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OKLAHOMA CITY

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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 61 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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OKLAHOMA See also:CITY , a city and the See also:county-seat of Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, U.S.A., on the See also:North See also:Fork of the See also:Canadian See also:river, near the See also:geographical centre of the See also:state. Pop. (189o) 4151; (1900) 10,037; (1907) 32,452; (1910) 64,205. It is served by the See also:Atchison, See also:Topeka & See also:Santa e, the See also:Chicago, See also:Rock See also:Island & Pacific, the See also:Missouri, See also:Kansas & See also:Texas, and the St See also:Louis & See also:San Francisco See also:railways, and by inter-See also:urban electric lines. It lies partly in a valley, partly on an upland, in a See also:rich agricultural region. The city is the seat of Epworth University (founded in 1901 by the See also:joint See also:action of the Methodist Episcopal See also:Church and the Methodist Episcopal Church, See also:South). Oklahoma City's prosperity is due chiefly to its jobbing See also:trade, with an extensive farming and stock-raising region, but it has also See also:cotton compresses and cotton gins, and various manufactures. The See also:total value of the factory products in 1905 was $3,670,730. Natural See also:gas is largely used as a See also:fuel. A large See also:settlement was established here on the 22nd of See also:April 1889, the See also:day on which the See also:country was by See also:proclamation declared open for settlement. The city was chartered in 189o.

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