Sandstone Symbols Prove Norsemen were in Oklahoma

Trivia
on September 23, 2001

Eight symbols inscribed on a huge sandstone may prove Norsemen were in Oklahoma 500 years before Spanish explorer Francisco Vasquez de Coronado. Some scholars believe the inscription on the Heavener Runestone is a date-Nov. 11, 1012. The stone is at Heavener Runestone State Park near Heavener (pop. 3,201).

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