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vivienI am likely only posting this because I've had a margarita and I am in a fan-frickin-tastic mood, but here's a little something about my home state:
Oklahoma is celebrating its 100th anniversary of statehood this year. Because most people think of the stage play " Oklahoma !" when they hear the state's name mentioned,citizens are attempting to update the state's image by sharing
interesting state facts with others as we celebrate our Centennial.
Oklahoma is not only the home of Ado Annie and Aunt Eller from " Oklahoma !" but of the parking meter (invented in OKC) and the shopping cart (invented in
Ardmore).
The electric guitar also was invented in Oklahoma, by a Beggs musician named Bob Dunn. The first "Yield" sign was installed in Tulsa .
The Environmental Protection Agency recognizes Oklahoma as having the most diverse terrain of any state in the nation. The state, according to EPA, boasts 11 distinct eco-regions. (Viv edit: And I am allergic to damn near everything that grows in each of those regions!)
The Sooner State has produced more astronauts than any other state in the union. Owen Garriott is an Enid boy, of course, while Tom Stafford is from
Weatherford, Shannon Lucid from Oklahoma City , William Pogue from Okemah and the late Gordon Cooper from Shawnee.
Oklahoma is the third-largest gas-producing state in the nation and ranks fourth in the production of wheat, cattle and calves, fifth in the production of pecans, sixth in peanuts and eighth in peaches.
Oklahoma gave birth to Dick Tracy (cartoonist Chester Gould is a native of Pawnee) and Donald Duck (Clarence "Ducky" Nash, the original voice of Walt Disney's Donald, grew up in Watonga).
Viv edit: And Mickey Mantle, James Garner, Kristin Chenowith, Woody Guthrie, Iron Eyes Cody, Paul Harvey, Ron Howard, Bill Moyers, Brad Pitt (NO WAY, HE WAS BORN IN SHAWNEE??? I DID NOT KNOW), and Will Rogers, of course.
The official statehood celebration will be in November. In the meantime, individual cities are restaging various events associated with statehood and
the settling of Indian Territory which eventually became our state.
My hometown, Lawton, just had its centennial and I kinda wish I'd been there, even thought it's so damn hot (as usual) there.
I guess you can take the girl outta Oklahoma, but you cain't take the Oklahoma outta the girl.
Oklahoma is celebrating its 100th anniversary of statehood this year. Because most people think of the stage play " Oklahoma !" when they hear the state's name mentioned,citizens are attempting to update the state's image by sharing
interesting state facts with others as we celebrate our Centennial.
Oklahoma is not only the home of Ado Annie and Aunt Eller from " Oklahoma !" but of the parking meter (invented in OKC) and the shopping cart (invented in
Ardmore).
The electric guitar also was invented in Oklahoma, by a Beggs musician named Bob Dunn. The first "Yield" sign was installed in Tulsa .
The Environmental Protection Agency recognizes Oklahoma as having the most diverse terrain of any state in the nation. The state, according to EPA, boasts 11 distinct eco-regions. (Viv edit: And I am allergic to damn near everything that grows in each of those regions!)
The Sooner State has produced more astronauts than any other state in the union. Owen Garriott is an Enid boy, of course, while Tom Stafford is from
Weatherford, Shannon Lucid from Oklahoma City , William Pogue from Okemah and the late Gordon Cooper from Shawnee.
Oklahoma is the third-largest gas-producing state in the nation and ranks fourth in the production of wheat, cattle and calves, fifth in the production of pecans, sixth in peanuts and eighth in peaches.
Oklahoma gave birth to Dick Tracy (cartoonist Chester Gould is a native of Pawnee) and Donald Duck (Clarence "Ducky" Nash, the original voice of Walt Disney's Donald, grew up in Watonga).
Viv edit: And Mickey Mantle, James Garner, Kristin Chenowith, Woody Guthrie, Iron Eyes Cody, Paul Harvey, Ron Howard, Bill Moyers, Brad Pitt (NO WAY, HE WAS BORN IN SHAWNEE??? I DID NOT KNOW), and Will Rogers, of course.
The official statehood celebration will be in November. In the meantime, individual cities are restaging various events associated with statehood and
the settling of Indian Territory which eventually became our state.
My hometown, Lawton, just had its centennial and I kinda wish I'd been there, even thought it's so damn hot (as usual) there.
I guess you can take the girl outta Oklahoma, but you cain't take the Oklahoma outta the girl.
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