Trivia Oklahoma
OKLAHOMA TRIVA
March 28, 2009 by Jim Bigelow · Leave a Comment
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Henry Starr, one of the last outlaws of the Old West was from Oklahoma . During his 32 years in crime, he claimed to have robbed more banks than both the James-Younger Gang and the Doolin-Dalton Gang put together. Quapaw, Oklahoma is famous for “spooklights,” bouncing bright balls of white fire that have been reported as far back as the 1700’s. If you put the hind legs of a farm animal into your boots, you are breaking the law.
Milk is the official state beverage of Oklahoma . It is illegal to wear your boots to bed. The first Boy Scout Troop in the US was formed in Pawhuska in 1909. Phillip H. Sheridan, George A. Custer, and William T. Sherman were the founders of the U.S. Army Field Artillery Center at Fort Sill. Of all the forts built on the south plains during the Indian Wars, Fort Sill is the only active installation. If you have sex before you’re married in Oklahoma , you are breaking the law. Billionaire J. Paul Getty began his oil empire in Tulsa. It is illegal to cause “annoying vibrations” in the Bartlesville city limits. Elvis Presley used to like staying at the Best Western Trade Winds Motel in Clinton, Oklahoma. It is against the law to bring an elephant into Tulsa’s downtown area. While passing another vehicle in Yukon, it is mandatory to honk your horn. The State of Oklahoma forbids women from doing their own hair without having a license. Oklahoma has more miles of the original Route 66 than any other state. Dogs who want to congregate in groups of three or more on private property must have a permit signed by the mayor. The name Oklahoma comes from the Choctaw words okla, meaning people, and homa, meaning red, which translates to land of the red people. In Wynona, your mode of transportation must be tied up while unattended. Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys, fathers of western swing music, began their careers in Oklahoma . In Yukon, Oklahoma it is illegal to tether your horse in front of city hall The comic strip Dick Tracy was created by Chester Gould, an Oklahoman. Oklahoma’s state dance is the square dance.
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Cut Your Heating Bill this Winter
February 4, 2009 by Jim Bigelow · Leave a Comment
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Oklahoma Facts and Trivia
January 22, 2009 by Jim Bigelow · Leave a Comment
Oklahoma Facts and Trivia
1. A life-size statue stands in honor of Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford in Weatherford.
2. Boise City, Oklahoma was the only city in the United States to be bombed during World War II. On Monday night, July 5, 1943, at approximately 12:30 a.m., a B-17 Bomber based at Dalhart Army Air Base (50 miles to the south of Boise City) dropped six practice bombs on the sleeping town.
3. Choctaw is the oldest chartered town in Oklahoma. Choctaw gained status as a town in 1893.
4. Okmulgee owns the world record for largest pecan pie, pecan cookie, pecan brownie, and biggest ice cream and cookie party. Each June, Okmulgee rolls out the welcome mat to thousands of its closest friends as the annual Pecan Festival comes to town.
5. The National Cowboy Hall of Fame is located in Oklahoma City.
6. 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.
7. An Oklahoman, Sylvan Goldman, invented the first shopping cart.
8. Known as the Antique Capital of Oklahoma, Jenks is home to the state’s best variety of: Antique Stores, Gift Shops, Galleries, Museums, Crafters Malls, and Collectible Retailers.
9. The first capital of Oklahoma was in Guthrie, but was moved later to Oklahoma City following a vote of the people.
10. Originally Indian Territory, the state of Oklahoma was opened to settlers in a “Land Rush” in 1889. On a given date, prospective settlers would be allowed into the territory to claim plots of land by grabbing the stakes marking each plot. A few of these settlers entered to claim land before the official start of the land run; these cheaters were called “Sooners”.
11. Tahlequah, Oklahoma is the Tribal capital of the Cherokee Nation.
12. Located on the south shores of Grand Lake O’ the Cherokees between Langley and Disney. The Pensacola Dam was built in 1940 and is still the World’s Longest Multiple Arch Dam. Length of dam/spillway … 6,565 feet. Length of multiple-arch section … 4,284 feet. Pensacola Dam was the first hydroelectric facility in Oklahoma.
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Oklahoma Facts and Trivia
January 13, 2009 by Jim Bigelow · Leave a Comment
Oklahoma Facts and Trivia
1. 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.
2. The world’s first installed parking meter was in Oklahoma City, on July 16, 1935. Carl C. Magee, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, is generally credited with originating the parking meter. He filed for a patent for a “coin controlled parking meter” on May 13, 1935.
3. Vinita is the oldest incorporated town on Oklahoma Route 66 being established in 1871. Vinita was the first town in Oklahoma to enjoy electricity. Originally named Downingville. The towns name was later changed to Vinita, in honor of Vinnie Ream, the sculptress who created the life-size statue of Lincoln at the United States Capitol.
