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Illustrated History Of Oklahoma
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Author : Marion Tuttle Rock
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1890
Illustrated History Of Oklahoma written by Marion Tuttle Rock and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1890 with Frontier and pioneer life categories.
Oklahoma
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Author : Leslie Strudwick
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001-08
Oklahoma written by Leslie Strudwick and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-08 with Oklahoma categories.
This book provides a description of Oklahoma's history, geography, economy, and culture.
1889
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Author : Michael J. Hightower
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2018-09-20
1889 written by Michael J. Hightower and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-20 with History categories.
After immigrants flooded into central Oklahoma during the land rush of 1889 and the future capital of Oklahoma City sprang up “within a fortnight,” the city’s residents adopted the slogan “born grown” to describe their new home. But the territory’s creation was never so simple or straightforward. The real story, steeped in the politics of the Gilded Age, unfolds in 1889, Michael J. Hightower’s revealing look at a moment in history that, in all its turmoil and complexity, transcends the myth. Hightower frames his story within the larger history of Old Oklahoma, beginning in Indian Territory, where displaced tribes and freedmen, wealthy cattlemen, and prospective homesteaders became embroiled in disputes over public land and federal government policies. Against this fraught background, 1889 travels back and forth between Washington, D.C., and the Oklahoma frontier to describe the politics of settlement, public land use, and the first stirrings of urban development. Drawing on eyewitness accounts, Hightower captures the drama of the Boomer incursions and the Run of ’89, as well as the nascent urbanization of the townsite that would become Oklahoma City. All of these events played out in a political vacuum until Congress officially created Oklahoma Territory in the Organic Act of May 1890. The story of central Oklahoma is profoundly American, showing the region to have been a crucible for melding competing national interests and visions of the future. Boomers, businessmen, cattlemen, soldiers, politicians, pundits, and African and Native Americans squared off—sometimes peacefully, often not—in disagreements over public lands that would resonate in western history long after 1889.
It Happened In Oklahoma
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Author : Robert L. Dorman
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2019-05-17
It Happened In Oklahoma written by Robert L. Dorman and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-17 with History categories.
This book offers an inside look at over 30 interesting and unusual episodes that shaped the history of the Sooner State. Read all about the Trail of Tears in Tahlequah. Find out why George W. McLaurin was denied admission to the University of Oklahoma in 1950. Try to solve the mystery of Karen Silkwood's suspicious death in 1974.
The Formation Of The State Of Oklahoma
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Author : Roy Gittinger
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2015-07
The Formation Of The State Of Oklahoma written by Roy Gittinger and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07 with History categories.
Oklahoma, the forty-sixth state admitted to the union, has a history much more interesting and extensive than its relatively recent statehood indicates. Roy Gittinger’s classic study begins in 1803, the year of the Louisiana Purchase, which brought the region into the United States and closes in 1906, when Indian Territory was poised to become the state of Oklahoma. The territory became the home of the Five “Civilized” Tribes—Cherokee, Chickasaw, Creek, Choctaw, and Seminole—in the years following the Indian Removal Act of 1830. Through treaties and Indian removals later in the century, lands were reserved to Plains Indian tribes—the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache in the southwest; Cheyenne and Arapahoe in the west; Iowa, Kickapoo, Pottawatomie, and Shawnee in the central portion; Osage and other tribes in the north and east. The Panhandle was public land and the central region was the Oklahoma District, not open to settlement by whites or possessed by any Indian tribe. In 1889, the Oklahoma District was thrown open to settlement, and the “land run” allowed thousands of home seekers to settle a portion of the vast territory. It set the stage for subsequent openings, for a territorial government, and finally for Oklahoma statehood in 1907. The Formation of the State of Oklahoma gives a definitive account of the original Indian land grant, the treaties that settled tribes in Indian Territory, developments after the tribes settled, the problems raised by white settlement, and the dynamic events that led to the establishment of the commonwealth of Oklahoma.
Boom Town
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Author : Sam Anderson
language : en
Publisher: Crown
Release Date : 2018-08-21
Boom Town written by Sam Anderson and has been published by Crown this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-21 with Social Science categories.
A brilliant, kaleidoscopic narrative of Oklahoma City—a great American story of civics, basketball, and destiny, from award-winning journalist Sam Anderson NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review • NPR • Chicago Tribune • San Francisco Chronicle • The Economist • Deadspin Oklahoma City was born from chaos. It was founded in a bizarre but momentous “Land Run” in 1889, when thousands of people lined up along the borders of Oklahoma Territory and rushed in at noon to stake their claims. Since then, it has been a city torn between the wild energy that drives its outsized ambitions, and the forces of order that seek sustainable progress. Nowhere was this dynamic better realized than in the drama of the Oklahoma City Thunder basketball team’s 2012-13 season, when the Thunder’s brilliant general manager, Sam Presti, ignited a firestorm by trading future superstar James Harden just days before the first game. Presti’s all-in gamble on “the Process”—the patient, methodical management style that dictated the trade as the team’s best hope for long-term greatness—kicked off a pivotal year in the city’s history, one that would include pitched battles over urban planning, a series of cataclysmic tornadoes, and the frenzied hope that an NBA championship might finally deliver the glory of which the city had always dreamed. Boom Town announces the arrival of an exciting literary voice. Sam Anderson, former book critic for New York magazine and now a staff writer at the New York Times magazine, unfolds an idiosyncratic mix of American history, sports reporting, urban studies, gonzo memoir, and much more to tell the strange but compelling story of an American city whose unique mix of geography and history make it a fascinating microcosm of the democratic experiment. Filled with characters ranging from NBA superstars Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook; to Flaming Lips oddball frontman Wayne Coyne; to legendary Great Plains meteorologist Gary England; to Stanley Draper, Oklahoma City's would-be Robert Moses; to civil rights activist Clara Luper; to the citizens and public servants who survived the notorious 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah federal building, Boom Town offers a remarkable look at the urban tapestry woven from control and chaos, sports and civics.
Ghost Towns Of Oklahoma
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Author : John Wesley Morris
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 1977
Ghost Towns Of Oklahoma written by John Wesley Morris and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with History categories.
Lists 130 ghost towns in alphabetical order and includes descriptions of each.
A History Of The State Of Oklahoma
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Author : Luther B. Hill
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1909
A History Of The State Of Oklahoma written by Luther B. Hill and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1909 with Oklahoma categories.
Oklahoma
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Author : Miriam Coleman
language : en
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Release Date : 2010-08-15
Oklahoma written by Miriam Coleman and has been published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-08-15 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
More Native American languages are spoken in Oklahoma than in any other state. Readers will find out why this is the case as they learn the history of Oklahoma in this fascinating look at the 46th state. They'll follow cowboys on a cattle drive, visit the Cherokee National Heritage Center, or see American bison in the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve. It's all here to learn about and enjoy.
Oklahoma
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Author : Geoffrey M. Horn
language : en
Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
Release Date : 2015-07-15
Oklahoma written by Geoffrey M. Horn and has been published by Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-15 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
This book explores the geography, history, people, government, and economy of the Sooner State. Lists of key people, places, celebrations, plants and animals, cities, and political figures, plus recipes and craft projects, add to the understanding of a state that is renowned for its Native American culture as well as its wealth of natural resources.