Oklahoma

Other Tulsa teams include. Baltimore is a sister city of these municipalities:. Other Oklahoma City teams include. See:Baltimore City Public School System. The minor league baseball teams are:. List of Baltimore neighborhoods. Other ethnic celebrations include those of Yukon & Prague (celebrating the Czech heritage of some early immigrants), the Mennonite Relief Sale (in Enid, OK), and the Juneteenth Celebrations found all across the state. Out of the total population, 30.6% of those under the age of 18 and 18.0% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.

The various government sponsored arts, community, and tourism programs emphasize Oklahoma's Native American heritage heavily. 22.9% of the population and 18.8% of families are below the poverty line. Yet, despite this, there are still more registered Democrats in Oklahoma than Republicans. The per capita income for the city is $16,978. Bush carried every county in the state. Males have a median income of $31,767 versus $26,832 for females. In 2004, George W. The median income for a household in the city is $30,078, and the median income for a family is $35,438.

(although the 1976 Carter-Ford race was close). For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 82.9 males. Interestingly, Oklahoma has been a staunch Republican state in national politics recently, voting for the Republican in every election since 1964. For every 100 females there are 87.4 males. Lucas (Republican) of District 3, Tom Cole (Republican) of District 4, and Ernest Istook (Republican) of District 5. The median age is 35 years. Representatives are John Sullivan (Republican) of District 1, Dan Boren (Democrat) of District 2, Frank D. In the city the population is spread out with 24.8% under the age of 18, 10.9% from 18 to 24, 29.9% from 25 to 44, 21.2% from 45 to 64, and 13.2% who are 65 years of age or older.

Inhofe (Republican) and Tom Coburn (Republican). The U.S. The average household size is 2.42 and the average family size is 3.16. senators are James M. 34.9% of all households are made up of individuals and 11.3% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. Oklahoma's two U.S. There are 257,996 households out of which 25.5% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 26.7% are married couples living together, 25.0% have a female householder with no husband present, and 43.0% are non-families. For the 109th Congress (2005 – 2006) there are no changes in party strength, and the delegation has four Republicans and one Democrat. 1.70% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

After the 2000 census the Oklahoma delegation to the U.S. House was reduced from six to five representives. The racial makeup of the city is 31.63% White, 64.34% Black or African American, 0.32% Native American, 1.53% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.67% from other races, and 1.47% from two or more races. Other municipal governments in Oklahoma included indendent and dependent school districts, Vo-tech center districts, community college districts, rural fire departments, rural water districts, and special use districts. There are 300,477 housing units at an average density of 1,435.8/km² (3,718.6/mi²). Major cities are also allowed to form "charter governments," in which the voters choose the form of government they want to use in place of the statutory forms. The population density is 3,111.5/km² (8,058.4/mi²). Towns are municipalities of under 1000 residents, while cities have more than 1000 residents. As of the census² of 2000, there are 651,154 people, 257,996 households, and 147,057 families residing in the city.

Cities and towns are established under the rights granted in the Oklahoma statutes (in comparison, Oklahoma gives municipal governments a great deal of latitude in chartering new governments). in every census up to the 1980 census. Other county elected officials are the tax assessor, clerk, court clerk, treasurer, and sheriff. S. Each is governed by a three member commission. It was among the top 10 cities in population in the U. The state is divided into 77 counties which deliver local government. In the 1830, 1840, and 1850 censuses of the United States of America, Baltimore was the second largest city in population.

There are also organizers from the Communist Party USA working in the state. The major highways serving the city are I-695 (the Baltimore Beltway), I-95, I-83 and I-70 (its eastern terminus is just beyond the city limits). Due to Oklahoma's restrictive ballot access laws (deemed by many to be the most restrictive in the nation), no third parties have access to the primary ballots, however the state does have the following active third parties: Oklahoma Libertarian Party, Green Party of Oklahoma, Oklahoma Constitution Party. Additionally, MARC commuter rail connects Washington, DC's Union Station with the city's two rail stations, Camden Station and Penn Station. This changes the government's make-up since before the 2004 election the Democrats controlled both chambers. Baltimore City has many bus routes, and a light rail and a subway system. In the 2005 – 2006 state legislature, control is split between the major parties, the Democrats control the Senate (26 to 22) while the Republicans control the House (57 to 44). Public transit in Baltimore City is provided by the Maryland Transit Administration.

