Things Uniquely Oklahoma

State Treasures

Flight of Spirit, a beautiful mural by artist Mike Larsen, is located in the north vault of the Rotunda of the State Capitol Building in Oklahoma City.

Annual Festivals and Events

Arts

Oklahoma Shakespearean Festival, an annual event since 1979 on the campus of Southeastern Oklahoma State University (Durant).

Oklahoma International Bluegrass Festival (Guthrie).

OK Mozart International Festival (Bartlesville).

Woody Guthrie Free Folk Music Festival (Okemah).

Festival of the Arts (Oklahoma City).

WinterTales Storytelling Festival (Oklahoma City).

Grand Lake National Fiddle Fest (Grove).

Gene Autry Oklahoma Film & Music Festival (Gene Autry - yes!, there is a town by that name)

(If you are involved in or know of an Oklahoma festival or event, drop me an e-mail. I'll be happy to post it here.)

Online Publications

Oklahoma Today (magazine)

Oklahoma Living (on-line magazine)

The Oklahoman (newspaper)

Tulsa World (newspaper)

Maps

Oklahoma map showing major cities and highways.

A map of Civil War battle sites in Oklahoma.

Web Cams

Live cams from Tulsa from KRJH.

Oklahoma's Official Regalia
Emblems, Icons, and Symbols
Holidays and Commemorative Days

Regalia
State Name	Oklahoma, "Land of the Red Man" in the Choctaw language.
State Flag	The three flags since statehood
14 Flags over Oklahoma	Pictures and a brief description and history of the 14 flags which have flown over Oklahoma. (Note - somewhat graphic-intensive.)
Flag Salute
State Seal
State Song	"Oklahoma!" by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein
State Children's Song	"Oklahoma, My Native Land" Martha Kemm Barrett
State Motto	"Labor Omnia Vincit" - Labor Conquers All Things
State Colors	Green and White
State Nickname	The Sooner State
State Floral Emblem	Mistletoe
Oklahoma Tartan	Red, white, black, and gold on a field of blue
Foods
State Meal	Chicken fried steak; barbeque pork; biscuits, sausage and gravy; grits; corn; fried okra; squash; cornbread; strawberries; pecan pie
State Beverage	Milk
Fauna
State Animal	Buffalo, bison bison
State Game Animal	White-tail deer, Odocoileus Virginians
State Bird	Scissor-tailed flycatcher, muscivora forficata
State Fossil	Greatest King of Reptile Eaters, Saurophaganax Maximus
State Game Bird	Wild turkey, Meleagris gallopavo
State Fish	White or sand bass, morone chrysops
State Furbearer	Racoon, Procyon Lotor
State Reptile	Eastern Collared Lizard or Mountain Boomer, Crotaphytus collaris collaris
State Amphibian	Bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana
State Butterfly	Black swallowtail, Papilio polyxenes
State Insect	Honey bee, apis millifera
Flora
State Wild Flower	Indian blanket, gaillardia pulchella
State Grass	Indiangrass, or Little Bluestem, Sorghastrum nutans
State Floral Emblem	Mistletoe, phoradendron seotinum
State Tree	Redbud, cercis canadensis
The Arts
State Song	"Oklahoma!" by Rodgers and Hammerstein
State Country and Western Song	"Faded Love"
State Country and Western Song	"Faded Love"
State Western Band	The Sounds of the Southwest
State Folk Dance	Square dance
State Waltz	"Oklahoma Wind"
State Musical Instrument	Fiddle
State Percussive Musical Instrument	Drum
State Pin	The "OK" pin
State Poem	"Howdy, Folks" by David Randolph Milsten
State Cowboy Poet Laureate	Francine Roark Robison
State Theater Group	The Lynn Riggs Players of Oklahoma, Inc.
Oklahoma Balladeer	Les Gilliam
Minerals
State Rock	Rose rock, or rose quartz (barite rose)
State soil	Port silt loam, cumulic haplustolls
Sites
State Monument	The Golden Driller, Tulsa, OK
Holidays and Commemorative Days
Bob Wills Day	1st Wednesday in February
Arbor Day	Friday following the 2nd Monday in February
Vietnam Veterans Day	3rd Thursday of March
Arbor Week	Last full week in March
Prisoners of War Remembrance Day	April 9
Jim Thorpe Day	April 16 (public school observance - see also May 22)
Oklahoma City Bombing Remembrance Day	April 19
Oklahoma Day	April 22
Leo J. Donahue Day	Last Saturday in April
Bird Day	May 1
State Wildflower Day	3rd Saturday in May
Jim Thorpe Day	May 22 (state observance - see also April 16)
Purple Heart Week	Last week of May
Shut-In Day	1st Sunday in June
Juneteenth Freedom Day	3rd Saturday in June
Indian Territory Day	August 21
Oklahoma Historical Day	October 10
White Cane Safety Day	October 15
Will Rogers Day	November 4
Statehood Day	November 16
Oklahoma Week	November 11-16
Oklahoma Heritage Week	The week which includes November 16
Flag Day	November 16
Oklahoma Native American Day	3rd Monday in November
Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day	December 7
Bill of Rights Day	December 15
Bill of Responsibilities Day	December 16