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Oklahoma Territory<\/a> and Indian Territory<\/a> were merged into the State of Oklahoma when it became the 46th state to enter the union on November 16, 1907. \u00a0Its residents are known as Oklahomans (or colloquially, “Okies”), and its capital and largest city is Oklahoma City<\/a>.<\/p>\n A major producer of natural gas, oil, and agricultural products, Oklahoma relies on an economic base of aviation, energy, telecommunications, and biotechnology.\u00a0 Both Oklahoma City and Tulsa<\/a> serve as Oklahoma’s primary economic anchors, with nearly two thirds of Oklahomans living within their metropolitan statistical areas.<\/p>\n With ancient mountain ranges, prairie, mesas, and eastern forests, most of Oklahoma lies in the Great Plains<\/a>, Cross Timbers<\/a>, and the U.S. Interior Highlands<\/a>, a region prone mainly to severe weather.\u00a0 More than 25 Native American languages are spoken in Oklahoma, ranking third behind Alaska<\/a> and California<\/a>.<\/p>\n Oklahoma is on a confluence of three major American cultural regions and historically served as a route for cattle drives, a destination for Southern settlers, and a government-sanctioned territory for Native Americans.<\/p>\n The name Oklahoma comes from the Choctaw<\/a> phrase okla humma, literally meaning red people. \u00a0Choctaw Nation Chief Allen Wright<\/a> suggested the name in 1866 during treaty negotiations with the federal government on the use of Indian Territory, in which he envisioned an all-Indian state controlled by the United States Superintendent of Indian Affairs<\/a>.<\/p>\n Equivalent to the English word Indian, okla humma was a phrase in the Choctaw language that described Native American people as a whole. \u00a0Oklahoma later became the de facto name for Oklahoma Territory, and it was officially approved in 1890, two years after the area was opened to white settlers.<\/p>\n Oklahoma is the 20th-largest state in the United States.\u00a0 It lies partly in the Great Plains near the geographical center of the 48 contiguous states.<\/p>\n Oklahoma is between the Great Plains and the Ozark Plateau<\/a> in the Gulf of Mexico<\/a> watershed, generally sloping from the high plains of its western boundary to the low wetlands of its southeastern boundary.\u00a0 Its highest and lowest points follow this trend, with its highest peak, Black Mesa<\/a>, at 4,973 feet above sea level, situated near its far northwest corner in the Oklahoma Panhandle<\/a>.<\/p>\n The state’s lowest point is on the Little River<\/a> near its far southeastern boundary near the town of Idabel, Oklahoma<\/a>, which dips to 289 feet above sea level.<\/p>\n Among the most geographically diverse states, Oklahoma is one of four to harbor more than 10 distinct ecological regions, with 11 in its borders\u2014more per square mile than in any other state.\u00a0 Its western and eastern halves, however, are marked by extreme differences in geographical diversity: Eastern Oklahoma touches eight ecological regions and its western half contains three. \u00a0Although having fewer ecological regions Western Oklahoma contains many rare, relic species.<\/p>\n Oklahoma has four primary mountain ranges: the Ouachita Mountains<\/a>, the Arbuckle Mountains<\/a>, the Wichita Mountains<\/a>, and the Ozark Mountains<\/a>.<\/p>\n Contained within the U.S. Interior Highlands region, the Ozark and Ouachita Mountains are the only major mountainous region between the Rocky Mountains<\/a> and the Appalachians<\/a>.\u00a0 A portion of the Flint Hills<\/a> stretches into north-central Oklahoma.<\/p>\n The semi-arid high plains in the state’s northwestern corner harbor few natural forests; the region has a rolling to flat landscape with intermittent canyons and mesa ranges like the Glass Mountains<\/a>. \u00a0Partial plains interrupted by small, sky island mountain ranges like the Antelope Hills<\/a> and the Wichita Mountains dot southwestern Oklahoma; transitional prairie and oak savannas cover the central portion of the state. \u00a0The Ozark and Ouachita Mountains rise from west to east over the state’s eastern third, gradually increasing in elevation in an eastward direction.<\/p>\n Evidence suggests indigenous peoples traveled through Oklahoma as early as the last ice age.