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Jan 1, 1541
Francisco Våsquesz de Cornando reaches the region and claims it for Spain
Cornando and his menarmed horses and pack mules and that was intimidating to the Native Americans. -
Jean Baptise Bérnard de la Harpe establishes trading posts along the red river.
Jean-Baptiste Bérnard de la Harpe also described his encounters with the Native Americans. -
Trail of Tears
The name trail of tears come from the cherokee phrase nunna-da-ul-tsun-yi that means the trail where they cried. -
Congress passed the Homested Act
Any person over 21, who was the head of the family could obtain 160 acres of public land. -
the first commerical oil well was drilled.
the first oil well in Oklahoma is also known as the old faucett well -
Okalhoma becomes the 46th state
November 16th 1907 Grover Cleveland Signed in Oklahoma as the 46th state. -
Dust Bowl devestates the plains
The dust bowl is refers to a series of destructive wind and stroms. -
the murrah federal building in Oklahoma city is bombed
on April 19,1995 in downtown Oklahoma City, Oklahoma the bomb killed 168 people and inclued 19 children. -
dozens of tornados sweep the state causing billions of dollars in damage
tornandos roared through towns and devestated them -
The U.S postal service issues a stamp that celabrates Oklahom's 100 years of statehood
Today Oklahomans are proud of that still.
