Oklahoma Timeline
Centennial Memorial Plaza of the Oklahomans
18,000BC • Native Americans Occupy Present-Day Oklahoma
1200 AD • Mississippian Culture Peaks At Spiro Mounds
1541 • Coronado First Europeans To Explore Oklahoma
1750s • Osages Push Wichitas & Caddos To Red River
1803 • Louisiana Purchase Includes Most Of Oklahoma
1817-1842 • Eastern Tribes Removed Over “Trail of Tears”
1821 • Santa Fe Trail & Texas Road Cross Oklahoma
1824 • Ft. Gibson First Fort Established In Oklahoma
1865-1885 • Chisholm Trail & Cattle Trails Cross Oklahoma
1869 • Fort Sill Is Established On Medicine Creek
1870 • Coal Mining Started Near City of McAlester
1870 • MK&T Rail Service Begins In Indian Territory
1921 • Broadcasts Of First Radio Stations Go On Air
1926-1937 • Route 66 Built Under National Highway System
1928 • First NY To LA Air Service Transfer At Waynoka
1934 • CCC Builds Parks And Reclaims Land Across OK
1942 • Tinker Air Field Established At Midwest City
1943 • The Play “Oklahoma” First Opens On Broadway
1949 • First Turnpike “Turner Turnpike” Started
1959 • Oklahoma Voters Repeal Alcohol Prohibition
1995 • Bombing Of The Alfred P. Murrah Fed Bldg OKC
2002 • Capitol Dome & Plaza Of Oklahomans Dedicated
Marker is at the intersection of NE 21st Street and Lincoln Boulevard, on the right when traveling west on NE 21st Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