\u00a0 Ancestors of the Wichita<\/a>, Kichai<\/a>, Teyas<\/a>, Escanjaques<\/a>, and Caddo<\/a> lived in what is now Oklahoma. \u00a0Southern Plains villagers lived in the central and west of the state, with a subgroup, the Panhandle culture people living in panhandle region. \u00a0Caddoan Mississippian<\/a> culture peoples lived in the eastern part of the state.<\/p>\n Spiro Mounds<\/a>, in what is now Spiro, Oklahoma<\/a>, was a major Mississippian mound complex that flourished between CE 850 and 1450.<\/p>\n The Spaniard Francisco V\u00e1zquez de Coronado<\/a> traveled through the state in 1541, but French explorers claimed the area in the 1700s.<\/p>\n In the 18th century, Kiowa<\/a>, Apache<\/a>, and Comanche<\/a> entered the region from the west and Quapaw<\/a> and Osage<\/a> peoples moved into what is now eastern Oklahoma. French colonists claimed the region until 1803, when all the French territory west of the Mississippi River<\/a> was purchased by the United States in the Louisiana Purchase<\/a>.<\/p>\n The territory now known as Oklahoma was first a part of the Arkansas Territory<\/a> from 1819 until 1828.<\/p>\n During the 19th century, thousands of Native Americans were expelled from their ancestral homelands from across North America and transported to the area including and surrounding present-day Oklahoma. \u00a0The Choctaw was the first of the Five Civilized Tribes<\/a> to be removed from the Southeastern United States. \u00a0The phrase “Trail of Tears<\/a>” originated from a description of the removal of the Choctaw Nation in 1831, although the term is usually used for the Cherokee<\/a> removal.<\/p>\n Seventeen thousand Cherokees and 2,000 of their black slaves were deported.\u00a0 The area, already occupied by Osage and Quapaw tribes, was called for the Choctaw Nation until revised Native American and then later American policy redefined the boundaries to include other Native Americans. \u00a0By 1890, more than 30 Native American nations and tribes had been concentrated on land within Indian Territory or “Indian Country”.<\/p>\n All Five Civilized Tribes supported and signed treaties with the Confederate<\/a> military during the American Civil War<\/a>.\u00a0 The Cherokee Nation had an internal civil war.\u00a0 Slavery in Indian Territory was not abolished until 1866.<\/p>\n In the period between 1866 and 1899, cattle ranches in Texas strove to meet the demands for food in eastern cities and railroads in Kansas promised to deliver in a timely manner. \u00a0Cattle trails and cattle ranches developed as cowboys either drove their product north or settled illegally in Indian Territory.\u00a0 In 1881, four of five major cattle trails on the western frontier traveled through Indian Territory.<\/p>\n Increased presence of white settlers in Indian Territory prompted the United States Government to establish the Dawes Act in 1887<\/a>, which divided the lands of individual tribes into allotments for individual families, encouraging farming and private land ownership among Native Americans but expropriating land to the federal government. \u00a0In the process, railroad companies took nearly half of Indian-held land within the territory for outside settlers and for purchase.<\/p>\n Major land runs, including the Land Run of 1889<\/a>, were held for settlers where certain territories were opened to settlement starting at a precise time.<\/p>\n Usually land was open to settlers on a first come first served basis.\u00a0 Those who broke the rules by crossing the border into the territory before the official opening time were said to have been crossing the border sooner, leading to the term sooners, which eventually became the state’s official nickname.<\/p>\n Deliberations to make the territory into a state began near the end of the 19th century, when the Curtis Act<\/a> continued the allotment of Indian tribal land.<\/p>\n Attempts to create an all-Indian state named Oklahoma and a later attempt to create an all-Indian state named Sequoyah<\/a> failed but the Sequoyah Statehood Convention of 1905<\/a> eventually laid the groundwork for the Oklahoma Statehood Convention<\/a>, which took place two years later.\u00a0 On November 16, 1907, Oklahoma was established as the 46th state in the Union.