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Altus, Oklahoma, the Glossary

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Altus Air Force Base

Altus Air Force Base (Altus AFB, AAFB) is a United States Air Force base located approximately east-northeast of Altus, Oklahoma.

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Andrelton Simmons

Andrelton Alexander Simmons (born September 4, 1989) is a Curaçaoan former professional baseball shortstop.

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Area code 580

Area code 580 serves most of southern and western Oklahoma, including Ada, Boise City, Lawton, Enid, Fairview, Ponca City, Altus, Frederick, Weatherford, Guymon, Durant, and Ardmore.

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Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway

The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, often referred to as the Santa Fe or AT&SF, was one of the largest Class 1 railroads in the United States between 1859 and 1996.

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Block (meteorology)

Blocks in meteorology are large-scale patterns in the atmospheric pressure field that are nearly stationary, effectively "blocking" or redirecting migratory cyclones.

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The McDonnell Douglas/Boeing C-17 Globemaster III is a large military transport aircraft that was developed for the United States Air Force (USAF) from the 1980s to the early 1990s by McDonnell Douglas.

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Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker

The Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker is an American military aerial refueling tanker aircraft that was developed from the Boeing 367-80 prototype, alongside the Boeing 707 airliner.

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Boeing KC-46 Pegasus

The Boeing KC-46 Pegasus is an American military aerial refueling and strategic military transport aircraft developed by Boeing from its 767 jet airliner.

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Brandon Dickerson

Brandon Dickerson is an American writer, director, and producer whose work includes film, music video, documentary film, and television commercials.

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Buttermilk

Buttermilk is a fermented dairy drink.

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Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating population information about the members of a given population.

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Central Time Zone

The North American Central Time Zone (CT) is a time zone in parts of Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central America and some Caribbean islands.

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Childress, Texas

Childress (established 1887; incorporated 1890) is a city in and the county seat of Childress County, Texas, United States.

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Chinook wind

Chinook winds, or simply Chinooks, are two types of prevailing warm, generally westerly winds in western North America: Coastal Chinooks and interior Chinooks.

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City

A city is a human settlement of a notable size.

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County seat

A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or civil parish.

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David Green (entrepreneur)

David Green (born November 13, 1941) is an American billionaire businessman and the founder of Hobby Lobby, a chain of arts and crafts stores.

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Eddie Fisher (baseball)

Eddie Gene Fisher (born July 16, 1936) is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher with the San Francisco Giants, Chicago White Sox, Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians, California Angels and St. Louis Cardinals between 1959 and 1973.

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Federal Information Processing Standards

The Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) of the United States are a set of publicly announced standards that the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed for use in computer situs of non-military United States government agencies and contractors.

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Flash flood

A flash flood is a rapid flooding of low-lying areas: washes, rivers, dry lakes and depressions.

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Geographic Names Information System

The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database of name and location information about more than two million physical and cultural features throughout the United States and its territories; the associated states of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau; and Antarctica.

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Great Depression

The Great Depression (19291939) was a severe global economic downturn that affected many countries across the world.

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Great Plains State Park

Great Plains State Park is a Oklahoma state park located in Kiowa County, Oklahoma.

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Great Western Cattle Trail

The Great Western Cattle Trail is the name used today for a cattle trail established during the late 19th century for moving beef stock and horses to markets in eastern and northern states.

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Gulf of Alaska

The Gulf of Alaska (Tlingit: Yéil T'ooch’) is an arm of the Pacific Ocean defined by the curve of the southern coast of Alaska, stretching from the Alaska Peninsula and Kodiak Island in the west to the Alexander Archipelago in the east, where Glacier Bay and the Inside Passage are found.

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Herschal Crow

Herschal Hillear Crow, Jr. (March 30, 1935 – July 22, 2015) was an American politician in the state of Oklahoma.

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Humid subtropical climate

A humid subtropical climate is a temperate climate type characterized by hot and humid summers, and cool to mild winters.

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Jackson County, Oklahoma

Jackson County is a county located in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Oklahoma.

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Jake Colhouer

Jacob C. Colhouer (January 15, 1922 – April 14, 1998) was an American football guard who played four seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Chicago Cardinals and New York Giants.

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Jason Gildon

Jason Larue Gildon (born July 31, 1972) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1994 to 2003 and the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2004.

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John Sterling (born September 15, 1964) is a former American football running back who played for the Green Bay Packers in the National Football League (NFL).

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Juan Pérez (outfielder)

Juan Carlos Pérez (born November 13, 1986) is a Dominican former professional baseball outfielder.

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Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway

The Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway, started in 1900 by American railroad entrepreneur Arthur Edward Stilwell, was the predecessor of the Chihuahua al Pacífico railroad in Mexico.

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Köppen climate classification

The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.

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L7 (band)

L7 is an American all-female punk rock band founded in Los Angeles, California, first active from 1985 to 2001 and re-formed in 2014.

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Lake Altus-Lugert

Lake Altus-Lugert, also known as Lake Altus, Lake Lugert, Lake Lugert-Altus, and Lugert Lake, is a reservoir located on the North Fork Red River, about north of Altus, Oklahoma on the former site of the town of Lugert, Oklahoma.

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Lawton, Oklahoma

Lawton is a city in and the county seat of Comanche County, in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Altus, Oklahoma and Lawton, Oklahoma are Cities in Oklahoma and county seats in Oklahoma.

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List of counties in Oklahoma

The U.S. state of Oklahoma has 77 counties.

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List of sovereign states

The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty.

