Throwback Tulsa: Louisiana Purchase adds most of present-day Oklahoma to U.S. on this day in 1803
Dec 20, 2020 Dec 20, 2020 On this day 217 years ago, on Dec. 20, 1803, the Louisiana Purchase was completed as ownership of the territory was formally transferred from France to the United States. The area included most of present-day Oklahoma. It took about another 104 years before the Oklahoma's constitution would be approved, leading to statehood in 1907. Here's a look back at Oklahoma in 1907: Oklahoma in 1907 President Theodore Roosevelt approved the Oklahoma state constitution on Sept. 26, 1907. Image credit: Artist Mike Wimmer and The Oklahoma State Senate Histo...
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