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The panhandle is a mysterious place
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this post was submitted on 19 Jul 2023
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What's the historical reason it wasn't included in one of the other states? Why not have it be part of Kansas or Texas instead?
Slavery, like usual, was the answer.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compromise_of_1850
It has a lot to do with the US using Oklahoma as a dumping zone for first Americans and then over time taking even that from them piece by piece.
If your interested, Jonny Harris did a piece on it recently.
The Native American State That Never Was
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