A herd of bison in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge.
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About Oklahoma
Oklahoma is one of the 50 federal states of the United States of America. The landlocked state is located between the Great Plains and the Ozark Mountains near the geographical center of the 48 contiguous states.
Oklahoma borders Colorado in the northwest, Kansas in the north, Missouri in the northeast, Arkansas in the east, and Texas in the south. It also shares a border with New Mexico at the western end of its panhandle.
Short History
Most of the state was acquired from the French as part of the Louisiana Purchase In 1803. In 1834 the area was declared Indian territory. The land was assigned to Indian tribes that had been driven out of the eastern states.
The region became home to the “Five Civilized Tribes.” Only in 1889, the area was opened for white settlers. The result was the “Oklahoma Land Run,” during which numerous European immigrants flooded the “Unassigned Lands” in no time at all, and Oklahoma City was built almost overnight.
On 16 November 1907, President Theodore Roosevelt issued Presidential Proclamation No. 780, which established Oklahoma as the 46th state of the Union.
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