This month brings us to the Sooner State of Oklahoma. The state’s nickname, “The Sooner State,” is in reference to the non-native settlers who stated their claims on land before the official opening date of lands in the western Oklahoma Territory.
The state is in the Gulf of Mexico watershed, generally sloping from the high plains of its western boundary to the low wetlands of its southeastern boundary. With small mountain ranges, prairies, mesas and eastern forests, most of the state lies in the Great Plains, Cross Timbers, and the U.S. Interior Highlands, a region prone to severe weather.
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