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  • McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System
  • Doppler Radar
  • Sequoyah invented the written Cherokee language
  • Scott Sabolich Prosthetic & Research Center became internationally famous for breakthrough prosthetic designs such as the patented Sabolich Socket.
  • Kelvin Droegemeier invented the first computer to predict weather
  • Sylvan Goldman invented the first shopping cart Carlton Magee invented the first parking meter
  • Troy Smith - Founder of Sonic
  • Donovan Fred Head invented Head Country Barbeque
  • Edwin Malzahn invented Ditch Witch machines
  • Choctaw Code Talkers
  • Alice Robertson - first woman elected to Congress from Oklahoma, even before women had the right to vote, first woman to lead a session of Congress
  • Bill Pickett Invented the sport of bulldogging
  • '89 Land Run a first in government-sponsored land giveaway
  • George Miller & the 101 Ranch - a farm, ranch, food-processing, energy-producing self-contained community.
  • The Tipi the first mobile home
  • Hugh Wayman invented the first automatic livestock feeder
  • Clinton Riggs invented the Yield road sign
  • Wiley Post invented the first pressurized flight suit and auto pilot
  • R. D. Hull invented the Zebco fishing reel
  • Gordon Matthews