Stillwater is a city in and the county seat of Payne County, Oklahoma, United States. It is located in north-central Oklahoma at the intersection of U.S. Route 177 and State Highway 51. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 45,688, making it the tenth-largest city in Oklahoma. The Stillwater Micropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 78,399 according to the 2012 census estimate. Stillwater was part of the first Oklahoma Land Run held on April 22, 1889, when the Unassigned Lands were opened for settlement and became the core of the new Oklahoma Territory. The city charter was adopted on August 24, 1889, and operates under a council-manager government system.
Oklahoma State University–Stillwater is a public land-grant research university in Stillwater, Oklahoma. OSU was founded in 1890 under the Morrill Act. Originally known as Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College, it is the flagship institution of the Oklahoma State University System that holds more than 35,000 students across its five campuses with an annual budget of $1.5 billion. The main campus enrollment for the fall 2019 semester was 24,071, with 20,024 undergraduates and 4,017 graduate students. OSU is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". According to the National Science Foundation, OSU spent $198.8 million on research and development in 2021.
Thomas Corwin Mendenhall was an American autodidact physicist and meteorologist. He was the first professor hired at Ohio State University in 1873 and the superintendent of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey from 1889 to 1894. Alongside his work, he was also an advocate for the adoption of the metric system by the United States and is the father of author profiling.
The Oklahoma State University System is a university system comprising six educational institutes across Oklahoma: four general academic universities and two health institutions. Its flagship institute is the Oklahoma State University–Stillwater. The Oklahoma State University System has a total enrollment of about 34,568 students and is the largest university in the state of Oklahoma with an annual budget of $1.5 billion. The System also has Agricultural Experiment Stations throughout Oklahoma and Cooperative Extension offices that serve all 77 counties.
The National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum is a museum and hall of fame for amateur wrestling, headquartered in Stillwater, Oklahoma. In 2010, it began operating the Dan Gable Museum in Waterloo, Iowa.
The Oklahoma State University Ferguson College of Agriculture serves as the agricultural component of OSU-Stillwater in Stillwater, Oklahoma and operates within the university's Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources (DASNR). Agriculture has been a part of Oklahoma State University since the school's inception in 1890, when it was known as Oklahoma Agricultural & Mechanical College. Today the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources has emerged as one of the top agricultural institutions amongst Big 12 Conference schools and throughout the United States.
Ken E. Mendenhall is a former American football center who played ten seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Baltimore Colts.
University of Oklahoma Observatory is an astronomical observatory. It is located in Norman, Oklahoma on the campus of the University of Oklahoma. Built in 1939, with a 10-inch Newtonian reflector and a smaller 3.5-inch telescope, it was housed in a 16-foot dome atop what was at the time the southernmost building on campus. In 1995, the original 10-inch telescope was replaced by a 0.4 meters Meade SCT.
The 1914 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1914 college football season. In their 10th year under head coach Bennie Owen, the Sooners compiled a 9–1–1 record, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 440 to 96.
James Edmund Halligan was an American state senator from Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University president. Halligan defeated Robert "Bob" Murphy in 2008, gaining a Republican seat in the state senate and helping to deliver his party control for the first time in state history.
Boyd Almon Hill was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Central State Normal School—now known as the University of Central Oklahoma—in 1904, the Haskell Institute—now known as Haskell Indian Nations University—in 1905, and Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College—now known as Oklahoma State University–Stillwater—from 1906 to 1907, compiling a career college football record of 9–16–4. Hill was also the head basketball coach at Oklahoma A&M for one season in 1907–08, tallying a mark of 2–3.
The 1905 Oklahoma A&M Aggies football team represented Oklahoma A&M College in the 1905 college football season. This was the fifth year of football at A&M and the team's head coach was F. A. McCoy. The Aggies played their home games in Stillwater, Oklahoma Territory. They finished the season 1–4–2.
The 1906 Oklahoma A&M Aggies football team represented Oklahoma A&M College in the 1906 college football season. This was the sixth year of football at A&M and the first under Boyd Hill. The Aggies played their home games in Stillwater, Oklahoma Territory. They finished the season 1–4–2.
The 1912 Oklahoma A&M Aggies football team represented Oklahoma A&M College in the 1912 college football season. This was the 12th year of football at A&M and the fourth under Paul J. Davis. The Aggies played their home games in Stillwater, Oklahoma. They finished the season 5–2.
The 1914 Oklahoma A&M Aggies football team represented Oklahoma A&M College as an independent in the 1914 college football season. This was the 14th year of football at A&M and the sixth under Paul J. Davis. The Aggies played their home games at Lewis Field in Stillwater, Oklahoma. They finished the season 6–2–1.
Jessie Olive Thatcher Bost She was the first female graduate of Oklahoma State University. Bost was born in Guthrie Center, Iowa, Her family moved to Stillwater in 1891, then part of Oklahoma Territory, and she enrolled in a university, then known as Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical (A&M) College, when it opened later that year. She graduated in 1897, alongside two male students in the university's second graduating class. After graduation, Bost worked as a public school teacher in Stillwater. Bost remained involved with the university and became the first president of its Alumni Association in 1902 and the Half-Century Club in 1954. The university named its first female dormitory "Jessie Thatcher Hall for Bost when it opened in 1925.
The 2015 Oklahoma State University homecoming parade attack occurred on October 24, 2015, in Stillwater, Oklahoma, when Adacia Avery Chambers drove her sedan into a crowd watching the homecoming parade for Oklahoma State University–Stillwater on the university's campus. Four people were killed in the crash, and 46 others were reported injured. Chambers pled no contest to second-degree murder and assault charges, and was sentenced to life imprisonment.
The 2017 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team represented Oklahoma State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cowboys played their home games at the Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater, Oklahoma and competed in the Big 12 Conference. They were led by 13th-year head coach Mike Gundy. They finished the season 10–3, 6–3 in Big 12 play to finish in third place. They were invited to the Camping World Bowl where they defeated Virginia Tech.
John Talley is an American politician and minister serving as a member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from the 33rd district. Elected in November 2018, he assumed office on January 14, 2019.
