Oklahoma City:
Oklahoma, where the wind comes sweepin' down the plain,
And the wavin' wheat can sure smell sweet
When the wind comes right behind the rain.”.
What a fitting depiction Rodgers and Hammerstein penned for this truly remarkable city. Located directly in the center of the state, Oklahoma City stands as a modern marvel surrounded by the endless horizons of the Great Plains.
The city had an amazing beginning when a single gunshot was fired on April 22, 1889, signaling the opening of the territory to new settlement. A day later, this barren prairie was home to ten thousand settlers. In 1911, the capital was moved here and in 1928 oil was discovered, forever changing the city. Unfortunately, tragedy is part of its history as well. On April 19, 1995 a bomb killed 168 people at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. Today a museum stands to remember them and that tragic day.
Easily accessible, Oklahoma City sits at the intersection of two major Interstate highways: I-40 from the east/west, and I-35 from
