Everything in Oklahoma is OK, they used their state abbreviation for a tourism ad campaign in the 20th century. Although Tulsa is the big city, the place named after the state is the state capitol. The name comes from Okla Homma, Choctaw for red people.
The city is perhaps most well known for the 1995 bombing of a federal building, Timothy McVeigh wanted revenge for the way the government handled the Ruby Ridge and Wago sieges. The site is now a museum and what remained of the building that was blown up by a bomb in a moving truck was torn down. The memorial for the 193 victims stand on the former foundations.
Oklahoma has the largest proportion of Native Americans in its population of any mainland state. The First Americans Museum is a good place to learn about this history and the National Cowboy Museum tells of the short history of Europeans in the area.
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