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There are three developed recreation areas in Oklahoma and one in Texas. Dead Warrior Lake (formerly Dead Indian Lake) is 80 acres (32 ha) in size and is 11 miles (18 km) north of Cheyenne. Spring Creek Lake is 14 miles (23 km) north of Cheyenne and is 50 acres (20 ha) in size. Sixty-acre (24 ha) Skipout Lake is 10 miles (16 km) west of ...
The Texas Blackland Prairies are a temperate grassland ecoregion located in Texas that runs roughly 300 miles (480 km) from the Red River in North Texas to San Antonio in the south. The prairie was named after its rich, dark soil. [3] Less than 1% of the original Blackland prairie vegetation remains, scattered across Texas in parcels. [4]
The following is a list of companies based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Major companies based in Oklahoma City. Expand Energy - Fortune 500 (163)
Katy Prairie Conference 1994. Katy Prairie Conservancy. p. 8. Wermund, E.G. (29–30 April 1994). "Geology and Physical Features of the Katy Prairie". Katy Prairie Conference 1994. Katy Prairie Conservancy. p. 1. Texas Mid-Coast Initiative Team (1990). Texas Mid-Coast Initiative: Gulf Coast Joint Venture, North American Waterfowl Management Plan.
The area is classed as semi-arid, and serves as habitat for pronghorn, rabbits, prairie dogs, coyotes and predatory birds.. Vegetation is primarily shortgrass. It has a land area of 92,989 acres (376.31 km 2). [2] The greater part, 77,463 acres (313.48 km 2) is in Texas, and the balance 15,860 acres (64.2 km 2) is in Oklahoma. [5]
Paul Bondar, a wealthy Texas businessman – with few, if any connections to Oklahoma – is one of four Republicans trying to defeat U.S. Rep. Tom Cole.
Dec. 7—A historic marker noting a Civil War skirmish has gone up near Braggs. The marker, installed in early November, tells of the Battle of Greenleaf Prairie, which occurred June 16, 1863.
Central Oklahoma is a humid-subtropical region dominated by the Cross Timbers, an area of prairie and patches of forest at the eastern extent of the Great Plains. [2] The region is essentially a transition buffer between the wetter and more forested Eastern Oklahoma and the semi-arid high plains of Western Oklahoma, and experiences extreme swings between dry and wet weather patterns.