The state has term limits for their legislature that restrict any one person to a total of twelve years service in both the house and senate. The city has a humid subtropical climate, moderated by the warming influence of the bay and nearby ocean, with hot summers, cool winters, and moderate precipitation. The Senate has 48 members serving four-year terms, while the House has 101 members with two year terms. The total area is 12.240% water. Oklahoma's state legislature consists of a Senate and a House of Representatives. 209.3 km² (80.8 mi²) of it is land and 29.2 km² (11.3 mi²) of it is water. The capital of the state is Oklahoma City and its governor is Brad Henry (Democrat). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 238.5 km² (92.1 mi²).

Tulsa is home to American Airlines maintenence center, the largest aircraft maintenance base in the world. Baltimore is in the north central part of the state of Maryland, on the Patapsco River, not far from the Chesapeake Bay. It is on the western edge of the Atlantic Coastal Plain, with low hills rising in the western part of the city. Other major employers include MCI, TV Guide, SBC, DISH, DirecTV, USCellular, Cingular, Decision1, and Boeing. The headquarters of the Social Security Administration and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services are located in Woodlawn, just outside the city limits. Major Companies based in Tulsa include Williams, Oneok, Wiltel, Quik-Trip, Mazzio's, Dollar=Thrifty, and Vanguard. On November 2, 2004, Dixon won re-election in a two-way contest; Joan Floyd, a Green Party candidate, was the only challenger; the Republicans did not field a candidate. The city has the nation's most inland waterport. Sheila Dixon is the current Council President.

Tulsa is an Energy and Trade center and is a major Aerospace and Telecommunications market. The Baltimore City Council is now made up of 14 single member districts and one elected at-large Council President. The Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area is a growing Hi-Tech region and a major Distribution and Shipping point. A coalition of union and community groups, organized by ACORN, backed the effort. Oklahoma City is home to many corporate and regional headquarters including international giants Devon Energy, Kerr McGee, OGE Energy, Chesapeake Energy, Six Flags, Sonic, Local Financial, and Dobson Communications. Grassroots pressure for reform, voiced as Question P, restructured the City Council in November of 2002, against the will of the Mayor, the Council President, and the majority of the Council. The city has numerous manufacturing and processing plants as well as a growing Biotech center and a large Aviation market. For a full list of mayors that served the city, see: List of Baltimore Mayors.

Oklahoma City is the principal economic engine of the state, centered on the Finance, Retail, Governance, Entertainment, and Tourism sectors. His ambition to run for Governor of Maryland is well known. Its industrial outputs are transportation equipment, machinery, electric products, rubber and plastic products, and food processing. Despite being a conservative Democrat in a city with a deep progressive history, O'Malley has maintained a high approval rating through both of his terms in office. Its agricultural outputs are cattle, wheat, milk, poultry, and cotton. The current Mayor of Baltimore is Martin O'Malley. Its 2000 Per Capita Personal Income was $23,517, 43rd in the nation. For most governmental purposes under Maryland law, Baltimore City is treated as a "county"-level entity.

Its 1999 total gross state product was $86 billion, placing it 29th in the nation. Baltimore is an independent city; in other words, not part of any county. Fertile fields produce vast crops of wheat. Water levels rose some 20 feet in areas, flooding underground parking garages and displacing thousands of cubic yards of trash and debris. Millions of white-faced beef cattle graze on Oklahoma's flat plain and low hills. Many places were flooded including the sports center ESPN Zone, the Baltimore World Trade Center (The World Trade Center remained closed for approximately a month during cleanup efforts) and most of the Inner Harbor. Thousands of oil and natural gas wells dot the Oklahoma landscape. Also in 2003, Baltimore was affected by Hurricane Isabel from flooding as a result of tidal surge, affecting primarily the Fells Point community and the Inner Harbor and surrounding low areas.

