Famous Inventions

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Famous Inventions

• Sylvan Goldman invented the first shopping cart
  in 1936. Sylvan owned a chain of  Oklahoma City
  grocery stores called Standard/Piggly-Wiggly. He
  invented the first shopping cart by adding two
  wire basket and wheels to a folding chair.
  Goldman, together with mechanic Fred Young, later
  designed a dedicated shopping cart in 1947 and
  formed the Folding Carrier Co. to manufacture the
  carts.

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Famous Inventions

• George Thuesen and Gerald A. Hale were
  engineering professors at Oklahoma State and
  began working on the parking meter in 1933 at the
  request of Carl C. Magee of Oklahoma City,
  Oklahoma, United States. The world's first
  installed parking meter was in Oklahoma City on
  July 16, 1935
• Clinton Riggs, an Oklahoma Highway Patrolman, got
  the idea for a yield sign while attending a
  traffic institute meeting in 1939 at Chicago. The
  war years slowed its development but in 1959 the
  first yield sign was used at a dangerous
  intersection in Tulsa. It lowered the number of
  accidents

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Famous Inventions

• Wiley Post hand inventing the modern day flight
  suit and the autopilot. He died in a plane crash
  in Alaska with Will Rogers.
• Gordon Matthews, invented voice mail and got it
  patented on February 1, 1983

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Famous Inventions

• Ditch Witch
• Carl Frederick Malzahn, a German immigrant, moved
  from Minnesota to Perry, Oklahoma Territory, and
  opened a blacksmith shop. His two sons, Charlie
  and Gus, soon joined their father in business. In
  time, Charlie was running the business.
• When the oil boom occurred, the business became a
  machine shop to serve the oil industry. Following
  World War II, Charlies son, Ed Malzahn with a
  mechanical engineering degree, realized there was
  a need for a piece of equipment to dig ditches
  for gas, electric and plumbing lines. Until then
  picks and shovels had been used. He invented a
  compact trencher that today is known as the Ditch
  Witch
• Today the Perry company designs and manufacturers
  a wide range of high-quality underground
  construction equipment.

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Famous Oklahomans

• Johnny Bench baseball player, Oklahoma CityJohn
  Berryman poet, MacAlesterGarth Brooks singer,
  TulsaJeremy Castle singer, BlanchardIron Eyes
  Cody Cherokee actorGordon Cooper astronaut,
  ShawneeRalph Ellison writer, Oklahoma CityJames
  Garner actor, NormanOwen K. Garriott astronaut,
  EnidVince Gill singer, NormanChester Gould
  cartoonist, PawneeWoodrow Wilson Woody Guthrie
  singer, composer, OkemahIke,Taylor, Zac Hanson
  music, TulsaRoy Harris composer, Lincoln
  CtyPaul Harvey broadcaster, TulsaVan Heflin
  actor, Walters

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Famous Oklahomans

• Tony Hillerman author, Sacred HeartRon Howard
  actor, director, DuncanKarl Guthe Jansky
  engineer, NormanBen Johnson actor,
  PawhuskaJennifer Jones actress, TulsaJeane
  Kirkpatrick diplomat, DuncanShannon Lucid
  astronaut, BethanyMickey Charles Mantle baseball
  player, SpavinawReba McEntire singer,
  McAlesterShannon Miller Olympic gymnast,
  EdmondBill Moyers journalist, HugoDaniel
  Patrick Moynihan N.Y. senator, Tulsa

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Famous Oklahomans

• Daniel Patrick Moynihan N.Y. senator, TulsaPatti
  Page singer, ClarenceBrad Pitt actor
  ShawneeTony Randall actor, TulsaOral Roberts
  evangelist, AdaDale Robertson actor, Oklahoma
  CityWill Rogers humorist, OologahDan Rowan
  comedian, BeggsRobert Stemmons whistler,
  TulsaMaria Tallchief ballerina, FairfaxJames
  Francis Jim Thorpe athlete, PragueJeanne
  Tripplehorn actress, TulsaTed Shackleford actor,
  TulsaWilma Mankiller Cherokee chief, Tahlequah

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Famous Oklahomans

• Patti Page singer, ClarenceBrad Pitt actor
  ShawneeTony Randall actor, TulsaOral Roberts
  evangelist, AdaDale Robertson actor, Oklahoma
  CityWill Rogers humorist, OologahDan Rowan
  comedian, BeggsRobert Stemmons whistler,
  TulsaMaria Tallchief ballerina, FairfaxJames
  Francis Jim Thorpe athlete, PragueJeanne
  Tripplehorn actress, TulsaTed Shackleford actor,
  TulsaWilma Mankiller Cherokee chief, Tahlequah

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Chapter 28 Quiz

• 1.) What was the first shopping cart made out of?
• a.) Folding chair with two baskets and wheels on
  it
• b.) Two baskets and wheels attached to a bench
• c.) A bar stool with two baskets and wheels
  attached to it
• 2.) Where was the first yield sign used?
• a.) At an intersection in Downtown Oklahoma City
• b.) At an intersection in Guthrie
• c.) At an intersection in Tulsa
• 3.) Where was the first parking meter used?
• a.) In downtown Tulsa
• b.) In downtown OKC
• c.) In Guthrie Public Schools
• 4.) Name one famous invention of Wiley Post?
• a.) A system that would pilots to put airplanes
  in automatic mode
• b.) A system that would allow airplanes to stay
  in the air even if they lose power
• c.) A system that would allow airplanes to take
  off electronically without the pilots
  assistance

• 6.) Why was the Ditch Witch invented?
• a.) To dig trenches in the oil field more
  efficiently
• b.) To dig the trenches used in World War I more
  efficiently
• c.) To increase the efficiency of installing
  underground irrigation systems
• 7.) Name the Hall of Fame catcher known as the
  Stinger from Binger?
• a.) Garth Brooks
• b.) Mickey Mantle
• c.) Johnny Bench
• 8.) Name the Hall of Fame outfielder for the New
  York who was known as the Commerce Comet.
• a.) Garth Brooks
• b.) Mickey Mantle
• c.) Johnny Bench
• 9.) Describe why Garth Brooks became so famous.
• 10.) List two famous Oklahomans and list
  what they were famous for.
• A.) __________________________ B.)
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