Muskogee County

Muskogee County

Muskogee County was named for the Muscogee (Creek) Nation.

Muskogee

Muskogee County

Bake Oven

This brick oven was constructed with the new bakery erected at Fort Gibson about 1863 to supply the garrison with fresh bread. **

Muskogee

Muskogee County

Battle of Honey Springs

Site 2 mi. east where on July 17, 1863, Gen. J. G. Blunt with Union force of 3,000 men attacked a Confederate force under Gen. D. H. Cooper, encamp...

Muskogee

Muskogee County

Cherokee National Cemetery

Before the Civil War, the Cherokees designated the cemetery as a national cemetery. The Cherokee Nation maintained the cemetery until 1906 when it ...

Muskogee

Muskogee County

First Commercial Long Distance Telephone Line in Oklahoma

Telephones in 1886 The first commercial long distance telephone line in Oklahoma was placed in service here in 1886. It connected Fort Gibso...

Muskogee

Muskogee County

Fort Davis

Brigadier General Albert Pike established this frontier post in November of 1861 to house Confederate forces. It was named for Confederate Presiden...

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Muskogee County

Fort Gibson

Fort Gibson has a long and colorful history. The first post was erected by Colonel Matthew Arbuckle in 1824 and named for the head of the army's co...

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Muskogee County

John Martin's Grave

Here lies buried John Martin, a Cherokee indian, born October 20, 1781. He was first chief justice of the first supreme court established in the Ch...

Muskogee

Muskogee County

La Harpe’s Council

First peace council and alliance between a European government and Oklahoma Indian tribes occurred here in 1719 when French explorer Bernard de la ...

Muskogee

Muskogee County

Powder Magazine

Erected to provide storage space for the gunpowder and ammunition used by the troops stationed at the post, this building was constructed about 184...

Muskogee

Muskogee County

Red Bird

This is one of thirteen all-black towns, out of more than 50 that once existed, remaining in Oklahoma. While Tullahassee is reportedly the oldest, ...

Muskogee

Muskogee County

State's Earliest Oil Refinery

STATE'S EARLIEST OIL REFINERY Muskogee Oil Refining Company, organized in March, 1905, built a "finishing plant" near this site in November, 190...

Muskogee

Muskogee County

Thomas-Foreman Home

Residence was built by John R. Thomas, a federal judge and former congressman from Illinois. He was known as the father of the United States Navy f...

Muskogee

Muskogee County

Tullahassee

Tullahassee, a Creek word meaning "old town," now occupies the site of Tullahassee Mission, established in the Creek Nation in 1850 by Reverend Rob...

Muskogee

Muskogee County

Union Agency

Now housing the Five Civilized Tribes Museum, this original Union Agency building was constructed in 1875 by the federal government to oversee the ...

Muskogee

Muskogee County

USS Batfish / War Memorial Park and Museum

Muskogee War Memorial and home of the USS Batfish.

Muskogee

Muskogee County

Webbers Falls

Western Cherokee Chief Walter Webber established a trading post here in 1829. The falls on the Arkansas were reportedly six feet high in 1806, suff...

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Muskogee County

Younger's Bend

Formerly a strong southerly bend in the Canadian River was located here. The course of the river was permanently changed after the construction of ...

  1. County information from Wikipedia.
  2. Population from U.S. Census Bureau, 2020.