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  • Oklahoma was among the states hardest hit by the Great Depression and the drought that created the Dust Bowl in the 1930s.

  • The name "Oklahoma" comes from the Choctaw words: "okla" meaning people and "humma" meaning red, so the state's name literally means "red people."

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