Western Oklahoma can usually be defined as all territory west of Interstate 35, and west of Oklahoma City.
It is usually broken up into two primary regions: Northwestern Oklahoma and Southwestern Oklahoma.
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Coordinates: 35°30′N 99°00′W / 35.5°N 99.0°W / 35.5; -99.0
Famous quotes containing the words western and/or oklahoma:
“In the woods in a winter afternoon one will see as readily the origin of the stained glass window, with which Gothic cathedrals are adorned, in the colors of the western sky seen through the bare and crossing branches of the forest.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“I know only one person who ever crossed the ocean without feeling it, either spiritually or physically.... he went from Oklahoma to France and back again ... without ever getting off dry land. He remembers several places I remember too, and several French words, but he says firmly, “We must of went different ways. I don’t rightly recollect no water, ever.””
—M.F.K. Fisher (1908–1992)