Why Is Oklahoma Shaped Like A Cooking Pot With A Panhandle?

Why Is Oklahoma Shaped Like A Cooking Pot With A Panhandle?

The story of how Oklahoma's borders ended up looking like a cooking pot with a handle is one steeped in the state’s unique history and the legacy of slavery.Take a look at a map of the US and you’ll see the shape of Oklahoma is relatively rectangular-shaped except for a 106-kilometer (66-mile) strip of land awkwardly poking out of its top left corner towards New Mexico. It quite literally sticks out like a sore thumb. Beneath this band of land, …