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Map of Oklahoma with area code boundaries. The state of Oklahoma is served by the following area codes: 405/572: Central Oklahoma including Oklahoma City (original area code created in 1947; 572 added as overlay on April 24, 2021 [1] [2] [3] 580: Western and southern Oklahoma (split from 405 in 1997)
The Panhandle was severely affected by the drought of the 1930s. The drought began in 1932 and created massive dust storms. By 1935, the area was widely known as being part of the Dust Bowl. The dust storms were largely a result of poor farming techniques and the plowing up of the native grasses that had held the fine soil in place.
Dust Bowl Cimarron County, Oklahoma, Arthur Rothstein's iconic photograph of a farmer and his two sons during a dust storm in Oklahoma in April 1936. The Dust Bowl was the result of a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the American and Canadian prairies during the 1930s.
Dust Bowl Cimarron County, Oklahoma, by Arthur Rothstein (1936) According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,841 square miles (4,770 km 2), of which 1,835 square miles (4,750 km 2) are land and 6.1 square miles (16 km 2) (0.3%) are covered by water. [6] It is the fourth-largest county in Oklahoma by area.
A farmer and his two sons during a dust storm in Cimarron County, Oklahoma, April 1936; Resettlement Administration photograph by Arthur Rothstein. Dust Bowl Cimarron County, Oklahoma is a 1936 photograph of the Dust Bowl taken by 21-year-old Arthur Rothstein, a photographer for the federal Resettlement Administration, while he was driving through Cimarron County, Oklahoma.
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]
A Minnesota couple has reportedly been sentenced to four years after they locked their children in cages for "their safety." The couple was arrested and charged with 16 counts in June 2023. They ...
Area affected by the Dust Bowl between 1935 and 1938. Boise City was founded in 1908 by developers J. E. Stanley, A. J. Kline, and W. T. Douglas (all doing business as the Southwestern Immigration and Development Company of Guthrie, Oklahoma) who published and distributed brochures promoting the town as an elegant, tree-lined city with paved streets, numerous businesses, railroad service, and ...