Tuesday Trivia: January 18, 2022

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Answer this Oklahoma trivia question to receive awesome prizes!

Test your Oklahoma knowledge and win prizes by answering our weekly Tuesday Trivia question. Every week, we’ll choose a winner from the correct respondents to receive a prize—from an Okie sticker to a subscription to Oklahoma Today and more.

It's a fair bet to say the Oklahoma Today staff are fans of the written word and quite fond of seeing it printed on paper. While many Oklahomans get their news on TV or via the internet now, broadband was very hard to come by before statehood . . . in the sense that it didn't exist yet. In order to know what was going on nearby and across the country, Oklahoma's earliest settlers relied on newspapers, of which there were plenty.

What was the first newspaper published in what would become Oklahoma?

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Greg Elwell

Greg Elwell served as research editor and web editor of Oklahoma Today from 2018-2023. He also has worked for newspapers, medical research organizations, and government institutions.

Greg Elwell
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