I am almost as in love with the state of Oklahoma as I am New Mexico and count myself so fortunate to be but a drive away from each one!
There is so much history to the wonderful state of Oklahoma...a wide open, big blue sky and fertile soil country all its own!
The name Oklahoma is based on the Choctaw Indian words okla humma which translates as "red people."
Recorded history for the name "Oklahoma" began with Spanish explorer Coronado in 1541 on his quest for the "Lost City of Gold." Oklahoma became the 46th state on November 16, 1907.
My people are from here...they came during the Trail of Tears
My mother was born in a little house in Bokchito that is still standing today
The Trail of Tears was a series of forced relocations of Native American nations in the United States following the Indian Removal Act of 1830. The removal included members of the Cherokee, Muscogee, Seminole, Chickasaw, and Choctaw nations, from their ancestral homelands in the southeastern U.S. to an area west of the Mississippi River that had been designated as Indian Territory.
Our supper table can be very spirited during college football season
we studied at Texas Tech, Texas A&M, OU and OSU...all rivals
Origin of the lyrics. The phrase "Boomer Sooner" refers to the Land Run of 1889, in which the land around the modern university was settled. Boomers were people who campaigned for the lands to be opened (or tried to enter the lands) before passage of the Indian Appropriations Act of 1889. It is said that the Sooners found their land and staked it before the land rush started with the single cannon shot into the air.
The Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889 was the first land rush into the Unassigned Lands. The area that was opened to settlement included all or part of the present-day Canadian, Cleveland, Kingfisher, Logan, Oklahoma, and Payne counties of the US state of Oklahoma.
Far and Away is a very sweet epic film about the Land Rush starring Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise. Their chemistry in this film is incredible and I cannot watch it enough!
Tulsa Time Even though the late great Don Williams is from Floydada, Texas, he made Tulsa famous with this song. Certainly Tulsa could have been famous without this fun song, as it's one of the most sophisticated cities in America.
This past summer, our entire vacation was a drive through the state of Oklahoma and we loved every single minute of it!
The history is wonderful...so much to see and do...but perhaps you might know of Oklahoma for a very sad moment in time
April 19, 1995
If you are lucky enough to take a drive through Oklahoma..give yourself at least a week to see it all....the most beautiful country you can imagine! If not, it is worth the flight in! If you don't have time to do that...then take advantage of technology and take a virtual vacation!
OKLAHOMA IS OK!
