Oklahoma History Coach Brown

 Born March 13, 1860, In Leipsic, Ohio  Parents died when he was 3 and was raised by his neighbor  He was teacher in Ohio and had three children from his first wife.  He Studied Law and passed his bar exam in 1880  His first wife died and remarried and had 3 more children  He moved to Indian Territory in 1901 and was lawyer for the Creek Tribe.  Helped with try to help establish the State of Sequoyah.  Help organize the constitutional convention for a Oklahoma as a single state.  Won the Democratic nomination and was elected governor  Served on term ending in 1911  He died in 1933 of a stroke. Charles N. Haskell

Charles Haskell First Day of Oklahoma

Things they did  Provisions for county and local governments  Established towns and cities  Elections  School districts  School financing and building construction  Teacher Training  Textbooks  School attendance  Convened in December 1907  Influenced by the progressive movement  Henry Johnston – senate president  William Murray – speaker of the house First State Legislature

 Income Tax  Personal and real property tax – Fund local government and local schools  Gross revenues tax – Pipelines, coal mines, telegraph lines, and oil production, railroads, telephones, and electricity.  Death tax – Inheritance tax Taxes – First State Legislature

 What were the original names of these Colleges listed?  What were some secondary agricultural schools establish – List 3  What school was established in Sulphur?  Oklahoma University  Oklahoma State University  University Central Oklahoma  East Central – Ada Oklahoma  Northeastern Oklahoma State –  Southeastern Oklahoma State –  Tulsa University – Higher Education