Sep 22, 2005 14:26
Oklahoma City
by the Numbers:
Population: 1,083,346
Elevation: 1280 feet
Average Annual Rainfall: 33.3 inches
Average Annual Snowfall: 9.1 inches
Average January Temperature: 37 degrees F
Average July Temperature: 82 degrees F
Facts on Oklahoma
-The world's first installed parking meter was in Oklahoma City, on July 16, 1935
-The National Cowboy Hall of Fame is located in Oklahoma City.
-An Oklahoman, Sylvan Goldman, invented the first shopping cart.
-Bob Dunn a musician from Beggs invented the first electric guitar 1935.
-Garth Brooks was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He grew up in Yukon, Oklahoma
-State Motto: Labor Omnia Vincit {Labor Conquers All Things}
-Belle Starr one of the most famous women outlaws is buried in an isolated grave southwest of Porum, Oklahoma near the Eufuala Dam.