4. During a tornado in Ponca City, a man and his wife were carried aloft in their house by a tornado. The walls and roof were blown away. But the floor remained intact and eventually glided downward, setting the couple safely back on the ground.
5. The Amateur Softball Association of America – a volunteer-driven, not-for-profit organization based in Oklahoma City, OK – was founded in 1933 and has evolved into the strongest softball organization in the country.
6. A statue entitled “Hopes and Dreams,” in downtown Perry was created by local sculptor Bill Bennett and placed there on a massive granite pedestal as a Cherokee Strip Centennial memorial. The statue portrays an early-day couple coming to the newly opened western frontier.
7. Turner Falls Park in Davis is the oldest park in Oklahoma. Many springs from the world famous Arbuckle Mountains form Honey Creek that cascades down a seventy-seven foot fall to a natural swimming pool making the majestic Turner Falls the largest waterfall in Oklahoma.
8. There is an operating oil well on state capitol grounds called Capitol Site No. 1.
9. Anadarko is home to the only authentic Indian City in the United States. It is located in the beautiful Washita river valley in southwest Oklahoma.
10. 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.
11. Phillip H. Sheridan, George A. Custer and William T. Sherman were the founders of the USA’s main artillery fort at Fort Sill.
12. Born in 1879 on a large ranch in the Cherokee Nation near what later would become Oologah, Oklahoma, Will Rogers was first an Indian, a cowboy then a national figure. Will Rogers was a star of Broadway and 71 movies of the 1920s and 1930s, a popular broadcaster and wrote more than 4,000 syndicated newspaper columns.
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OKLAHOMA TRIVIA
January 2, 2009 by Jim Bigelow · Leave a Comment
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Tattoos are illegal in Oklahoma. (recently repealed) Oklahoma is one of only two states whose capital cities name includes the state name. The other is Indianapolis, Indiana. It is illegal to read a comic book while driving a motor vehicle. Clinton Riggs designed the YIELD sign. It was first used on a trial basis in Tulsa. Oklahoma has more man-made lakes than any other state, with over one million surface acres of water. |
Uh, oh! Our friend Ron, the Tattoo Man of Oklahoma could be in trouble!
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Oklahoma Trivia
December 3, 2008 by Jim Bigelow · Leave a Comment
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The Port of Catoosa, just north of Tulsa, is the nation’s largest inland port. Women may not gamble in the nude, in lingerie, or while wearing a towel in Schulter. Originally, the state of Oklahoma was set aside for the exclusive use of the Indians and was called Indian Territory . However, in 1889, the land was opened to settlers in what became known as the ” Oklahoma Land Rush.” On the first opening day on April 22, 1889, 50,000 people swarmed into the area. Those who tried to beat the noon starting gun were called Sooners. Hence the state’s nickname. |
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Musician Bob Dunn, from Beggs, Oklahoma , invented the first electric guitar 1935. It is against the law to spit on a sidewalk. Big Foot was sighted in Vici, Oklahoma in 1977. Though a search party was sent out, no evidence was found. The National Cowboy Hall of Fame is located in Oklahoma City. In Clinton, Oklahoma molesting an automobile is illegal. The town of Beaver is the Cow Chip Throwing Capital of the World. Here that the World Championship Cow Chip Throw is held each April. It is unlawful to put any hypnotized person in a display window in Hawthahorne. Guthrie was Oklahoma’s first capitol before a popular vote moved it to Oklahoma City. Tahlequah, Oklahoma is the Tribal capital of the Cherokee Nation. The Pensacola Dam, built in 1940 is still the World’s Longest Multiple Arch Dam. At 6,565 feet in length, the dam is located on the south shores of Grand Lake O’ the Cherokees between Langley and Disney. Don’t you dare carry a fishbowl full of fish on a public bus in Oklahoma . It’s against the law! Garth Brooks was born in Tulsa and grew up in Yukon, Oklahoma .
It is against the law to take a bite out of another person’s hamburger. Tissues in the back of cars are illegal. Oklahoma has four mountain ranges including the Ouachitas, Arbuckles, Wichitas and the Kiamichis. If you make an ugly face at a dog, you could be fined or jailed. Guthrie, Oklahoma has the nation’s only museum devoted to the collection of lighters. At the National Lighter Museum, nearly 20,000 lighters and “fire starters” are displayed. In Bartlesville, it is illegal to own more than two adult cats. |
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Oklahoma Trivia
November 19, 2008 by Jim Bigelow · Leave a Comment
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The world’s first parking meter was installed in Oklahoma City on July 16, 1935. In Bristow, Oklahoma it is against the law to serve water to a customer in a restaurant unless one peanut in a shell is also served. The consequences for this “serious” offence can result in a fine of up to five dollars. Vinita, Oklahoma was the first town in the state to have electricity. It is also the oldest incorporated town in the state.
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