Oklahoma is the only state founded in an afternoon
- At noon, April 22, 1889, some 50,000 settlers raced onto 2 million acres
- Oklahoma City went from a rail stop to a tent city by nightfall
- Tulsa was "the Oil Capital of the World" for most of the 20th century
- The Sooner State, 46th to join the Union (1907)
How Oklahoma’s digital economy grew
The Land Run opens the Unassigned Lands
At noon on April 22, roughly 50,000 settlers rush by horse, wagon and packed "boomer trains" onto 1.89 million acres. Oklahoma City and Guthrie go from open prairie to instant settlements the same day.
A state born at the sound of a gun
At noon on April 22, 1889, signals fired simultaneously at every entry point along the border of the Unassigned Lands. Settlers went in on horseback, in wagons, and packed into "boomer trains" — at Oklahoma Station, the train arriving at 2:10pm was described by one witness as "a giant centipede with hundreds of arms and legs." By nightfall, 4,000 to 6,000 settlers had claimed homes and businesses on land that had been open prairie that morning. Those who entered illegally early, hiding in ravines to jump the line, were called "Sooners" — an insult that only became a point of pride decades later, once the University of Oklahoma adopted it for its football team.
The oil capital of the world
Oklahoma’s oil story starts at Bartlesville in 1897, but Tulsa built the empire: the 1905 Glenn Pool discovery drove Oklahoma to the nation’s top oil-producing state by 1907, and by 1920 Tulsa had 400 petroleum companies funding an Art Deco skyline. Bartlesville had its own legacy: Phillips Petroleum, founded there in 1917 with just $3 million in assets, became the nation’s largest natural-gas-liquids producer by 1925 and today traces straight through to both ConocoPhillips and Phillips 66.
How Oklahoma businesses buy websites
The Land Run and the oil boom built Oklahoma’s identity, but most of its businesses today are the trades and shops serving Oklahoma City, Tulsa’s neighborhoods, and towns across the rest of the state.
Trades and home services
Oklahoma covers a lot of ground — say plainly which towns and counties you actually serve.
Professional and B2B services
An energy and agriculture economy rewards clarity about exactly what you do.
Shops and hospitality
Clear hours and location, readable on a phone, win the quick local search.
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Why FastSites works here
A state that went from empty prairie to a functioning city in a single afternoon understands the value of moving fast without wasting time. A clear one-page site, live in days, at a published price, is that same instinct for a small business.