more oklahoma facts

11. Bob Dunn a musician from Beggs invented the first electric guitar 1935.

12. Choctaw is the oldest chartered town in Oklahoma. Choctaw gained status as a town in 1893. (and I particularly like this fact since that’s the type of Indian I am, just a teensy bit…)

13. Oklahoma has 43 colleges and universities.

14. Belle Starr one of the most famous women outlaws is buried in an isolated grave southwest of Porum, Oklahoma near the Eufuala Dam.

15. Garth Brooks was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He grew up in Yukon, Oklahoma.

16. Oklahoma's state wildflower the Indian Blanket is red with yellow tips. It symbolizes the state's scenic beauty as well as the its Indian heritage. The wildflower blooms in June and July.

17. Oklahoma ranks fourth in the nation in the production of all wheat, fourth in cattle and calf production; fifth in the production of pecans; sixth in peanuts and eighth in peaches. (And have you ever had a Porter peach? Yowza!)

18. Oklahoma is the third largest gas-producing state in the nation.

19. Oklahoma has three primary mountain ranges: Ouachitas, Arbuckles and the Kiamichis.

20. The YIELD sign was first used on a trial basis in Tulsa.