… was admitted to the Union as the 46th state on this date in 1907.
The official song and anthem of the State of Oklahoma is “Oklahoma,” composed and written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein.
Brand new state, Brand new state, gonna treat you great!
Gonna give you barley, carrots and pertaters,
Pasture fer the cattle, Spinach and Termayters!
Flowers on the prairie where the June bugs zoom,
Plen’y of air and plen’y of room,
Plen’y of room to swing a rope!
Plen’y of heart and plen’y of hope!
Oklahoma, where the wind comes sweepin’ down the plain,
And the wavin’ wheat can sure smell sweet
When the wind comes right behind the rain.
Oklahoma, ev’ry night my honey lamb and I
Sit alone and talk and watch a hawk makin’ lazy circles in the sky.
We know we belong to the land
And the land we belong to is grand!
And when we say – Yeeow! Ayipioeeay!
We’re only sayin’ You’re doin’ fine, Oklahoma! Oklahoma – O.K.
Oklahoma comes from two Choctaw words: “okla” meaning people and “humma” meaning red, so the state’s name means “red people.”
Highest point: Black Mesa (4,973 feet)
Lowest point: Little River (287 feet)
Oklahoma has 77 counties
The state ranks 20th in size (69,898 square miles)
The Oklahoma state animal is the American buffalo (Bison bison)