 Oklahoma! Labor Conquers All
Yes, we watched the movie "Oklahoma." And we ate Sooner Sloppies, from our 50 state recipe book (listed in our Alaska post) because one of their biggest products is BEEF (it was what was for dinner)
Our postcards had some great info...
The capital building has a working oil rig on the front lawn.
Talequah's street signs even have the Cherokee language written on them.
Oklahoma was the destination of the Trail of Tears when the Native Americans were forced out of their eastern homes. Which is probably why it is home to the largest Indian population of any other state: 252,420.
Here are some websites we found useful....
http://www.kidzone.ws/geography/usa/index.htm good for all the states
http://www.ok.gov/osfdocs/stinfo2.html official state page for kids
http://www.travelok.com/about/StudentGuide.pdf Good stufff (found this one too late for my kids to use....they were already done) too long to print (27 pages) but lots of neat info.
http://www.kidzone.ws/geography/usa/oklahoma/flag.htm
http://www.abcteach.com/flags/oklahoma.htm
Oklahoma state flag to print & color
Oklahoma means red people from the Choctaw words okla = people; humma = red
Statehood: Noeveber 16, 1907 #46
Population: 3,258,000 #28
Capital: Oklahoma City (pop. 463,201)
Size: 69,919sq miles #18
Motto: Labor Omnia Vincit (Labor Conquers All)
Nickname: The Sooner State
Floral Emblem: The Mistletoe
Tree: Redbud
Bird: Scissortailed Flycatcher
Animal: Bison (Go figure?)
Fish: White Bass or Sand Bass
Reptile: Collared Lizard
Economy: nationally ranked: #4 in wheat, #4 in cattle and calves, #5 in pecans; #6 in peanuts & #8 in peaches oil
Rock: Barite Rose Rock (old Cherokee legend says the rocks represent the blood of the braves and the tears of the maidens who treked the "Trail of Tears")
Song: Oklahoma (yes! this is the one written by Rogers & Hammerstein- title song from the musical, Everyone join in...world wide chorus.....OOOOOOOOOklahoma......  )
Famous Okalhomans:
Gene Autry, Roy Clark, James Garner, Geronimo, Johnny Bench, Garth Brooks, Mickey Mantle, Reba McEntire, Paul Harvey, Sequoyah,
Oklahoma
By The Electric Man
Oklahoma is known as the Sooner State. A sooner is a settler who took land before the government said they could. There was Indian territory that all the Indians moved off of in the middle of the country, known as Oklahoma territory. Sooners came and settled there. The army drove them off, after which the sooners protested . The government had a land grab so the matter would be settled. Settlers raced off at the sound of a gunshot to claim cheap land. The Sooner State is a very interesting nickname!
Oklahoma
by Bugaboo Girl
Its motto is "LaborConquers all things."Oklahomas nickname is the Sooner State. A sooner is a settler that got there first. The state flower is the mistle toe. It's capital is Okalhoma City. Long ago the Indians were kicked out of their land and were forced to walk the "Trail of Tears." It was called this because one fourth of the people died. For Oklahomans their labor conquered all things.
Keep an eye out for Idaho!!!
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