Battle Wichita Village
4.6 Miles S.E. A Comanche band near the village was attacked by Capt. Earl Van Corn with 4 companies of the 2nd cavalry. Oct. 1, 1858 Unknown to him, the indians were on way from friendly council with officers at FT. Arbuckle. In the furious fight 70 indians were killed. Among U.S. Dead was Lt. Cornelius Van Camp (west point 1855)
Located in Grady County, Oklahoma

2005 - Sun Dogs and Halos over Norman
A combination of a late afternoon sun and a thin layer of high-level clouds produced some rare and spectacular optical displays in the late afternoon skies over Oklahoma. The displays, consisting of bright spots, arcs, and halos with rainbow-like colors, sent quite a few meteorologists scrambling for their text books on atmospheric optics, simply because some of the phenomena that were seen are so rare that even scientists in the area had never seen them before. more...
Thursday, February 10, 2005

Oklahoma's State Beverage is Milk

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