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Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Norman, Broken Arrow, Lawton
State Tree
Eastern Redbud
Nickname
Sooner State
Oklahoma was ranked #1 in 2014 by CNBC: America’s Top States for Business: Cost of Living.
Oklahoma has the largest Native American population of any state in the U.S. Many of the 250,000 American Indians living in Oklahoma are descended from the 67 tribes who inhabited the Indian Territory.
On April 22, 1889, the first day homesteading was permitted, 50,000 people swarmed into the area. Those who tried to beat the noon starting gun were called Sooners. That is how the state got its nickname.
The world’s first parking meter was installed in Oklahoma City on July 16, 1935, invented by Carlton Cole “Carl” Magee.
Sonic Drive-in Corporation’s world headquarters is in Oklahoma City. The drive-in style restaurant, famous for their coneys, tots and limeades, has been going strong since 1953.
Oklahoma has contributed more astronauts to the United States space programs that any other state. In fact, Oklahomans have been involved in every phase of the United States’ space program.
