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Mannford is a city in Creek County in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The population was 3,262 at the time of the 2020 census , [ 4 ] up from 3,076 in 2010. The city sits next to Keystone Lake and claims to be the "Striped Bass Capital of the World".
Joseph B. Thoburn and John W. Sharp. History of the Oklahoma Press and the Oklahoma Press Association (Oklahoma City: Oklahoma Press Association, 1930). Federal Writers' Project (1941), "Newspapers", Oklahoma: a Guide to the Sooner State, American Guide Series, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, pp. 74– 82, ISBN 9781603540353 – via ...
In 1898, the St. Louis and Oklahoma City Railway Company (later the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway), [4] connected Sapulpa and Oklahoma City. [3] The present Creek County was established at the time of statehood, with a population of 18,365. The town of Sapulpa was initially designated as the county seat.
Oklahoma City attorney Bob Burke may know more about Oklahoma history than any other living person. Born in Broken Bow 76 years ago, Burke has both a degree in journalism and a law degree, and he ...
The 101 Ranch (University of Oklahoma) 1937. Everett, Dianna. Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History & Culture (Oklahoma Historical Society) 2002. Tintle, Rhonda. "Oklahoma and the True Story of the Wild West Show" (University of Oklahoma) 2007. Wallis, Michael. The Real Wild West: the 101 Ranch and the Creation of the American West (New York) 1999.
That event, which started on April 22, 1889, is also a source of generational trauma for many Oklahoma tribal members, who are reminded by the 1889 Oklahoma Land Run of their ancestors' forcible ...
Oklahoma has a rich military history, from being home to the earliest westward outposts to a training ground for today's pilots. Some of that history is on display throughout the state at museums ...
The 2012 Oklahoma wildfires were a series of wildfires which impacted areas throughout the state of Oklahoma. Starting earlier in the year, a widespread drought caused many areas to be exposed to wildfires. [4] [5] Starting in late July and early August, the wildfires burned at least 52,000 acres, [2] and destroyed at least 121 homes and ...