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OKLAHOMA
Find Oklahoma real estate listings, houses for sale, new homes, foreclosures and
more. View the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) in many areas. Click a link below
to view homes for sale in OklahomaOn April 22, 1889, the first day
homesteading was permitted, 50,000 people swarmed into the area. Those who tried
to beat the noon starting gun were called “Sooners,” hence the state's nickname.
Oil made Oklahoma a rich state, but natural-gas production has now surpassed it.
Oil refining, meat packing, food processing, and machinery manufacturing
(especially construction and oil equipment) are important industries. Minerals
produced in Oklahoma include helium, gypsum, zinc, cement, coal, copper, and
silver.
Oklahoma's rich plains produce bumper yields of wheat, as well as large crops of
sorghum, hay, cotton, and peanuts. More than half of Oklahoma's annual farm
receipts are contributed by livestock products, including cattle, dairy
products, swine, and broilers.
Tourist attractions include the National Cowboy Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City,
the Will Rogers Memorial in Claremore, the Cherokee Cultural Center with a
restored Cherokee village, the restored Fort Gibson Stockade near Muskogee, the
Lake Texoma recreation area, pari-mutuel horse racing at Remington Park in
Oklahoma City, and Blue Ribbon Downs in Sallisaw.
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Map of Oklahoma Counties
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