Volume 9 , Issue 46

1907 - Extra! Extra! Proclaims Statehood

The Daily Oklahoman, Nov. 16, 1907, Saturday, Frontpage headlines: Extra! Extra! Proclaims Statehood

Washington, D. C., Nov. 16, 1907 -- "The Proclamation admitting the new state of Oklahoma into the Union was signed by President Roosevelt at 10 o'clock this morning -- 9 o'clock central time. The president used in affixing his signature to the document a pen made from the quill of an American eagle, which now is alive, in captivity at Woodward, Oklahoma. A quill from the wing of this same eagle was used when the president signed the statehood act. This pen will go to the Oklahoma historical society."
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