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1889 – Norman Transcript newspaper begins publication. [1] 1890 Norman designated seat of newly created Cleveland County. [2] High Gate College established. [3] Population: 787. [3] 1891 – City of Norman incorporated. [2] 1892 – University of Oklahoma opens. [4] 1893 – Griffin Memorial Hospital established. [2] 1895 – Central State ...
The Norman Transcript is a daily newspaper published in Norman, Oklahoma, United States, covering Cleveland and McClain counties, in the southern suburbs of Oklahoma City. It is owned by Community Newspaper Holdings Inc. The newspaper is the oldest business in Norman. It was founded by settler Edward Philip Ingle on July 13, 1889.
Norman, Oklahoma, city council members (3 P) S. Sportspeople from Norman, Oklahoma (1 C, 37 P) Pages in category "People from Norman, Oklahoma"
Oklahoma State Highway 76 leads north from Leon 4 miles (6 km) to State Highway 32. Leon is 22 miles (35 km) west-southwest of Marietta, the Love county seat. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town of Leon has a total area of 0.3 square miles (0.78 km 2), all land. [6]
Leon Chase "Red" Phillips (December 9, 1890 – March 27, 1958) was an American attorney, a state legislator and the 11th governor of Oklahoma from 1939 to 1943. [1] As a member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives and as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, Phillips made a name for himself as an obstructionist of the proposals of governors William H. Murray and E.W. Marland ...
Robert Latham Owen Jr. (February 2, 1856 – July 19, 1947) was one of the first two U.S. senators from Oklahoma.He served in the Senate between 1907 and 1925. Born into affluent circumstances in antebellum Lynchburg, Virginia, the son of a railroad company president, Owen suffered financial ruin by the Panic of 1873 and his father died while he was still in his teens.
Taking advantage of Mexico City’s high altitude and fast synthetic track, Norman ran a speedy 20.23 seconds to break the Olympic record and establish himself as someone to watch in the upcoming ...
William Leon McAuliffe (January 3, 1917 – August 20, 1988) [1] was an American Western swing guitarist who was a member of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys during the 1930s. He was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of that band, and was a member of the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame .