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State Name:
Oklahoma
Abbreviation:
OK
Capital:
Oklahoma City
Date of Statehood:
November 16, 1907
Population:
3,547,884 (US Census 2005 estimate)Oklahoma City
Current Weather/Time:
Current Weather/Time:
Nickname:
The Sooner State
Motto:
Labor Omnia Vincit (Labor conquers all things.)
State flower
Tree:
Redbud (Legislation of 1937)
Bird:
Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus)
(Legislation of 1951)
Fish: Enlarge Bird
White Bass or Sand Bass (Legislation of 1974)
Insect:
Honey Bee (Legislation of 1992)
Gemstone:
None (Legislation Pending)
Official State Seal:
Enlarge Seal
Official State Flag:
Enlarge Flag
State Commemorative Quarter:
From the 1999-2008 United States Mint
Fort Gibson
Interpretation of frontier fort and role in the development of Indian Territory and the nation, early Cherokee Nation, Mexican War, Civil War and Reconstruction with living history, educational program, interpretive trail, archaeology, special events and museum.
State stamp:
34 cents stamp. Made in: Aril 4, 2002
1925-Present: Ballet dancer, teacher, and artistic director, born in Fairfax, OK. Raised in Los Angeles, she studied with Ernest Belcher and Bronislava Nijinska. Touring with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo (1942--7), she met the choreographer George Balanchine; they married in 1946.
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