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Oklahoma City (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 35 28 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 35.4667 decimal degrees |
Long: 097 30 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -97.5000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Settled by Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek & Seminole who were survivors of long death march from the east; was given to Native Americans as a reservation in 1880s, but was then opened to 10,000 homesteaders in 1889. |
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Oklahoma City (preferred,C,V)
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............ | used since city's incorporation in 1890 |
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inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled by Native Americans forcibly evacuated from East in 1830s; city was incorporated in 1890, has since grown enormously |
city (C) |
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incorporated since 1890 |
state capital (C) |
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since 1910 |
agricultural center (C) |
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established as chief distribution & processing center for state's great livestock industry & for cotton, wheat & cattle |
industrial center (C) |
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for aircraft production, oil drilling equipment, steel products, oil wells & refineries & petroleum products |
manufacturing center (C) |
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for packaging houses, electronic equipment & computers |
trade center (C) |
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transportation center (C) |
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was an early stop along the Santa Fe Railway |
oil field site (C) |
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oil was discovered in 1928; drilling zone has since been limited due to fire hazard |
educational center (C) |
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houses Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma City Southwestern College, Oklahoma Christian College & Oklahoma State University |
cultural center (C) |
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includes National Cowboy Hall of Fame, Western Heritage Center, National Softball Hall of Fame & Museum & a historical museum |
tourist center (C) |
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noted for State Fair of Oklahoma, Oklahoma Science & Art Foundation & Art Center, & The Tunnel shopping area |
Indian reservation (Native American reservation) (H) |
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capital of .... |
Oklahoma .......... (state) |
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(World, North and Central America, United States) [7007707] |
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