<\/p>\n The new state became a focal point for the emerging oil industry, as discoveries of oil pools prompted towns to grow rapidly in population and wealth. \u00a0Tulsa eventually became known as the “Oil Capital of the World” for most of the 20th century and oil investments fueled much of the state’s early economy.\u00a0 In 1927, Oklahoman businessman Cyrus Avery<\/a>, known as the “Father of Route 66”, began the campaign to create U.S. Route 66<\/a>. \u00a0Using a stretch of highway from Amarillo, Texas<\/a> to Tulsa, Oklahoma to form the original portion of Highway 66, Avery spearheaded the creation of the U.S. Highway 66 Association<\/a> to oversee the planning of Route 66, based in his hometown of Tulsa.<\/p>\n Oklahoma also has a rich African American history. \u00a0Many black towns thrived in the early 20th century because of black settlers moving from neighboring states, especially Kansas. \u00a0The politician Edward P. McCabe<\/a> encouraged black settlers to come to what was then Indian Territory. \u00a0He discussed with President Theodore Roosevelt<\/a> the possibility of making Oklahoma a majority-black state.<\/p>\n By the early 20th century, the Greenwood neighborhood of Tulsa<\/a> was one of the most prosperous African-American communities in the United States.\u00a0 Jim Crow laws<\/a> had established racial segregation since before the start of the 20th century, but the blacks had created a thriving area.<\/p>\n Social tensions were exacerbated by the revival of the Ku Klux Klan<\/a> after 1915. \u00a0The Tulsa Race Riot<\/a> broke out in 1921, with whites attacking blacks. \u00a0In one of the costliest episodes of racial violence in American history, sixteen hours of rioting resulted in 35 city blocks destroyed, $1.8 million in property damage, and a death toll estimated to be as high as 300 people.\u00a0 By the late 1920s, the Ku Klux Klan had declined to negligible influence within the state.<\/p>\n During the 1930s, parts of the state began suffering the consequences of poor farming practice. \u00a0This period was known as the Dust Bowl<\/a>, throughout which areas of Kansas, Texas, New Mexico and northwestern Oklahoma were hampered by long periods of little rainfall, strong winds, and abnormally high temperatures, sending thousands of farmers into poverty and forcing them to relocate to more fertile areas of the western United States.<\/p>\n Over a twenty-year period ending in 1950, the state saw its only historical decline in population, dropping 6.9 percent as impoverished families migrated out of the state after the Dust Bowl.<\/p>\n Soil and water conservation projects markedly changed practices in the state and led to the construction of massive flood control systems and dams; they built hundreds of reservoirs and man-made lakes to supply water for domestic needs and agricultural irrigation. \u00a0By the 1960s, Oklahoma had created more than 200 lakes, the most in the nation.<\/p>\n In 1995, Oklahoma City was the site of one of the most destructive acts of domestic terrorism in American history. \u00a0The Oklahoma City bombing of April 19, 1995<\/a>, in which Timothy McVeigh<\/a> detonated a large, crude explosive device outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building<\/a>, killed 168 people, including 19 children.<\/p>\n For his crime, McVeigh was executed by the federal government on June 11, 2001. \u00a0His accomplice, Terry Nichols<\/a>, is serving life in prison without parole for helping plan the attack and prepare the explosive.<\/p>\n Oklahoma is host to a diverse range of sectors including aviation, energy, transportation equipment, food processing, electronics, and telecommunications. \u00a0Oklahoma is an important producer of natural gas, aircraft, and food.\u00a0 The state ranks third in the nation for production of natural gas, is the 27th-most agriculturally productive state, and also ranks 5th in production of wheat.\u00a0 Four Fortune 500 companies and six Fortune 1000 companies are headquartered in Oklahoma.<\/p>\n In 2010, Oklahoma City-based Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores<\/a> ranked 18th on the Forbes list of largest private companies, Tulsa-based QuikTrip<\/a> ranked 37th, and Oklahoma City-based Hobby Lobby<\/a> ranked 198th in 2010 report.<\/p>\n Though oil has historically dominated the state’s economy, a collapse in the energy industry during the 1980s led to the loss of nearly 90,000 energy-related jobs between 1980 and 2000, severely damaging the local economy.