GUTHRIE -- The governor, lawmakers and other state officials assembled Thursday in this first capital city, where Oklahoma's founders met 100 years ago to form the 46th state of the union. The joint legislative session, attended by more than 500 people, heard from re-enactors including one portraying President Theodore Roosevelt, who signed the legislation admitting Oklahoma as a state. Three high school students representing original delegates of the constitutional convention voiced the...

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Once you know what the word Avalon refers to, you have to wonder what possessed a car company to name its sedan after a mythical Celtic island of the dead. Charleston.net does not edit user submitted statements and we cannot promise that readers will not occasionally find offensive or inaccurate comments posted in the comments area. Still, countless hours not to mention millions of dollars are spent by manufacturers to come up with the perfect moniker. Of course, such a thing couldn't...