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1930s Oklahoma elections (6 C) S. 1930s in sports in Oklahoma (10 C) Pages in category "1930s in Oklahoma" This category contains only the following page.
Migrants abandoned farms in Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Texas, Colorado, and New Mexico, but were often generally called "Okies", "Arkies", or "Texies". [42] Terms such as "Okies" and "Arkies" came to be standard in the 1930s for those who had lost everything and were struggling the most during the Great Depression. [43]
Flag of Oklahoma. The history of Oklahoma refers to the history of the state of Oklahoma and the land that the state now occupies. Areas of Oklahoma east of its panhandle were acquired in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, while the Panhandle was not acquired until the U.S. land acquisitions following the Mexican–American War (1846–1848).
Often called "Mad Dog" or the "Tri-State Terror", he was an American criminal, burglar, bank robber, and Depression-era outlaw. He was one of the most wanted bandits in Oklahoma during the 1920s and 1930s and co-led a gang with Harvey Bailey that included many fellow Cookson Hills outlaws, including Jim Clark, Ed Davis, and Robert "Big Bob" Brady.
More of the migrants were from Oklahoma than any other state, and a total of 15% of the Oklahoma population left for California. [ citation needed ] Ben Reddick, a free-lance journalist and later publisher of the Paso Robles Daily Press, is credited with first using the term Oakie, in the mid-1930s, to identify migrant farm workers.
Whizbang, officially called Denoya, [1] was an Oklahoma petroleum boom town in the 1920s and 1930s. [2] Located in Osage County, 1.5 miles north and 1.5 miles west of the present town of Shidler, the Whizbang area at its peak had a population of 10,000 persons and 300 businesses. It was considered the rowdiest of the many oil field towns in ...
1930 Oklahoma elections (3 P) S. 1930 in sports in Oklahoma (4 P) Pages in category "1930 in Oklahoma" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
Tulsa is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and 45th-most ... when they were forced to surrender their lands east of the ... In 1930, the population was ...