\u00a0 Oil accounted for 35 billion dollars in Oklahoma’s economy in 2007, and employment in the state’s oil industry was outpaced by five other industries in 2007.<\/p>\n Tulsa is home to the largest airline maintenance base in the world, which serves as the global maintenance and engineering headquarters for American Airlines<\/a>.\u00a0 In total, aerospace accounts for more than 10 percent of Oklahoma’s industrial output, and it is one of the top 10 states in aerospace engine manufacturing.\u00a0 Because of its position in the center of the United States, Oklahoma is also among the top states for logistic centers, and a major contributor to weather-related research.<\/p>\n The state is the top manufacturer of tires in North America and contains one of the fastest-growing biotechnology industries in the nation.\u00a0 In 2005, international exports from Oklahoma’s manufacturing industry totaled $4.3 billion, accounting for 3.6 percent of its economic impact.\u00a0 Tire manufacturing, meat processing, oil and gas equipment manufacturing, and air conditioner manufacturing are the state’s largest manufacturing industries.<\/p>\n Oklahoma is the nation’s third-largest producer of natural gas, and its fifth-largest producer of crude oil. The state also has the second-greatest number of active drilling rigs, and it is even ranked fifth in crude oil reserves.\u00a0 While the state is ranked eighth for installed wind energy capacity in 2011, it is at the bottom of states in usage of renewable energy, with 94% of its electricity being generated by non-renewable sources in 2009, including 25% from coal and 46% from natural gas.<\/p>\n As a whole, the oil energy industry contributes $35 billion to Oklahoma’s gross domestic product (GDP), and employees of the state’s oil-related companies earn an average of twice the state’s typical yearly income.\u00a0 In 2009, the state had 83,700 commercial oil wells churning 65.374 million barrels of crude oil.\u00a0 Eight and a half percent of the nation’s natural gas supply is held in Oklahoma, with 1.673 trillion cubic feet being produced in 2009.<\/p>\n The Oklahoma Stack Play<\/a> is a geographic referenced area in the Anadarko Basin<\/a>. \u00a0The oil field “Sooner Trend”, Anadarko basin and the counties of Kingfisher<\/a> and Canadian<\/a> make up the basis for the “Oklahoma STACK<\/a>“. \u00a0Other Plays such as the Eagle Ford<\/a> are geological rather than geographical.<\/p>\n According to Forbes magazine<\/a>, Oklahoma City-based Devon Energy Corporation<\/a>, Chesapeake Energy Corporation<\/a>, and SandRidge Energy Corporation<\/a> are the largest private oil-related companies in the nation, and all of Oklahoma’s Fortune 500 companies are energy-related.\u00a0 Tulsa’s ONEOK<\/a> and Williams Companies<\/a> are the state’s largest and second-largest companies respectively, also ranking as the nation’s second- and third-largest companies in the field of energy, according to Fortune magazine.\u00a0 The magazine also placed Devon Energy as the second-largest company in the mining and crude oil-producing industry in the nation, while Chesapeake Energy ranks seventh respectively in that sector and Oklahoma Gas & Electric ranks as the 25th-largest gas and electric utility company.<\/p>\n The 27th-most agriculturally productive state, Oklahoma is fifth in cattle production and fifth in production of wheat.\u00a0 Approximately 5.5 percent of American beef comes from Oklahoma, while the state produces 6.1 percent of American wheat, 4.2 percent of American pig products, and 2.2 percent of dairy products.<\/p>\n The state had 85,500 farms in 2012, collectively producing $4.3 billion in animal products and fewer than one billion dollars in crop output with more than $6.1 billion added to the state’s gross domestic product.\u00a0 Poultry and swine are its second- and third-largest agricultural industries.<\/p>\n Transportation in Oklahoma is generated by an anchor system of Interstate Highways, inter-city rail lines, airports, inland ports, and mass transit networks. \u00a0Situated along an integral point in the United States Interstate network, Oklahoma contains three interstate highways and four auxiliary Interstate Highways. \u00a0In Oklahoma City, Interstate 35<\/a> intersects with Interstate 44<\/a> and Interstate 40<\/a>, forming one of the most important intersections along the United States highway system.