Oklahoma is a major fuel and food-producing state. The City of Baltimore hopes to have it finished and opened by 2005 or 2006. The religious affiliations of the citizens of Oklahoma are:. The hotel is expected to be built near the Baltimore Convention Center. The effects of rural flight in Oklahoma have mostly been felt in Western Oklahoma (those areas west of I-35). In 2003, the Baltimore Development Corporation announced that three hotel projects were being reviewed. "Rural flight" has led to offers of free land and tax breaks as enticements to newcomers in some of these states. Three weeks later, manhole covers flew into the air as underground explosions along West Pratt Street followed due to residual explosive chemicals from the fire left in the sewers.

Between 1996 and 2004 almost half a million people, nearly half with college degrees, left the six states. The derailment sparked a chemical fire that raged for six days and virtually shut down the downtown area until the heat caused a water main to rupture, largely extinguishing the fire but also causing significant flooding in the streets above. 89% of the total number of cities in those states have fewer than 3000 people; hundreds have fewer than than 1000. A 60-car train derailment occurred in a tunnel in Baltimore on July 18, 2001. Oklahoma, in common with five other Mid-West states (Nebraska, Kansas, North Dakota, South Dakota and Iowa), is feeling the brunt of falling populations in many communities. The concept has been highly successful, and numerous other American municipalities have since implemented the practice. [2] (http://www.census.gov/prod/2002pubs/c2kbr01-15.pdf). On October 2, 1996, Baltimore became the first city in the United States to adopt 311 as a non-emergency "hot line" telephone number, in order to reserve the use of 911 for genuine emergencies.

Oklahoma also has the second highest concentration of Native Americans/Amerindians in the nation with 11.4% of the state's population, topped only by Alaska at 19% of that state's population. In 1992, the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball moved downtown to Oriole Park at Camden Yards, and six years later the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League moved next door into the newly renamed M&T Bank Stadium, formerly known as PSINet Stadium until PSINet went bankrupt. Only California has a higher Amerindian population at 682,720 [1] (http://eire.census.gov/popest/data/states/ST-EST2002-ASRO-04.php). In 1979 the Baltimore Convention Center was opened and was subsequently renovated and expanded in 1996. Harborplace, a modern urban retail and restaurant complex, was opened on the waterfront in 1980, followed by the National Aquarium in Baltimore, Maryland's largest tourist destination, in 1981. Oklahoma has the second highest number of Native Americans/Amerindians in the country estimated at 395,219 as of 2003. In recent years, efforts to redevelop the downtown area have led to a revitalization of the Inner Harbor. Counties with the names of these tribes also exist. Many movies such as Hairspray, scenes from 12 monkeys and the film Hardball were filmed there, in fact many scenes from the 1972 cult classic film Pink Flamingos were shot in the city's Waverly section (the film was made by John Waters, a Baltimore native). Additionally, television shows such as NBC's "Homicide: Life on the Street" and HBO's "The Wire" have also been filmed in the city.

Descendants of these people still live in Oklahoma today. Baltimore has become a prime city for filming movies and television. Females made up approximately 50.9% of the population. The buildings were eventually demolished in 2001. 6.8% of Oklahoma's population were reported as under 5, 25.9% under 18, and 13.2% were 65 or older. In 1955 Flag House Courts, public housing project made up of 3 12-story buildings was built. The 5 largest ancestry groups in Oklahoma are German (14.5%), American (13.1%), Irish (11.8%), English (9.6%), American Indian (7.9%). Baltimore is also the location of Pimlico Race Course, the home of the Preakness Stakes, the second leg of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing. The Preakness has been run since 1873.

The racial makeup of the state is:. Baltimore is the location of the Baltimore World Trade Center, the world's tallest equilateral five-sided building (the five-sided JPMorganChase Tower in Houston, Texas is taller, but has unequal sides). Census Bureau, as of 2003, Oklahoma's population was estimated at 3,511,532 people. The Great Baltimore Fire on February 7, 1904 destroyed over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours. According to the U.S. After the riot, Union troops occupied Baltimore and Maryland came under direct federal administration — in part, to prevent the state from seceding — until the end of the war in April 1865. Oklahoma City has also been the home of Spiritual Walk for Peace, an ongoing series of peaceful peace demonstrations in downtown Oklahoma City conducted by members of the city's religious/peace communities. Pro-Southern sentiment led to the Baltimore riot of 1861 when Union soldiers marched through the city.

