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Trail of Tears
The Cherokee nation was forced to give up its lands east of the Mississippi River and to migrate to an area in present-day Oklahoma. -
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Jim Thorpe
Full Name: James Francis Thorpe
Profession: Jim Thorpe was an American athlete and Olympic Gold medalist.
Movies: Wagon Master, Wildcat Trooper, and One Run Elmer
Awards: SI's All-time College All-Stars
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Statehood
Oklahoma became a state. -
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The Dust Bowl
A severe drought hits the Midwestern and Southern Plains. As the crops die, the "black blizzards" begin. Dust from the over-plowed and over-grazed land begins to blow. -
Oklahoma City Bombing
The Oklahoma City Bombing was a domestic car terrorist car bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City, in the U.S. state of Oklahoma, On April 19th, 1995. The Bombers where Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nicholas.
