
The map above shows the location of Oklahoma which at one point was part of the Republic of Texas, before Texas joined the United States in 1845.
The story of the Oklahoma Panhandle, that narrow, rectangular strip of land at the state’s far west, is one of the quirkiest tales in American geography.
Its evolution from being part of Texas, to becoming “No Man’s Land,” and finally part of Oklahoma involves a mix of statehood law, slavery politics, and settlement patterns.
Here’s how it happened:








