Oklahoma

By carkopf
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    Trail of Tears

    it was a Removal of the Cherokee nation forced to give up its land from Mississippi River and move to Oklahoma. The Cherokee called it “The Trail Of Tears”.

  • Statehood

    Statehood
    became a state November 16.
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    Dust Bowl

    The Dust Bowl was a sand storm that was caused from the framers over plowing the land. The storm killed all the crops in its path. States affected were Texas,Oklahoma,New Mexico,Colorado, Kansas, And the central part of the US. It was 1930-1935

  • Oklahoma City Bombing

    Oklahoma City Bombing
    A guy with the name of Alfred P. Murrah filled up a truck full of homemade explosives. Parked it by a building and put a timer on it. When the time was up it exploded killing 168 people.

  • Jim Thorpe

    Jim Thorpe
    -Thorpe was the first Native American Gold Medalist.
    - He won the pentathlon and decathlon at the 1912 Olympics.
    -High jumped a 5ft 9in in street clothes
    -Won 5 events
    -Was a coach and player for his team