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Oklahoma
Capital:
Oklahoma City
State abbreviation/Postal code:
Okla./OK
Nickname:
Sooner State
Origin of name:
Based on Choctaw Indian words for "red
man"
Briefs on
Oklahoma:
The land of vibrant events such as rodeos and pow
wows, world class museums (like National Cowboy and Western Heritage
Museum) and roller coasters, zoos, lush green forests and hills,
sturdy mountains and much more, Oklahoma is a perfect vacation
destination. The breathtaking beauty, beautiful sites, exciting
activities and other lures that Oklahoma offers are unique and
interesting for every visitor.
Also known as OK (abbreviated form of Oklahoma),
the state is bounded on the east by Arkansas and Missouri, on the
north by Kansas and northwest by Colorado, on the west by New Mexico
and on the south by Texas.
 Oklahoma is a big and thickly populated state,
its land area and population being 181,196 square kilometers and
3,450,654 (approximately) respectively. The capital of the state is
the Oklahoma City. It is also the largest city of the state and the 29th
largest city of the nation. The city is also known as the Action City
and is the home to more than 50 attractions of the state. These
include nation’s premier minor league ballpark, a canal flowing
besides choice restaurants, OKC Museum of Art, OKC National Memorial,
OKC Adventure District etc.
The state of Oklahoma has a rich history too.
According to historians the Native Americans occupied the land before
the 16th century. In 16th century Spanish
explores came in the area and so the Europeans visited the region for
the first time.
The Oklahoma state derives its name from the
language of Choctaw people. During 1800 the United States government
had detached these people from Mississippi to Indian Territory. The
name was given by Allen Wright, the Principal Chief of the Choctaw
Nation. The term Oklahoma is a composed of two Choctaw words ‘okla’
meaning people and ‘homa’ which means red.
During 1830 Oklahoma was an Indian territory that
served as the relocation area for the policy of Indian Removal.
The Oklahoma territory was created under the
Organic Act of 1890. The territory was created from the Unassigned
Lands (Unassigned Lands or Oklahoma were in the center of the lands
ceded to the United States by the Creek and the Seminole Indians after
the Civil War). The Oklahoma territory area came to be reckoned as No
Man’s Land.
On 16th November 1907 the Oklahoma
Territory joined the Indian Territory and became the 46th
state of the United States. The Oklahoma territory soon became popular
due to adopting world’s longest constitution of government.
During the 20th century the territory
witnessed a development in trade as oil business began to get
underway. There were significant political changes in the state.
Several political groups emerged and each tried to acquire power and
dominate the state.
In 1931 the border dispute between Oklahoma and
Texas ended and the Oklahoma National Guardsmen and Texas Tangers were
deployed in the area. This border dispute had continued since a long
time and was permanently dissolved on 6th august 1931 with
the permanent dissolution of the first injunction.
In 1995 Oklahoma suffered due to bombings in the
state’s capital. The Oklahoma City bombing was a terrorist attack on
the state that shook it completely.
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