<\/p>\n More than 12,000 miles of roads make up the state’s major highway skeleton, including state-operated highways, ten turnpikes or major toll roads, and the longest drivable stretch of Route 66 in the nation.<\/p>\n Oklahoma’s largest commercial airport is Will Rogers World Airport<\/a> in Oklahoma City, averaging a yearly passenger count of more than 3.5 million (1.7 million boardings) in 2010.\u00a0 Tulsa International Airport<\/a>, the state’s second-largest commercial airport, served more than 1.3 million boardings in 2010.\u00a0 Between the two, six airlines operate in Oklahoma.\u00a0 In terms of traffic, Tulsa International Airport is the state’s busiest airport, with 335,826 takeoffs and landings in 2008.\u00a0 Smaller airports with limited commercial service include Lawton-Fort Sill Regional<\/a> and Stillwater Regional Airport<\/a>.<\/p>\n Oklahoma is connected to the nation’s rail network via Amtrak’s Heartland Flyer<\/a>, its only regional passenger rail line. \u00a0It currently stretches from Oklahoma City to Fort Worth, Texas, though lawmakers began seeking funding in early 2007 to connect the Heartland Flyer to Tulsa.<\/p>\n Two inland ports on rivers serve Oklahoma: the Port of Muskogee<\/a> and the Tulsa Port of Catoosa<\/a>. \u00a0The state’s only port handling international cargo, the Tulsa Port of Catoosa is the most inland ocean-going port in the nation and ships over two million tons of cargo each year.\u00a0 Both ports are on the McClellan\u2013Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System<\/a>, which connects barge traffic from Tulsa and Muskogee to the Mississippi River via the Verdigris<\/a> and Arkansas<\/a> rivers, contributing to one of the busiest waterways in the world.<\/p>\n The flag of the state of Oklahoma consists of a traditional Osage Nation buffalo-skin shield with seven eagle feathers on a sky blue field.<\/p>\n The Osage shield is covered by two symbols of peace: the Plains-style ceremonial pipe representing Native Americans, and the olive branch representing European Americans. \u00a0Six golden brown crosses, Native American symbols for stars, are spaced on the shield. \u00a0The blue field is inspired by the Choctaw flag adopted by the tribe in 1860 and carried though the American Civil War.\u00a0 The blue field also represents devotion. \u00a0The shield surmounted by the calumet and olive branch represents defensive or protective warfare, showing a love of peace by a united people.<\/p>\n Oklahoma’s first flag was adopted in 1911, four years after statehood. \u00a0Taking the colors red, white, and blue from the flag of the United States, the flag featured a large centered white star fimbriated<\/a> in blue on a red field. \u00a0The number 46 was written in blue inside the star, as Oklahoma was the forty-sixth state to join the Union.<\/p>\n A contest, sponsored by the Daughters of the American Revolution<\/a>, was held in 1924 to replace the flag, as red flags were closely associated with the red flag of communism. \u00a0The winning entry by Louise Fluke<\/a>, which was adopted as the state flag on April 2, 1925, resembled the current flag without the word Oklahoma on it.<\/p>\n That word was added in 1941 in an effort to combat widespread illiteracy.<\/p>\n The official design of the state flag has not changed since 1941, however, unauthorized Oklahoma flag designs became prevalent throughout the state, so much so that the correct and official design of the flag was becoming lost. \u00a0These unauthorized flags displayed stylized eagle feathers, incorrectly shaped crosses, an incorrectly shaped calumet<\/a>, wrong colors, or combinations of these and other errors.<\/p>\n In 2005, an Oklahoma boy scout<\/a> leader designing patches for a National Jamboree contingent was looking for an image of the Oklahoma state flag and noticed that there were multiple unauthorized designs of the Oklahoma state flag displayed on state government, historical, and educational websites. \u00a0With some research he was able to identify the official design to use, but because of the prevalence of unauthorized designs, he contacted his state representative, and was the impetus to standardize the colors and shapes by Oklahoma Senate Bill 1359 and signed into law by Governor Brad Henry<\/a> on May 23, 2006, taking effect on November 1, 2006.