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 1901 - 1903 (2 years)
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| 1 | 1901 | - 1901: Kiowa County in the Oklahoma Territory is formed with land from the Kiowa, Comanche and Apache Indians.
- 1 Aug 1901: A lot auction in Kiowa County, Oklahoma begins to convert a 2,000-tent "Rag City" into the town of Hobart. Hobart receives its first telephones.
- 14 Sep 1901: Theodore Roosevelt is sworn in as President of the United States at age 42. [He becomes President as a result of the assassination of President William McKinley.]
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| 2 | 1903 | - 1903: Hobart, Kiowa County in the Oklahoma Territory receives its first automobile.
- 17 Dec 1903: The Wright brothers fly the Wright Flyer I at Kill Devil Hill near Kitty Hawk, Dare County, North Carolina. [Kill Devil Hill is on the Northern Outer Banks portion of Cape Hatteras.] They fly 4 times that day in what are the first controlled, powered, and sustained flights. The Wight Flyer I is constructed of spruce, including the propellers. It has a 40.3-foot wingspan and weighs 605 pounds. It has a 12-horsepower gasoline engine. Wilbur and Orville Wright take turns on the flights. The first flight is at a height of 10 feet and travels approximately 120 feet in 12 seconds. The next two flights travel 175 feet. The final flight travels 852 feet and lasts 59 seconds. Wilbur Wright is age 36, and Orville Wright is age 32.
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