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Oklahoma County is one of seven counties in the United States to share the same name as a state ( the other six counties are Arkansas County, Arkansas, Hawaii County, Hawaii, Idaho County, Idaho, Iowa County, Iowa, New York County, New York and Utah County, Utah ).
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* Ada, Oklahoma, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma
* Binger in Caddo County, Oklahoma ( The Mound )
McVeigh was arrested within 90 minutes of the explosion, as he was traveling north on Interstate 35 near Perry in Noble County, Oklahoma.
* Page Township, Le Flore County, Oklahoma
Shortly after the bombing, while driving on I-35 in Noble County, near Perry, Oklahoma, McVeigh was stopped by Oklahoma State Trooper Charles J. Hanger from Pawnee, Oklahoma.
Woody Guthrie's Okfuskee County, Oklahoma, childhood home as it appeared in 1979
Guthrie was born in Okemah, a small town in Okfuskee County, Oklahoma, the son of Nora Belle ( née Sherman ) and Charles Edward Guthrie.
* Carrier, Oklahoma, a town in Garfield County, Oklahoma, United States
* Norman, Oklahoma, a city in Cleveland County
* Purcell, Oklahoma, a city in and the county seat of McClain County, Oklahoma, United States
The 1910 federal census for Comanche County, Oklahoma, enumerated on April 20, showed Henry and Anna living at 910 " D " Street in Lawton.
** Meridian, Logan County, Oklahoma
** Meridian, Stephens County, Oklahoma
* Stratford, Oklahoma, a town in Garvin County
* Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, county in mid-eastern Oklahoma bordering Arkansas.
* Jefferson County, Oklahoma
* Washington County, Oklahoma
* Delaware County, Oklahoma
Category: People from Mayes County, Oklahoma
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In sixteen states, the fiscal year ending of the cities ( June 30 ) is the same as that of the state: Alaska, Arizona, California, Delaware, Massachusetts, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming, and Hawaii ).
* 1901 – Kiowa land in Oklahoma is opened for white settlement, effectively dissolving the contiguous reservation.
* 1995 – Oklahoma City bombing: The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA, is bombed, killing 168.
Coyotes will sometimes mate with domestic dogs, usually in areas such as Texas and Oklahoma, where the coyotes are plentiful and the breeding season is extended because of the warm weather.
* 2001 – The Oklahoma City bombing museum is dedicated at the Oklahoma City National Memorial.
The Mid-continent area is an area generally including Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, North Louisiana and the part of Texas away from the Gulf Coast.
* 2001 – Timothy McVeigh is executed for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.
* 1997 – In Denver, Colorado, Timothy McVeigh is convicted on 15 counts of murder and conspiracy for his role in the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
* 1825 – The U. S. Congress approves Indian Territory ( in what is present-day Oklahoma ), clearing the way for forced relocation of the Eastern Indians on the " Trail of Tears ".
* 1935 – The world's first parking meter is installed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Johnny Lee Bench ( born December 7, 1947 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma ) is a former professional baseball catcher who played in the Major Leagues for the Cincinnati Reds from 1967 to 1983 and is a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
* 1999 – The southwestern portion of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma is devastated by an F5 tornado, killing forty-five people, injuring 665, and causing $ 1 billion in damage.
The tornado is one of 66 from the 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak.
Missouri (,,, or, among others ) ( nickname The Show Me State ) is a U. S. state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska.
Missouri is bounded on the north by Iowa ; on the east, across the Mississippi River, by Illinois, Kentucky, and Tennessee ; on the south by Arkansas ; and on the west by Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska ( the last across the Missouri River ).
* 1998 – Oklahoma City bombing: Michael Fortier is sentenced to 12 years in prison and fined $ 200, 000 for failing to warn authorities about the terrorist plot.
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But the fighting marshal's fifty-year run of immunity from violent death came to a full and final stop one night in a street at Cromwell, Oklahoma, where he had been sent to clean up the gambling and vice rackets.
Moritz doesn't even have a nose guard or hip pads but he's one of the most valuable members of the Longhorn team that will be heavily favored Saturday over Oklahoma in the Cotton Bowl.
He then transferred to Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, where he quit school just one class short of graduation.
Those killed included 163 who were in the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, one person in the Athenian Building, one woman in a parking lot across the street, a man and woman in the Oklahoma Water Resources building, and a rescue worker struck on the head by debris.
After he was sentenced on June 4, 1998 to life without parole, the State of Oklahoma in 2000 sought a death-penalty conviction on 161 counts of first-degree murder ( 160 non-federal agent victims and one fetus ).
As recent revivals of Show Boat, Oklahoma !, Carousel, and The King and I in London and New York show, Hammerstein was one of the more tough-minded and socially conscious American musical theater artists.
Volkswagen was one of the " defendants "; the case cited is WWV Corp ( original defendant ) v. Woodson ( the Oklahoma state judge )
Oklahoma and Texas have two separate supreme courts: one for criminal appeals and one for civil cases-the former being called Court of Criminal Appeals, and the latter the Supreme Court.
As a result, Johnson eventually left the team after their XXVIII win and was replaced by former University of Oklahoma head coach Barry Switzer, who had one of the highest winning percentages of any college football coach in history with a mark of. 837.
Born Tommy Ray Bentley in Wynnewood, Oklahoma, and adopted by Ray and Lorene " Pete " Parker Franks, Tommy Franks graduated from Robert E. Lee High School in Midland, Texas one year ahead of First Lady Laura Bush.
There are currently 4 chapters in the metropolitan New York City area, one in upper New York state, three in Massachusetts, three in California, and one each in Durham, North Carolina, Fort Collins, Colorado, Norman, Oklahoma, Fayetteville, Arkansas, Olympia, Washington, and Alpena, MI.
On May 29, 1908, the United States Congress authorized the United States Secretary of the Interior to allot Lehmann, as an adopted member of the Comanche nation, one hundred and sixty acres of Oklahoma land, near Grandfield.
Currently all of the states in the Deep South and a number of states in the Midwest, Plains, and Rocky Mountains regions have right-to-work laws ( with five states — Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Mississippi and Oklahoma — going one step further and enshrining right-to-work laws in their states ' constitutions ).
* Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians, speak one of the Siouan languages and part of a group commonly known as the Ho-Chunk ( or Winnebago ) moved to Oklahoma Territory, The tribe is made up of Otoe and Missouria Indians, is located in part of Noble County, Oklahoma with tribal offices in Red Rock, Oklahoma.
Oklahoma City features one of the largest livestock markets in the world.
Oklahoma City lies along one of the primary travel corridors into Texas and Mexico, and is about three hours by highway to the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area.
Since the time weather records have been kept, Oklahoma City has been struck by nine strong tornadoes, eight ( E )- F4's and one F5.
On May 3, 1999 parts of southern Oklahoma City and nearby communities suffered one of the most powerful tornadoes on record.
Oklahoma City lies along one of the primary corridors into Texas and Mexico, and is a three-hour drive from the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area.
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