Oklahoma City yana da tarihi mai ban mamaki da rikitarwa. Abin da ke biyo baya shi ne wani ɓangaren taƙaitacciyar wannan, abubuwan da suka fi dacewa da ƙananan bayanai daga jihohi kafin a yau.
Yankin Oklahoma
A cikin shekarun 1820, gwamnatin Amirka ta tilasta wa] ansu 'yan kabilar Yamma biyar su jimre wa] ansu wurare, a cikin} asashen Oklahoma, kuma mutane da dama sun mutu a cikin wannan tsari. Yawancin yankunan yammaci na jihar, duk da haka, sun kasance daga cikin "Yankunan da ba a sanya hannu ba." Ciki har da abin da ke yanzu a Oklahoma City, waɗannan yankunan sun fara farawa da dama da wasu magoya baya a ƙarshen 1800.
Yin haka ba tare da izini ba, an kira wadannan mutane "Boomers," kuma sun haifar da matukar matsin lamba da Gwamnatin Amurka ta dauka ta gudanar da jerin labaran da aka yi wa mazauna su da'awar ƙasar.
Land Run
Akwai alamun da dama ke gudana tsakanin 1889 da 1895, amma farkon shine mafi muhimmanci. Ranar Afrilu 22, 1889, kimanin mutane 50,000 suka taru a iyakokin. Wasu, da ake kira "Gwagwarmaya," suna kullun da wuri don sunyi wasu furotin na ƙasar.
Yankin da ke yanzu Oklahoma City ya kasance sananne ga mutanen da ke zama a matsayin kimanin mutane 10,000 da suka yi ikirarin ƙasa a nan. Jami'ai na tarayya sun taimaki kula, amma akwai rikici da mutuwa. Duk da haka, an kafa gwamnati ta wucin gadi. A shekara ta 1900, yawan mutanen da ke yankin Oklahoma City sun fi ninki biyu, kuma daga cikin wadanda aka fara gina garuruwa, an gina garin.
Jihar Oklahoma da Babban Gininsa
Bayan ɗan lokaci kaɗan, Oklahoma ya zama jihar.
Ranar 16 ga watan Nuwamba, 1907, ita ce hukuma ta 46 na Tarayyar. Ya danganta ne bisa shawarar da za ta karba shi ta hanyar man fetur, Oklahoma ya karu ne a farkon shekarunsa.
Guthrie, da dama mil arewacin Oklahoma City, ya kasance babban birnin yankin Oklahoma. Ya zuwa 1910, yawan mutanen Oklahoma City sun kai 60,000, kuma mutane da yawa sun ji cewa ya kamata babban birnin jihar.
An kira takarda kai, kuma taimakon ya kasance a can. Cibiyar Lee-Huckins ta kasance gidan gine-gine na wucin gadi har sai an gina ginin na har abada a 1917.
Ci gaba da Ginin Man
Yankunan man fetur na Oklahoma City ba kawai sun kawo mutane zuwa birnin; sun kuma kawo kuɗi. Birnin ya ci gaba da fadadawa, ya hada yankunan kasuwanci, kayan aikin jama'a da sauran masana'antu. Kodayake yankin ya sha wahala a lokacin babban mawuyacin hali kamar kowa da kowa, da yawa sun riga sun zama masu arziki daga man fetur mai.
Amma, a cikin shekarun 1960, Oklahoma City ya fara raguwa sosai. Mota ya bushe, kuma mutane da dama suna yin hijira a waje daga ƙananan motoci zuwa yankunan da ke birni. Sauyewar gwagwarmayar sakewa don yawancin ya ɓace har zuwa farkon shekarun 1990.
Ayyukan Gida na Cibiyar Kasuwanci
Lokacin da Mayor Ron Norrick ya gabatar da shirin MAPS a shekarar 1992, yawancin mazaunin Oklahoma City sun kasance masu shakka. Kusan ba zai yiwu a yi la'akari da sakamako mai kyau wanda zai iya zuwa ba. Akwai juriya, amma harajin tallace-tallace don tallafawa gyaran gine-ginen gari da aka gina. Kuma yana da kyau a ce an fara sake haifuwa ga Oklahoma City.
Cibiyar birni ta sake zama gari mai ban mamaki. Bricktown siffofin wasanni, arts, gidajen cin abinci da kuma nisha, masu mashahuri ga masu yawon bude ido da kuma mazauna daidai, kuma akwai hankalin wuri a yankunan kamar Deep Deuce , Automobile Alley kuma mafi.
An katse ta hanyar hadari
Kafin duk wannan ya zama abin da yake yanzu, Timothawus McVeigh ya kaddamar da wata mota da ke cike da fashewar abubuwa a gaban ginin Alfred P. Murrah a cikin Oklahoma City a ranar 19 ga Afrilu, 1995. Wannan fashewa za ta kasance nisan kilomita daga birnin. A ƙarshe, mutane 168 sun mutu kuma an gina gine-gine a cikin rabi saboda tsoro.
Ko da yake ciwo zai rayu har abada a cikin zukatan birnin, shekarar 2000 ya kawo farkon warkarwa. An kafa tashar tunawa ta kasa ta Oklahoma City a kan kasa inda fadar tarayya ta tsaya. Ya ci gaba da bayar da kwanciyar hankali da zaman lafiya ga kowane baƙo da mazaunin Oklahoma City.
Gabatarwar da Gaban
Oklahoma City ya kasance mai ƙarfi. A yau, ita ce daya daga cikin manyan biranen karkara a cikin jihohin filayen. Daga zuwan NBA ta Thunder franchise a 2008 zuwa tashi daga cikin Devon Energy Center skyscraper , birnin yana da rai tare da fata da ci gaba.