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  Okemah, Oklahoma - Schools
With the belief that all students can and should learn, the board of education, administration, staff and patrons of the Okemah Public Schools are committed to maintaining and improving the existing educational system.
Okemah and Okfuskee County students are able to take advantage of Wes Watkins Area Vo-Tech in Wetumka, OSU-Okmulgee in Okmulgee, and Gordon Cooper Vo-Tech in Shawnee, all within 40 miles of Okemah.
Sixty percent of Okemah's graduates attend colleges and universities, and seven such institutions are within 86 miles of Okemah.
www.okemah.org /Services/schools.htm   (497 words)

  
  Okemah, Oklahoma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Okemah is a city located in Okfuskee County, Oklahoma.
Okemah is located at 35°25'52" North, 96°18'20" West (35.430987, -96.305500)
Okemah is the birthplace of Woody Guthrie (1912 - 1967).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Okemah,_Oklahoma   (416 words)

  
 Okemah Florist | Flower Delivery Okemah, Oklahoma (OK) | Florists in Okemah   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The population of Okemah is approximately 3,085 (1990).
Okemah is positioned 35.42 degrees north of the equator and 96.29 degrees west of the prime meridian.
Our Okemah, Oklahoma florist directory is provided through a strategic partnership with Regional Direct.com, which has established partnerships with the most reliable, customer service-driven area Okemah florist and florists in Oklahoma, including Okemah, Oklahoma.
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 Roomswithall Oklahoma Destination, Getaway, and Hotel Guide - Rooms in Oklahoma   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Oklahoma is a major fuel and food producing state in the southwestern part of the United States.
Oklahoma City, the state capital and largest city in population, is one of the largest cities in area in the United States.
Oklahoma became known as the Sooner State because some settlers were there ''sooner'' than the land was opened.
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 Stormskies - Monday 21st March 2005
I figured that this would provide me with ample time to chase anything that happened, as I had a gut feeling that the super-duper 15% hatched tornado area in northeastern Texas from SPC this morning was a bit overdone, and that we would not be traveling to Paris, TX this afternoon, after all.
The highly-sheared nature of the storm was evident as we approached from the west.
The storm had dumped an impressive swath of pea-sized hail in the areas of Paden and Boley, Oklahoma, and it was quite amusing to drive in around 2" of hail lying on the rutted roads in 4WD to keep from slipping.
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 Okemah Profile | Okemah OK   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Okemah, OK, population 3,038, is located in Oklahoma's Okfuskee county, about 52.9 miles from Tulsa and 68.3 miles from Oklahoma City.
It is estimated that in recent years Okemah's population has been declining at an annual rate of less than one percent.
Reports show that during 2003 property crime levels in the Okemah area were lower than Oklahoma's average.
www.idcide.com /citydata/ok/okemah.htm   (83 words)

  
 Okemah, Oklahoma (OK) Detailed Profile - relocation, real estate, travel, jobs, hospitals, schools, crime, news, sex ...
Back to Okemah, OK housing info, Okfuskee County, Oklahoma, OK smaller cities, OK small cities, All Cities.
The ratio of number of residents in Okemah to the number of sex offenders is 228 to 1.
Okemah, Oklahoma business and economic data: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...
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 Wilma Lee   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Woody left Okemah, and in the 1930s and 1940s traveled around the world and produced a phenomenal range of material; hundreds of folk songs, children songs, and patriotic music, as well as two long semi-autobiographical novels and newspaper commentaries.
And there was two or three of the elder folks there, and one of the bankers just didn't think it was a good idea to do anything outstanding for a man that had never served his country, and what would the service men who did serve think, and that sort of thing.
In fact, some of the Oklahoma State -- the OU deal was all music teachers from the State of Oklahoma.
www.rose.edu /eocrhc/Oral-MYBrotherWoody.htm   (8472 words)

  
 Portfolio Themeset
On October 5, 2001, Friends of Libraries in Oklahoma, FOLIO, designated Okemah as a Literary Landmark in honor of Woody Guthrie.
The committee discussed many of Oklahoma’s excellent authors such as Lynn Riggs, Will Rogers, John Berryman, Ralph Ellison, and Angie Debo, but they selected Woody Guthrie to be the first.
Oklahoma Hills and the birthplace on July14, 1912 of Woody Guthrie the renowned poet and folk singer.
www.okfriends.net /guthrie.htm   (616 words)

  
 Okemah, Oklahoma - brought to you by LASR - Leisure And Sport Review
Okemah was named for Kickapoo Chief, Okemah, who lived one and one half miles east and one mile north of Harrah upon his original allotment where he died in 1936.
Chief Okemah lived on the townsite of Okemah from March 1902 until a week after the opening which occurred on April 21, 1902.
A variety of recreational and leisure activities, great schools, a strong retail environment and community spirit make Okemah a great place to visit, to raise a family, or retire.
www.lasr.net /pages/city.php?City_ID=OK0408021&VA=Y   (149 words)

