Slavery. I'm an Okie living in Texas. When Texas became a state with the Annexation of 1845, it sought entry as a slave state. Based on the Missouri Compromise, federal law prohibited slavery north of 36°30' parallel north. Under the Compromise of 1850, Texas gave up its land's north of 36°30' latitude. read more
The Oklahoma Panhandle is the extreme northwestern region of the U.S. state of Oklahoma, consisting of Cimarron County, Texas County and Beaver County, from west to east. As with other salients in the United States, its name comes from the similarity of its shape to the handle of a cooking pan. read more
Oklahoma evolved like a patchwork quilt. In the language of quilters, it is a crazy quilt that developed without much design. One example is the story of the Oklahoma Panhandle. read more