<\/p>\n Oklahoma is called “The Sooner<\/a> State.”<\/p>\n The unassigned lands of the Oklahoma Territory were opened up to settlement claims on April 22, 1889. \u00a0Thousands of people were in line on the border waiting for the\u00a0 signal to be given so they could race into the territory to claim a stake of land. \u00a0Some people went in early to stake claims and they became known as “Sooners.”<\/p>\n According to the Kentucky Historical Society<\/a>, “The early legal settlers of Oklahoma Territory held a very low opinion of sooners. \u00a0That began to change by 1908 when the University of Oklahoma<\/a> adopted the name for its football team. \u00a0By the 1920s the term no longer carried a negative connotation, and Oklahomans adopted the nickname as a badge of pride and progressivism. \u00a0Although never officially designated as such by statute or resolution, Oklahoma has since been known as the \u201cSooner State.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The official design of the state flag has not changed since 1941, however, unauthorized Oklahoma flag designs became prevalent throughout the state, so much so that the correct and official design of the flag was becoming lost. These unauthorized flags displayed stylized eagle feathers, incorrectly shaped crosses, an incorrectly shaped calument, wrong colors, or combinations of these and other errors.![\"Oklahoma](\"https:\/\/www.smoketreemanor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/02\/Oklahoma-City-300x199.jpg\" "\\"\\"")
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Origin of the Name:<\/h2>\n
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Geography:<\/h2>\n
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History:<\/h2>\n
Pre-History:<\/h3>\n
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Early Exploration:<\/h3>\n
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US Occupation:<\/h3>\n
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Statehood:<\/h3>\n
20th<\/sup> and 21st<\/sup> Centuries:<\/h3>\n
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Economy:<\/h2>\n
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Industry:<\/h3>\n
Energy:<\/h3>\n
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Agriculture:<\/h3>\n
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Transportation:<\/h2>\n
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The Flag of Oklahoma:<\/h2>\n
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State Nickname:<\/h2>\n
\nIn 2005, an Oklahoma boy scout leader designing patches for a National Jamboree contingent was looking for an image of the Oklahoma state flag and noticed that there were multiple unauthorized designs of the Oklahoma state flag displayed on state government, historical, and educational websites. With some research he was able to identify the official design to use, but because of the prevalence of unauthorized designs, he contacted his state representative, and was the impetus to standardize the colors and shapes by Oklahoma Senate Bill 1359 and signed into law by Governor Brad Henry on May 23, 2006, taking effect on November 1, 2006. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1752,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[5,6,7,41,43,40,42],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smoketreemanor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1717"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smoketreemanor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smoketreemanor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smoketreemanor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smoketreemanor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.smoketreemanor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1717\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smoketreemanor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smoketreemanor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smoketreemanor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smoketreemanor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}