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Mangum, Oklahoma

Mangum is a city in and county seat of Greer County, Oklahoma, United States. Altus, Oklahoma and Mangum, Oklahoma are Cities in Oklahoma and county seats in Oklahoma.

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Mark Cotney

Mark Cotney (born June 26, 1952), is a former professional American football player who played in 10 NFL seasons from 1975 to 1984 for the Houston Oilers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

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Marriage

Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognised union between people called spouses.

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Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad

The Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad was a Class I railroad company in the United States, with its last headquarters in Dallas, Texas.

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Moon Martin

John David "Moon" Martin (October 31, 1945 – May 11, 2020) was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist.

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North Fork Red River

The North Fork Red River, sometimes called simply the "North Fork", is a tributary of the Red River of the South about long, heading along the eastern Caprock Escarpment of the Llano Estacado about southwest of Pampa, Texas.

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Oklahoma

Oklahoma (Choctaw: Oklahumma) is a state in the South Central region of the United States.

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Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education

The Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education (ODCTE, commonly known and branded as CareerTech) is an agency of the state of Oklahoma located in Stillwater, Oklahoma.

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Oklahoma Historical Society

The Oklahoma Historical Society (OHS) is an agency of the government of Oklahoma dedicated to promotion and preservation of Oklahoma's history and its people by collecting, interpreting, and disseminating knowledge and artifacts of Oklahoma.

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Oklahoma Territory

The Territory of Oklahoma was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from May 2, 1890, until November 16, 1907, when it was joined with the Indian Territory under a new constitution and admitted to the Union as the state of Oklahoma.

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Olustee, Oklahoma

Olustee is a town in Jackson County, Oklahoma, United States.

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Per capita income

Per capita income (PCI) or average income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year.

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PGA Tour

The PGA Tour (stylized as PGA TOUR by its officials) is the organizer of professional golf tours in North America.

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Poverty threshold

The poverty threshold, poverty limit, poverty line, or breadline is the minimum level of income deemed adequate in a particular country.

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Race and ethnicity in the United States census

In the United States census, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) define a set of self-identified categories of race and ethnicity chosen by residents, with which they most closely identify.

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Rainbow

A rainbow is an optical phenomenon caused by refraction, internal reflection and dispersion of light in water droplets resulting in a continuous spectrum of light appearing in the sky.

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Red River of the South

The Red River, or sometimes the Red River of the South to differentiate it from the Red River in the north of the continent, is a major river in the Southern United States. It was named for its reddish water color from passing through red-bed country in its watershed. It is known as the Red River of the South to distinguish it from the Red River of the North, which flows between Minnesota and North Dakota into the Canadian province of Manitoba.

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Richard Lee McNair

Richard Lee McNair (born December 19, 1958) is an American convicted murderer known for his ability to escape and elude capture.

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Robert N. Bellah

Robert Neelly Bellah (February 23, 1927 – July 30, 2013) was an American sociologist and the Elliott Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley.

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Rodney Yee

Rodney Yee is an American yoga instructor who rose to national prominence in the mid-1990s when he was featured on the cover of Yoga Journal magazine and later starred in a series of Gaiam/Living Arts yoga instructional videos and DVDs.

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Samuel M. Sampler

Samuel M. Sampler (January 27, 1895 – November 19, 1979) was a United States Army soldier who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during World War I.

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Semi-arid climate

A semi-arid climate, semi-desert climate, or steppe climate is a dry climate sub-type.

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Steve Marino

Stephen Paul Marino Jr. (born March 10, 1980) is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour.

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Supreme Court of the United States

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States.

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Suzi Gardner

Suzanne Gardner (born August 1, 1960) is an American musician and creative director best known for being a guitarist, vocalist, and co-founder of the rock band L7.

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Texas

Texas (Texas or Tejas) is the most populous state in the South Central region of the United States.

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Theology

Theology is the study of religious belief from a religious perspective, with a focus on the nature of divinity.

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Thomas C. Oden

Thomas Clark Oden (1931–2016) was an American Methodist theologian and religious author.

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Thunderstorm

A thunderstorm, also known as an electrical storm or a lightning storm, is a storm characterized by the presence of lightning and its acoustic effect on the Earth's atmosphere, known as thunder.

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Tom Steed Reservoir

Created in 1975, Tom Steed Reservoir is a reservoir in Kiowa County, Oklahoma, northwest of the city of Snyder, Oklahoma.

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U.S. Route 62 in Oklahoma

In Oklahoma, U.S. Highway 62 (US 62) runs diagonally across the state, from the Texas state line in far southwestern Oklahoma to the Arkansas state line near Fayetteville.

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U.S. state

In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50.

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United Methodist Church

The United Methodist Church (UMC) is a worldwide mainline Protestant denomination based in the United States, and a major part of Methodism.

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United States Air Force

The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States.

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United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau (USCB), officially the Bureau of the Census, is a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System, responsible for producing data about the American people and economy.

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Vernon, Texas

Vernon is a city and the county seat of Wilbarger County, Texas, United States.

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Western Oklahoma State College

Western Oklahoma State College is a public community college in Altus, Oklahoma.

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Wichita Falls and Northwestern Railway

The Wichita Falls and Northwestern Railway, its affiliate the Northwestern Railway Company of Texas, and two subsidiaries collectively constructed a railway running from Wichita Falls, Texas through Altus, Oklahoma to Forgan, Oklahoma, with a branch running from Altus to Wellington, Texas.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altus,_Oklahoma

Also known as Altus High School, Altus, OK, Altus, Texas, History of Altus, Oklahoma, UN/LOCODE:USLTS.

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