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When Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory combined to become a state on Nov. 16, 1907, forty-five states had already joined the United States of America. In the following 99 years only New Mexico & Arizona (in 1912) and Alaska & Hawaii (in 1959) have become states younger than Oklahoma.
The land and people of
the new state of Oklahoma already had a rich history before President Therodore
Roosevelt signed the formal statehood documents in 1907. The two adjoining
news articles indicate two things:
1) The Collinsville News was already in it's ninth year (Vol 9 with W.L. Wright
as editor).
2) Statehood was still not a done deal as late as October 1907 with some still
lobbying Roosevelt not to approve the plan.
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CHS junior Saxon Lewis will be representing Collinsville (& Oklahoma) in the Oklahoma Centennial All*Star Band Nov. 18th in the Tulsa Parade and Jan. 1st at the Rose Bowl Parade in Pasadena ... and several other Centennial events in the next year.
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