OKLAHOMA

See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

CITY  , a city and the county-seat of Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, U.S.A., on the North Fork of the Canadian river, near the geographical centre of the state . Pop . (189o) 4151; (1900) 10,037; (1907) 32,452; (1910) 64,205 . It is served by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa e, the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific, the Missouri, Kansas & Texas, and the St Louis & San Francisco railways, and by inter-urban electric lines . It lies partly in a valley, partly on an upland, in a rich agricultural region . The city is the seat of Epworth University (founded in 1901 by the joint action of the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Methodist Episcopal Church, South) . Oklahoma City's prosperity is due chiefly to its jobbing trade, with an extensive farming and stock-raising region, but it has also cotton compresses and cotton gins, and various manufactures . The total value of the factory products in 1905 was $3,670,730 . Natural gas is largely used as a fuel . A large settlement was established here on the 22nd of April 1889, the day on which the country was by proclamation declared open for settlement . The city was chartered in 189o .