  
 North Texas e-News
Okemah, Oklahoma -- Arlo Guthrie, Steve Earle, Slaid Cleaves and dozens of other American and international folk music stars are scheduled for the seventh annual Woody Guthrie Folk Festival, July 14-18, 2004, celebrating the life and rich musical legacy of one of America's greatest folk music songwriters and troubadours, Woody Guthrie.
The next four days are filled with free concerts, throughout the afternoons at several indoor venues in downtown Okemah and the main stage performances at night at the Pastures of Plenty Amphitheater.
Admission is free, but donations to the Oklahoma chapter of the Huntington's Disease Society of America are encouraged.
www.ntxe-news.com /cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi?archive=7&num=17448   (780 words)

  
 - Frontier Country, Oklahoma - brought to you by LASR - Leisure And Sport Review
Oklahoma City, the largest in the state, is an easy-going patchwork of city and country, both down-home and cosmopolitan.
Each year Oklahoma City hosts the Red Earth Native American Cultural Festival, the world's largest powwow, as well as Asian, Greek and Hispanic festivals filled with traditional music, food and dancing.
Czech farmers planted wheat farms in Oklahoma Territory -- and inaugurated colorful festivals in Prague and Yukon, where Czech delicacies like kolaches and kielbasa sausage are celebrated.
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 Profiles of Board Members
Anthony attended Oklahoma State University from 1963-1965 and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacy from the University of Oklahoma College of Pharmacy in 1968.  His term expires in 2014.
CLAUD D. (Okemah, Oklahoma): Is a veterinarian who is owner and solo practitioner of Okfuskee County Veterinary Clinic, Okemah, Oklahoma.
FRED C. (Okmulgee, Oklahoma): Is an auto dealer in Okmulgee and Chairman of the Board of 1st National Bank & Trust Co. of Okmulgee.
home.okstate.edu /homepages.nsf/toc/profiles.html   (606 words)

  
 Biography Page
Woodrow Wilson Guthrie was born on July 14, 1912, in Okemah, Oklahoma.
In 1922, oil was discovered nearby and overnight Okemah was transformed into an "oil boom" town, bringing thousands of workers, gamblers and hustlers to the once sleepy farm town.
From his experiences in Okemah, Woody’s uniquely wry outlook on life, as well as his abiding interest in rambling around the country, was formed.
www.woodyguthrie.org /biography.htm   (323 words)

  
 Okemah ~ Woody's Hometown
Woodrow Wilson (Woody) Guthrie was born in Okemah, Oklahoma on July 14, 1912.
'Okemah' in these native dialects, translates to 'high place' or 'person of high stature'.
Okemah Lake is a beautiful 1100 acre impoundment located 8 miles north of town.
www.woodyguthrie.com /Okemah_Woodys_Hometown.htm   (379 words)

  
 Oklahoma Wine News
Oklahoma Wine News readers are able to get this content through many channels: email, summaries, RSS newsfeeds, feed aggregators, etc. So, if you never visit our blog's webpage you may not know that we keep a list of Oklahoma winery websites.
Oklahoma City's Action Wholesale Liquors and Central Liquor, along with Jarboe Sales Co. in Tulsa, smell the potential to build a monopoly for themselves on the backs of Oklahoma's farmers and family wineries.
Their view that Oklahoma law enforcement would be unable to ensure that tax is collected on wine imported into the state is a laughable idea.
www.nuyakacreek.com /blog/blogger.html   (4881 words)

  
 Okemah, Oklahoma (OK) Economy and Business Data: Stores, Dealers, Real Estate Agents, Wholesalers, Restaurants, etc.
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Discuss Okemah, Oklahoma (OK) businesses and economic conditions on our hugely popular Oklahoma forum.
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 Woody Fest
Above, to your right is the Crystal Theatre, in Okemah, site of the all-star hootenany celebrating the life and times of Woodrow Wilson Guthrie, Oklahoma's Dust Bowl Balladeer, and World Reknowned Songster.
Above is one part of a very pleasant surprise waiting for visitors to Okemah, Oklahoma.
No sooner had Arlo finished photographing his daughter with the statue of Woody, than a young woman strode up to Arlo and requested he let her boy friend photograph the two of them in front of Woody.
www.bloomington.in.us /~okolicko/woodyfest.html   (1146 words)

  
 Bearden Elementary School - Okemah, Oklahoma / OK - school information
Oklahoma uses the Oklahoma Core Curriculum Tests (OCCT) to test students in grades 5, 8 and 11.
These tests are standards based, which means they measure how well students are mastering the specific skills defined for each grade by the state of Oklahoma.
The goal is that 100% of students meet or exceed grade-level standards on the test.
www.greatschools.net /modperl/achievement/ok/111   (272 words)

  
 Oklahoma Web Page
ePartner National Relocation operates the largest community relocation network in Oklahoma as well as the largest resident blogging network, where you can talk to residents about living in their city and get inside information about homes, lifestyles, jobs, real estate prices, health care, schools and any other topic.
You can blog with residents in cities such as Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Norman, Lawton, Broken Arrow or any of the other city.
The weather for Oklahoma City, Oklahoma is reported by a local weather station using a combination of TAF and METAR reports from airports and weather stations in the area (ICAO).
oklahomawebpage.com   (249 words)