Murrah Federal Building, killing 168 people. Many, if not most, people in Baltimore at the time were sympathetic to the Confederacy. In 1995 Oklahoma became the scene of the Oklahoma City bombing, in which a Gulf War veteran named Timothy McVeigh bombed the Alfred P. During the Civil War, Maryland was officially part of the Union but kept slavery legal. Currently, Oklahoma's liquor laws are still fairly unusual in that only 3.2 beer can be sold in grocery/convenience stores, while higher-alcohol-content beverages must be sold in liquor stores with limited hours of operations. Baltimore became an independent city in 1851, being detached from Baltimore County at that time. Also in this century came the gradual elimination of the prohibition of alcoholic beverages, first through the legalization of beverages containing 3.2% alcohol or less, then through the legalization of stronger alcoholic beverages sold only in bottles, and finally in the legalization of "liquor by the drink" in the 1980's. The city is also the site of the first architectural monument honoring George Washington, a 178 foot doric column erected in 1829 and designed by Robert Mills, who later designed the Washington Monument in Washington D.C.

Major trends in Oklahoma history after the Depression era included the rise again of tribal sovereignty (including the issuance of tribal automobile licenses plates, and the opening of tribal smoke shops, casinos, grocery stores and other commercial enterprises), the building of Tinker Air Force Base, the rapid growth of suburban Oklahoma City and Tulsa, the drop in population in Western Oklahoma, the oil boom of the 1980's and the oil bust of the 1990's. Baltimore's harbor is the location of Fort McHenry, which came under attack by British forces in the War of 1812 and whose defense inspired Francis Scott Key to write the poem, "The Star-Spangled Banner," which furnishes the lyrics to the United States national anthem. The term "Okie" in recent years has taken on a new meaning in the past few decades, with many Oklahomans (both former and present) wearing the label as a badge of honor (as a symbol of the Okie survivor attitude). Others (mostly of those alive during the Dust Bowl) still see the term negatively because they see the "Okie" migrants as being quiters. The relatively shorter distance between Baltimore and the Caribbean colonies allowed swift transport and minimized the spoilage of flour. Some politicians of Oklahoma denounced the book (often without reading it) as an attempt to impugn the morals and character of the people of Oklahoma. The profit from sugar encouraged the maximum possible cultivation of cane and the importation of food. The negative images of the "Okie" as a sort of rootless migrant laborer living in a near-animal state of scrounging for food greatly offended many Oklahomans. Baltimore grew swiftly in the mid-late 18th century as the granary for sugar producing colonies in the Caribbean.

This migration is chronicled in The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck, and also in photographs by Dorothea Lange and in the songs of Woody Guthrie. During the 17th century, various towns called "Baltimore" were founded as commercial ports at various locations on the upper Chesapeake Bay. The present city dates from July 30, 1729 and is named after Cęcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore who was the first Proprietary Governor of the Province of Maryland. This forced many small farmers to flee the state altogether. Because there is also a Baltimore County adjacent to (but not including) the city, it is sometimes referred to as Baltimore City when a clear distinction is desired. During the height of the Great Depression, drought and non-ecologically-friendly agricultural practices led to the Dust Bowl, when large tracts of arable land were blown away in massive dust storms. The city is a major part of the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area and a major U.S.seaport. Main article: Dust Bowl. It is the largest city in Maryland, named after the founding proprietor of the Maryland Colony, Cęcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore.

There were several race riots, including the Tulsa Race Riot, one of the worst in American history. As of July 1, 2002, the population is 638,614, and the population of the Baltimore-Washington Metroplex as of 2000 is 7.6 million, up from 6.7 million in 1990. The Ku Klux Klan was also active, denouncing Blacks, Catholics, and Jews. state of Maryland. The Industrial Workers of the World tried to gain headway during this period, but achieved little success. Baltimore is an independent city located in the U.S. The party was later crushed into virtual non-existence during the "white terror" that followed the ultra-reprsessive environment following the Green Corn Rebellion and the World World I era paranoia against anyone who spoke against the war or capitalism. Frank Zappa.

