No winter Olympics but Oklahoma DID have its own ski area for a very short time.
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KELLYVILLE, OKLAHOMA — We’re going back almost 50 years now, but Dwight Davidson can still make out the broad outlines of the only ski area that ever got up and running in Oklahoma. Davidson points and says, “Between here and Heyburn road, this had been leveled out for parking.” Nestled in a little valley off Route 66 north of Kellyville, a man named Willis rented some pasture from the Goodman family, cleared it off, and brought in some snowmaking equipment. […]