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Rodgers and Hammerstein s lyrics are the official state song thanks to a performance on the House floor by a Tulsa actor and a Chickasha choir staged by a future governor.
Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie flew into Stillwater in 1954 to thank Oklahoma A & M College officials for the school s help in his country s agricultural program.
He was the state s most colorful politician, who had been president of Oklahoma s Constitutional Convention, served in the Legislature, served two terms in Congress and was Oklahoma s ninth governor.