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Oklahoma. By: Linley Murdock. The Motto & Nickname. “Labor omnia vincit ” “ Sooner State” . Governor. C. Brad Henry
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Oklahoma By: Linley Murdock
The Motto & Nickname “Labor omnia vincit” “ Sooner State”
Governor C. Brad Henry Brad Henry Was elected in2002 and re-ele and re-elected 2006.He was born he was bo in 1963 so he is 47 years old. His His His w wife’s name is Kimberly Henry. profes His profession was being a lawyer.
Capital Oklahoma City Oklahoma City’s National Memorial & Museum is a place people go to remember the tragic day that ended in a lot of deaths.
Major Universities OSU & OU
State Song Brand new state!Brand new state, gonna treat you great!Gonna give you barley, carrots and pertaters,Pasture fer the cattle,Spinach and Termayters!Flowers on the prairie where the June bugs zoom,Plen'y of air and plen'y of room,Plen'y of room to swing a rope!Plen'y of heart and plen'y of hope!Oklahoma, where the wind comessweepin' down the plain,And the wavin' wheat can sure smellsweet
When the wind comes right behind therain.Oklahoma, ev'ry night my honey lamband ISit alone and talk and watch a hawkmakin' lazy circles in the sky. We know we belong to the landAnd the land we belong to is grand!And when we say - Yeeow! A-yip-i-o-ee ay!We're only sayin' You're doin' fine,Oklahoma!Oklahoma - O.K."
Major Industries Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center, which is the largest trainer of Air Traffic Controllers in the world, and Tinker Air Force Base are major drivers as well. As the largest industrial operation in Oklahoma, Tinker serves the U.S. Air Force as a repair depot and provides a lot of services for the U.S. Air Force throughout the world. Tinker employs 26,000 military and civilian personnel with a combined annual payroll of more than $775 million. There is also a growing high technology sector in the Oklahoma City economy, with more than 400 companies employing 30,000 in the fields of high technology, information technology, and software development.