| To look upon the serene fields and forests of
Nowadays
Oklahoma, it's hard to imagine this as a place of frantic, even
desperate, activity: Native American tribes forced to relocate
there; land-crazed settlers rushing to claim a piece of ground;
Dust Bowl farmers escaping a state that was blowing away.
Perhaps all that agitation made Oklahomans long for some quiet
and relaxation, because that's what we find there Nowadays. Even
the large cities of Tulsa and Oklahoma City seem uncrowded and
unhurried, and Oklahomans everywhere in the state seem more than
happy to engage visitors in some leisurely conversation. The
state has plenty of attractions for tranquil sightseeing, many
of them related to the state's past, turbulent and otherwise.
The museums about cowboys, about cowboy philosophers-Will Rogers
and about the white settlers who moved into the area in the late
1800s and early 1900s. There are majestic tallgrass prairies
that show the way the region looked before the cowboys and
pioneers got there. Where Oklahoma really stands out, though, is
in its wealth of Native American museums, historic sites and
cultural gatherings. Once known as the Indian Territory, it
still has the largest Native American population of any U.S.
state, numbering more than 500,000. Top Cities in Oklahoma
1. Oklahoma City
2. Tulsa
3. Edmond
4. Broken Arrow
5. Norman
6. Lawton
7. Stillwater
8. Tahlequah
9. Midwest City
10. McAlester
11. Muskogee
12. Broken Bow
13. Ardmore
14. Bartlesville
15. Enid
16. Guthrie
Popular Attractions in Oklahoma
* Oklahoma City National Memorial
* Bricktown Canal
* Philbrook Museum of Art
* Omniplex
* Oklahoma Aquarium
* National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum
* Cain's Ballroom
* Myriad Botanical Gardens
* Paseo Arts Festival
* Earlywine Park
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