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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.
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