
Antenna: 62.6

Tulsa, OK
Station: KTPX
Antenna: 44.6

I'll rescan our TV this weekend to see if we can pick that up here in Elk City.

March 7, 1912. Liquor could not be sold in the 40 counties of eastern Oklahoma that formerly comprised Indian Territory, a federal court ruled. For more than 4 years, eastern Oklahomans had believed they had the same right to buy liquor as those who lived in the area that had comprised Oklahoma Territory before 1907. The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis ruled that liquor could not be introduced into that area under any circumstance.
https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=PR018
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Map of I.T. & O.T. - 1820 to 1907
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Cimarron Territory

Settlers in what is now the Oklahoma Panhandle got together to form a territorial government. They enacted a preliminary code of law and divided the strip into three districts. They called for a general election to choose three members from each district to meet on March 4, 1887, to form the government.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_Panhandle#Cimarron_Territory

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Dust Bowl: Photos From Oklahoma in 1942 by Alfred Eisenstaedt
https://www.life.com/history/true-grit-dust-bowl-survivors/

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Farmer and sons walking in the face of a dust storm. Cimarron County, Oklahoma, 1936 - Library of Congress https://flic.kr/p/6pEWNU

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I’ll Fly Away – An Oklahoma Musical Phenomenon | KGOU
https://www.kgou.org/show/how-curious/2023-02-21/ill-fly-away-an-oklahoma-musical-phenomenon

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Fairview Elementary: Gone but Not Forgotten | KECO 96.5FM
https://www.kecofm.com/news/fairview-elementary-gone-but-not-forgotten/

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Historic all-Black towns of Oklahoma are focus of new exhibition
https://tulsaworld.com/news/local/historic-all-black-towns-of-oklahoma-are-focus-of-new-exhibition/article_db3d40a6-8d33-11ed-a2f5-bb4f767cc7bf.html#tracking-source=home-top-story

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On this day we remember Exploring Oklahoma History co-founder, Carleta Latham. Carleta was one of the driving forces and inspirations for our adventures into Oklahoma history. She loved traveling up and down Oklahoma's highways discovering all the historical markers along the way. We will always love and miss her.

In loving memory: Carleta Latham (1946-2013)

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