A
Personal Welcome
to the
Best Web Sites in
The State of Oklahoma

The big difference between (some other state) and Oklahoma is that here it is where the hand of man has tamed the land and stamped an indelible personality upon it that has more beauty and majesty reigning.  The farms here look better than the rolling hills.  The shady homes look better than a sweeping forest.  The older shops have a grandeur all their own.

In fact, seeing a street full of similarly clad houses is a thoroughly modern event Oklahoma imported from the Kansas wheat fields. The reaction against conformity is so strong in some areas there almost seems to be a law against any two houses  looking like any other one there. The Immanuel Baptist Church on Main Street of Shawnee, for example, defies all my powers of description.  I suspect there are many more beautiful homes in Shawnee which would go on the National Register if anyone knew how to classify them.   Most older towns in Oklahoma follow a similar pattern, but just a little less religiously than Shawnee does. 

So, as you drive through Oklahoma, be alert for the beautiful older homes that fit no pattern but their own, and look beautiful because of it.

A Brief History of the State

When the man in the moon was just a little boy Oklahoma was home to ancient mound builders and nomadic tribes.  Even today, Oklahoma has the largest Indian population in America.  The United States first acquired most of the state as part of the Louisiana Purchase.  Andrew Jackson opened it up as "Indian Territory" in 1830 so he could move the five civilized tribes of Cherokee, Creek, Seminole, Choctaw and Chickasaw nations west.  Each of the tribes was to be a sovereign nation.  By 1887 "Individual" land ownership was introduced.

Oklahoma was a wild and wooly place.  President Theodore Roosevelt tried to appoint Bat Masterson as a U.S. Marshal to the area.  Bat declined rather quickly.  By the end of the century the railroads were here, and land runs and oil exploration had brought in immigrants from around the world.

Leaders in the "Indian Territory" wanted a separate state and suggested the name of "Sequoyah" for it.  Congress combined Indian Territory, Oklahoma Territory, and the Cimarron Strip into the single state of Oklahoma.  By this time, Oklahoma history was replete with Indians, buffalo, horses, cowboys, pioneers and other mixed cultures.

The best of all worlds evolved from the mix.  When the dust bowl sent some Oklahomans to California Will Rogers said the average IQ of both states went UP, Oklahoma by the people it lost and California by the people it gained.

Today the state hosts a full calendar of huge festivals, rodeos, powwows and celebrations.  Parks are maintained with hiking, biking, canoeing, boating and camping foremost in the plans.  There are so many lakes here it is said that there is more shoreline in Oklahoma than there is on the East Coast, and Gulf Coast combined. The National Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Center are here too.

Travel Oklahoma    
State of Oklahoma  

The Will Rogers World Airport.

Read the story of the May 3rd Tornado by clicking here.

Then, click on my map to begin exploring the most interesting state in the Union.

Must See Sites

You may leave our web site someday; we want you to visit the very best web sites Oklahoma has to offer when you do.  Every site on our pages has been personally evaluated and found in the top 10% of their area.  Any site linked to from a page on Oklahoma Super Site has the right to display the OKLAHOMA Super Site AWARD emblem from their web site page we link to. 

As you study our pages you will also find web site links marked with a small Oklahoma emblem with an S inside it.  

These are in the top 2% and have won the Oklahoma Super Site Award for Excellence.   

Web site owners with this emblem can ask for and display an individualized award made just for their web page. 

(See the sample created especially for Tulsabutterfly on your left)  

They are the best of the best when it comes to making Oklahoma a darn site better; they deserve special attention. 

Any site on the Oklahoma Super Site deserves special promotion and I am submitting a link to their page to at least 100 search engines every month.  Click HERE for more information.

*Use the form below to submit YOUR web site for special notice.

Great minds, it is said, travel in the same circles.  My site organization is circular too.  Oklahoma Super Site is organized into regions, like the state.  To learn more about The Red Carpet Country, you start with that region and go to cities or regions. The Cities Page is also divided up into regions with back links to the specific region page so you can return after reading.  This lets you work either way, from the city, or from the region, from the event or from the area.

Everything is linked back and forth so you can pursue your own agenda. The Business section, for example, will provide you with links to the regions of the state, to the city, to national help, to the events, to the schools, etc.  Navigation is designed to be smooth and easy.

When the link you pursue is off-site, you will need to use your Back button to return to the Oklahoma Super Site pages.  Netscape browsers can use their History file to return.

Oklahoma Weather
is an important topic even when there's no change in sight.
National Weather Service Forecast Office in Norman Oklahoma.

Statewide Sites You May Need

Oklahoma House of Representatives

Oklahoma State Government Agencies

Look Smart site for Oklahoma, all the BEST OF THE WEB the state of Oklahoma has to offer. These sites are chosen by editors of Reader's Digest.

Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department

The Will Rogers World Airport.

Oklahoma State Senate.
 
Surf Oklahoma is the Oklahoma State Library Association page  

Before I leave you gone to pack for your journey here, there are two things I feel compelled to warn you against. 
#1 is Braums ice cream
and #2 is B&D Farms candy.

Braum's stores are scattered all over the state of Oklahoma.  They are bright, cheerful and staffed with enthusiastic scoopers with brilliant smiles.   The problem is, Braums is a local entity and the ice cream is good enough to be habit-forming.  You -- like me and the rest of my family -- will be disappointed with anything less than Braum's quality when you leave Oklahoma.  I remember once driving all the way from Little Rock to Alma without stopping because "I think there's a Braums ahead!"

Braums has its own dairies, its own trucks, its own factories, and so forth.  Braums is quality driven.  Braum's stores have many other items than ice cream, bread, milk, cheese, butter, even potato chips; all have the Braum's name branded on the front and all of them live up to the reputation for quality Braum's guards with its life.

B&D Farms™ candy is just as bad, if not worse.  In a world gone sour where nothing ever tastes as good as it used to, B&D Farms™ candy tastes better than anything you can remember.  Their candy is distributed at irresistible prices in wayside service stations and little "Mom & Pop" stores.  Their Old Fashioned Peanut Patties go three for a dollar in most places, and are easily worth a dollar each.

B&D Farms™ candy are made in Lawton Oklahoma.  They make a whole lot of candy there with names you'll recognize and every piece is absolutely delicious.  Begging for mercy will get you nothing but a grin while that sack fills up and runs over.

You may think I'm kidding, but I'm not.  Avoid Braum's stores and B&D Farms™ candy like the plague unless you can take enough home with you to last until you can get back to Oklahoma.  Withdrawal symtoms are extremely painful and doctors outside the state just don't understand how to deal with them!

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