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As the United States ended the twentieth century, its population included immigrants and temporary residents of more than twenty Asian nations, stretching from the Pacific Islands to China and Japan to Vietnam, Cambodia, and India. They had begun arriving in the midnineteenth century. Similarly, Asian immigrants came to Oklahoma in small numbers in that century, but the state developed a large Asian presence only in the 1970s, well behind the states of the West Coast.
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THE HISTORY OF MOTHER’S DAY
Read moreHUGHES COUNTY COMMISSIONERS REGULAR MEETING-HOLDENVILLE, OK. April 9, 2024
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As the EF-3 tornado ripped through Hughes County, the evening of April 27, 2024, it unleashed its fury on everything in its path for 34 miles developing in Spaulding, traveling north-northeast hitting areas just west of Holdenville. The tornado continued north-northeast crossing Highway 9 west of Wetumka and then north crossing into Okfuskee County dissipating south of Okemah. The estimated peak wind was 140 to 145 mph.
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JOY SIMMONS (A/K/A TOOTSIE) CELEBRATED
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