  
 TheMoMI.org -- Exhibition: Bound For Glory: A Tribute to Woody Guthrie -- OK/TX
TheMoMI.org -- Exhibition: Bound For Glory: A Tribute to Woody Guthrie -- OK/TX Woody Guthrie was born July 14, 1912 in Okemah, Oklahoma, a farming town that later experienced an oil boom in the 1920's.
Charley survived and went to Pampa, Texas, to live with his sister, while Nora was institutionalized for the rest of her life.
By the time Woody was 14, he was the leader of a gang that lived in an abandoned tin shack.
www.themomi.org /museum/Guthrie/oklahoma   (493 words)

  
 Woody Guthrie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Guthrie was born in Okemah, Oklahoma, on July 14, 1912.
His parents named him after Woodrow Wilson, who was elected president in the same year.
Also in Okemah, the Woody Guthrie Folk Festival celebrates his legacy each summer.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Woody_Guthrie   (1317 words)

  
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Correspondence re: requests that the Naval facilities at Norman be retained; the University of Oklahoma's opposition to the retention of the naval base; the future status of the base.
Correspondence re: Oklahoma City's anxiety for an appropriation for the proposed floodway; the Negro Chamber of Commerce's support of the project; additional school facilities connected to the Floodway Project; the Oklahoma City River Area Parkway Development Project.
Correspondence re: efforts to get the Oklahoma Ordnance Works Plant; the Pryor Powder Plant; the Choteau Power plant; the disposition of the property known as the Oklahoma Ordnance Works; the disposition of the steam plant at the Oklahoma Ordnance Works.
www.ou.edu /special/albertctr/archives/ThomasLegInventory/Etproj10.htm   (1638 words)

  
 OSCN Found Document:DUKE v. TOWN OF OKEMAH
Appeal from District Court of Okfuskee County; Jess I. Miracle, Judge.
Action by the Town of Okemah, Oklahoma, on relation of G.E. Clowers, Town Treasurer, and J. Walter Long, Jr., to foreclose a special assessment lien for street improvement purposes.
Arthur Cochran, Okemah, J. Walter Long, Jr., Dallas, Tex., for defendants in error.
www.oscn.net /applications/oscn/DeliverDocument.asp?citeID=25999   (610 words)

  
 Rambling Round: The Life and Times of Woody Guthrie
Named after the man who was to become the twenty-eighth president of the United States, Woodrow "Woody" Wilson Guthrie was born on July 14, 1912, in Okemah, Oklahoma, to Nora and Charley Guthrie.
Charley had lost his land holdings and much of his self-esteem during the oil boom that occurred in the eastern part of Oklahoma after World War I. Although he held a series of jobs after this loss, none paid well, and the Guthries fell into poverty.
When Charley left Okemah in the wake of his injury, he took the two younger children, Mary Jo and George; but both Woody and his older brother Roy remained behind to fend for themselves.
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 Okie Wineries - List of Wineries in Oklahoma
Wine tourists typically expect to be able to visit multiple vineyards and wineries in a single day of wine tasting.
Cultivation of wine grapes offers Oklahoma farmers an attractive alternative crop because grapes grow well on small acreages of less fertile soil that might not be suitable for other types of agriculture.
Over 50 acres of wine grapes were planted in Oklahoma vineyards in 2001 and with the help of the Oklahoma Dept. of Tourism, the opportunities to experience Oklahoma wines will keep on growing!
www.nuyakacreek.com /Oklahoma_wineries.htm   (1110 words)

  
 Board Agenda   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Okemah Board of Education will consider the items listed on this agenda and may approve, disapprove, or table any item on this agenda, as it deems appropriate.
All of the following items which concern reports and items of a routine nature normally approved at board meetings will be approved by one vote unless any board member desires to have a separate vote on any or all of the following items.
As required by Section 311, Title 25 of the Oklahoma Statutes, notice is hereby given that the Board of Education of Independent School District I-026, Okfuskee County, Oklahoma, will hold a SPECIAL MEETING on March 7, 2006, at 1:00 o'clock p.m.
www.okemah.k12.ok.us /board/Agenda.htm   (546 words)

  
 TRAVEL.org - Oklahoma.Find hotels in Oklahoma, and other Oklahoma Travel info.
From Guymon to Grove, Tulsa to Oklahoma City, Alva to Ardmore, and everywhere in between.
Oklahoma City Hotels and Accommodations - Discounted rates on Hotel rooms, Car Rentals, Flights, Vacation Rentals.
If you know of an Oklahoma web site that would be of particular interest to someone traveling there, please send e-mail to: submissions@travel.org
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 Okemah Ok Days Inn: Okemah Oklahoma Hotels
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Take I-40 West to Exit 221 Okemah at the stop sign turn left under the overpass, property is located on left hand side across from Brunosand#x000D;Mexican Restaurant.
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 Support the Oklahoma Wine Industry Visit a Winery Today!
Oklahoma's wine industry is rapidly growing with new Oklahoma wineries and vineyards emerging everyday.
We wanted to provide an accurate listing of all Oklahoma wineries, but with the explosion of new ones, we found that hard to do.
Tidal School Vineyards - See Oklahoma's largest automated wine bottling line.
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