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1 Oklahoma By: Desiree Whisnan

2 State Capital: Oklahoma city It is a 69,903 sq. miles area and the 20 th biggest State in the USA.

3 The major farming wheat, cattle, oil, natural gas. The people are known as the Oklahomans. The population is 3,450,654 (as of 2000) Oklahoma is the 27th most populous state in the USA.3,450,654

4 Year 1887 through 1948 Inventor- Chester Arthur Reynolds) The way this became was that he so impressed with the Will Rogers Memorial in Claremore, Oklahoma that the experience prompted him to ask the question, why not Build a Hall of Fame honoring cowboys, cattlemen, and ranchers. Year- 1920-1930 Main person -Will Rogers He was a star of broad way and the 71 movies. A popular broadcaster wrote more than 4,000 syndicated newspaper columns. He was born on a ranch in the Cherokee Nation that would later be known as Oologah, Oklahoma. On July 25, 2000, Governor Keating announced plans to construct a dome on the Oklahoma State Capitol Building. Construction is slated to begin April 2001 with an estimated completion date of November 2002.

5 Fun fact 1- Fun fact 2- Fun fact 3- In 1998, a life size statue of a cattle drive, titled "On the Chisholm Trail," was set in place in Duncan as a monument to the American Cowboy. Don't for get that’s trivia. The town of Beaver claims to be the Cow Chip Throwing Capital of the World. It is here that the World Championship Cow Chip Throw is held each April. Choctaw is the oldest chartered town in Oklahoma. Choctaw gained status as a town in 1893.

6 Oklahoma is a land of wooded mountains level plains,salty deserts, and lovely lakes that was once under a sea and formed in violence by underground force.

7 About me Hi, I am Desiree. I am thirteen I have blonde hair and my ears pierced. I am 5 ft 4in. I live in town. I have three sisters I am the oldest. I dislike math I always get my homework done. I don’t usually get sick. I broke two bones in 2012.

8 Bibliography http://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/states/oklahoma/ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsa Race Riot http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsa,_Oklahoma http://www.50states.com/facts/okla.htm#.UTUE_DdzPbU Oklahoma from its glorious past to the present by Allan carpenter copyright 1965 http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1280&bih=7 49&q=oklahoma+state&oq=oklahoma+&gs_l=img.1.8.0l10.11101.14683.0.19539.9.4.0.5.5.0.4 57.714.3j41.4.0...0.0...1ac.1.8.img.tdMxKhQ1hBo&safe http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1280&bih=7 49&q=oklahoma+city+background&oq=oklahoma+city+back&gs_l=img.1.0.0j0i24l9.4369.192 84.0.24842.18.11.0.7.7.0.2809.3568.10j9-1.11.0...0.0...1ac.1.8.img.1k8ue9_OL0A&safe=active


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