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Observations of Oklahoma

By gshy
  • The Wichitas and Comanches defeat the Spanish army

    The Wichitas and Comanches defeat the Spanish army

    The Witchitas and Comanches defeat Colonel Diego Ortiz Parrilla's Spanish army.
  • Trail of Tears

    Trail of Tears

    Native Americans from the East Coast are forced westward into Oklahoma territory is what is known as the Trail of Tears.
  • Opothle Yahola marches with a group to Kansas to fight the Confedercy

    Opothle Yahola marches with a group to Kansas to fight the Confedercy

    Creek chief Opothle Yahola offers freedom to all Native Americans and African Americans who join him in the march to Kansas to fight the Confedercy.
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    Cattle moves into Indian Territory

    Cattle drives move through Indian Territory in Oklahoma.
  • First oil well

    First oil well

    The first commercial oil well in Oklahoma is drilled.
  • Oklahoma Statehood

    Oklahoma Statehood

    Oklahoma becomes a state on November 16, 1907.
  • Race riot

    Race riot

    A race riot erupts in the city of Tulsa because of a black man stepping on a white women's foot and she claimed that he had attacked her.
  • The Dust Bowl

    The Dust Bowl

    Immense dust clouds engulf parts of Oklahoma with dust clouds more than 5 miles high. A lot of Oklahomans lost their farms because of the drought that destroyed the crops.
  • Murrah Federal Building bombing

    Murrah Federal Building bombing

    The Murrah Federal building is bombed in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995.
  • Drought of 2012

    Drought of 2012

    In Oklahoma City a drought is worsening across the U.S. intensifieng
    in OK, leaving cattle ranchers looking for ways to feed their herds.