5 Fascinating Places in the Oklahoma Panhandle

The Oklahoma panhandle is a sneakily fascinating place and learning about the geography and history of the area teaches about the rest of America. The borders of the panhandle formed due to our history of slavery and the geography is beautiful, with mesas, buttes, sand dunes and sweeping plains. SOURCES Missouri Compromise https://guides.loc.gov/missouri-compr.... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missour... https://www.history.com/topics/slaver... Guymon Languages https://www.kgou.org/weather-and-clim... https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/guy... Ogallala Aquifer https://www.texastribune.org/2023/06/.... https://extension.okstate.edu/fact-sh... https://stateimpact.npr.org/oklahoma/... 100th Meridian https://news.climate.columbia.edu/201... Black Mesa https://mattpaynemedia.com/star-gazin... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_M...) MUSIC Holizna Western Showdown - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/ho... Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/albert-behar/sad... License code: 4MQN6MA4XEGZUKJV Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/ben-mcelroy/bill... License code: EWCQ00HAKMISWEPH 00:00 Introduction 00:26 36th Parallel and Panhandle History 02:28 100th Meridian and High Plains 03:26 Ogallala Aquifer 04:59 Black Mesa 06:34 Guymon