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| Oklahoma Facts |
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During a tornado in Ponca City, Oklahoma a man and his wife were carried aloft in their house by a tornado. The walls and roof were blown away. But the floor remained intact and eventually glided downward, setting the couple safely back on the ground. |
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Clinton Riggs designed the YIELD sign. It was first used on a trial basis in Tulsa, Oklahoma. |
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Sequoyah's Cabin in Akins, Oklahoma is a frontier house of logs, occupied (1829-44) by Sequoyah (George Gist), the teacher who in 1821 invented a syllabary that made it possible to read and write the Cherokee language. |
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