The state party also delivered Presidential candidateEugene Debs some of his highest vote counts in the nation. Montel Williams. Much of their success came from their willingness to reach out to Black and American Indian voters (they were the only party to continue to resist Jim Crow laws), and their willingness to alter traditional Marxist idealogy when it made sense to do so (the biggest changes were the party's support of widespread small-scale land ownership, and their willingness to use religion positively to preach the "Socialist gospel"). John Waters. The Oklahoma Socialist Party did achieve a fair degree of success in this era (the party had its highest per-capita membership in Oklahoma at this time with 12,000 dues paying members in 1914), including the publication of dozens of party newspapers and the election of several hundred local elected officials. Johnny Unitas. Northern Tulsa was known as Black Wall Street because of the vibrant business, cultural, and religious community that had sprung up there. Anne Tyler.

The white towns were also segregated. Anne Truitt. There were also "black towns", in which blacks tried to make a life of their own, separate from whites. Tupac Shakur. Many different groups had flooded into the state and were trying to figure out how to live. Pam Shriver. For Oklahoma, the early 1900s were also somewhat turbulent politically. Babe Ruth.

The prosperity of the 1920s can be seen in the surviving architecture from the period, including one which was converted into the Philbrook Museum. Cal Ripken, Jr. Many of the "old money" elite families of Oklahoma can date their rise to this time. Adrienne Rich. Many whites flooded into the state to make money. Edgar Allan Poe. Huge pools of underground oil were discovered in places like Glenpool. Jada Pinkett-Smith.

In the early 1900s the oil business began to get underway. Michael Phelps. state. Nancy Pelosi. On November 16, 1907, Oklahoma Territory combined with Indian Territory to become the 46th U.S. Jim Palmer. Finally, the 1898 Curtis Act abolished tribal jurisdiction over all of Indian Territory. Ric Ocasek.

Also, in 1893, Congress set up the Dawes Commission to negotiate agreements with each of the Five Civilized Tribes for the allotment of tribal lands to individual Indians. Mo'Nique Imes-Jackson. The Cherokee Strip was opened to settlement by land run in 1894. Kweisi Mfume. Chicago meat-packing plants had leased it from the Cherokees for huge cattle ranches. Mencken. The Cherokee Outlet was part of the lands ceded to the government in the 1866 treaty but with the Cherokees retaining access. H.L.

In 1893 the government purchased the rights to settle the "Cherokee Outlet", or "Cherokee Strip", from the Cherokee Nation. Jim McKay. The Organic Act of 1890 created the Oklahoma Territory out of the Unassigned Lands and No Man's Land. Thurgood Marshall. Some of the settlers were called "Sooners" because they had already staked their land claims before the land was officially opened for settlement. Laura Lippman. It was to be the first of a number of "Land runs" (due to widespread cheating later land openings were conducted by means of a lottery). Barry Levinson.

Congress which would open up the Unassigned Lands (some 2 million acres (8,000 km²), for settlement on April 22nd. Francis Scott Key. On March 23, 1889, President Benjamin Harrison signed legislation by the U.S. William Henry Cardinal Keeler. The Dawes Act excluded the Five Civilized Tribes. Johns Hopkins. Following settlement, many whites accused Republican officials of giving preferential treatment to ex-slaves in land disputes. Billie Holiday.

Under the allotment system, tribal lands left over would be surveyed for settlement by non-Indians. David Hasselhoff. Congress passed the Dawes Act, or General Allotment Act, in 1887 requiring the government to negotiate agreements with the tribes to divide Indian lands into individual holdings. Dorothy Hamill. The government at first resisted but the Congress soon enacted laws authorizing settlement. Philip Glass. Payne, the United States District Court in Topeka, Kansas, ruled that settling on the lands ceded to the government by the Indians under the 1866 treaties was not a crime. Johnny Gill.

In 1884, in United States vs. Drew. "That is land that can be owned by no man," the judge said, and after that the panhandle was referred to as No Man's Land until statehood arrived decades later. Charles R. In the 1880s, early settlers of the state's very sparsely populated Panhandle region tried to form the Cimarron Territory, but lost a lawsuit against the federal government, prompting a judge in Paris, Texas, to unintentionally create a moniker for the area. Elijah Cummings. They referred to the Unassigned Lands as Oklahoma and to themselves as Boomers. Ben Carson.