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The fight to repeal prohibition in Oklahoma

"Oklahomans will vote dry as long as they can stagger to the polls," humorist Will Rogers once said.

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From cotton picker to millionaire: Jimmy Leake s legacy

"I ve had one of the most interesting lives any human being ever had," Jimmy Leake told an interviewer in 1979.

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Mr Oklahoma : The rags-to-riches story of Bob Kerr

There was no middle ground when it came to Sen. Robert S. Kerr.

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The story behind Oklahoma s beloved state song

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.

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First Boy Scout troop in the U S founded in Oklahoma

When a new Episcopal minister arrived in Pawhuska from England in 1909, he brought a bag full of Boy Scout literature along with his Bible, derby hat and umbrella.

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