Tag: Oklahoma

The endless horizon, the constant wind over the Great Plains, the wide grassy plains between the Mississippi Valley and the Rocky Mountains: In the heart of the USA, Oklahoma, shaped like a hand with an outstretched index finger, separates Kansas in the north from Texas in the south. Like Kansas, this state has fewer spectacular […]

Oklahoma City Oklahoma City, the capital of Oklahoma, USA; 580,000 residents (2010), approximately 1600 km2. Oklahoma City emerged on April 22, 1889, when parts of the Native American Oklahoma Territory were released to settlers. After this, it developed into a trading center for especially cattle and wheat, and after oil discoveries in 1928, it became […]