| OKLAHOMA TRIVA;I have not done this in a while and several of you asked ofr more so here it is ENJOY: | |
 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 Gangput together. Quapaw, Oklahomais 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. Bristow was the site of Oklahoma’s first radio station, KRFU “The Voice of Oklahoma;” which was renamed KVOO and moved to Tulsa in 1927. 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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