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Oklahoma began as a plot of land because of the Indian Intercoarse Act made by Congress. This gave land to some Native Americans.
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Texas was annexed to the United States. Panhandle "No Man's Land" included in Texas lands.
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Oklahoma gets confined to a boarder for its territory.
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The Choctaw Council on February 7 adopted resolutions declaring their affiliation and sympathy with rhe Southern States in the Civil War.
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Cattlemen began fencing ranches in the Cherokee Strip.
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Oklahoma State University was founded.
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A. J. Seay was appointed territorial governor October 18.
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Mistletoe grows on trees throughout the state . It was named the state flower 14 years before it was even a state.
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In May the Kickapoo surplus lands were opened to settlement.
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Gas and oil were discovered in the vicinity of Tulsa, Red Fork, Sapulpa and other towns of the Creek Nation early in the spring.
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Oklahoma becomes the 46th state. Frank Frantz was appointed as governor.
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Oklahoma City , Oklahoma was named the state capital.
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It was officially adopted by the State Legislature May 5, 1951 as the Oklahoma state bird.
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Walters was elected to serve as the 24th governor of Oklahoma.
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The Oklahoma City bombing was a terrorist bomb attack on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City.
