Many people in the world associate Oklahoma City with a terriorist act,
while others think of the state as the desolate and windswept depression-era
landscape described in Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath. While the former is
aware of it's past and celebrates the human sprit discovered from the tragic
events of April 19, 1995, the latter is far from true now.
There is a suprising amount to see and do in Oklahoma. With over 50 state
parks and 2 National Historic sites, one National Battlefield in Washita, a
National park in Chickasaw, seven full-service resorts and 11 challenging
golf courses, Oklahoma has a lot to offer year round. Historic Route 66
Highway passes through 48 cities in Oklahoma, so one might say that Oklahoma
is the heart of the Mother Road.
With over half a million people in the city and a metropolitan population of
over 1.2 million, Oklahoma City is the biggest city in the state and is the
state capital. Tulsa is the other urban center with 400,000 people. Both
cities offer all the excitement and amenities of other big cities, with lots
of outdoor opportunities just around the corner. Bartlesville, just an
hour's drive north of Tulsa, is home to Frank Lloyd Wright's Price Tower
which was the architect's only skyscraper.
_____Getting Around
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Oklahoma is great for automobile travel. With 48 towns and cities on
Historic Route 66, a tour down the Mother Road is like getting a cross
section of the state, with both cities and small towns and everything in
between.
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December 18, 2006 new by approaching genius (1 point)
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Get Your Kicks on Historic Route 66
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There are 48 Oklahoma cities and towns that sit alongside some portion of
Route 66. The principle cities on the "Mother Road" from northeast to
southwest are Miami, Vinita, Claremore, Tulsa, Sapulpa, Chandler, more..
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