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7 unusual facts about Muskogee


Bare Bones International Film Festival

The Bare Bones International Film Festival was founded in 1999 by the Darkwood Film Arts Institute (DFAI) in the city of Muskogee, Oklahoma to showcase independent motion picture projects with budgets of less than 1 million dollars (hence Bare Bones).

Jasper Alston Atkins

Following his graduation of Yale Law School in 1922, Atkins moved to Muskogee, Oklahoma to open a law firm with Carter Walker Wesley, a Northwestern Law School graduate and fellow Fraternity brother who was initiated at the Fraternity's Ft. Des Moines chapter.

Midland Valley Railroad

Muskogee, Oklahoma, was home to the Midland Valley's headquarters and shops.

The Midland Valley Railroad was incorporated in 1903 for the purpose of building a line from Hoye, Arkansas, through Muskogee and Tulsa, Oklahoma to Wichita, Kansas.

Samuel Sylvester Cobb

On return to Indian Territory, Cobb went to work for The Brother in Red, a weekly paper published in Muskogee.

Tulsa metropolitan area

Based on commuting patterns, the adjacent micropolitan areas of Muskogee, Bartlesville and Tahlequah are grouped into a wider labor market region known as the Tulsa–Muskogee-Bartlesville Combined Statistical Area (CSA), commonly known as the Green Country region.

This port, along with the Port of Muskogee, is situated along the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System, which helps in the shipment of goods to international trade routes.


A. C. Trumbo House

The A.C. Trumbo House (1321 West Broadway) is a house in Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States, built in 1906 for Arthur C. Trumbo as a replica of one of Mark Twain's houses and is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Bass Reeves

In 2007, the U.S. Route 62 bridge crossing the Arkansas River between Muskogee and Fort Gibson, Oklahoma was named the Bass Reeves Memorial Bridge in his honor.

Bill Mercer

In his 60+ year career Mercer provided play-by-play broadcasting for minor league teams first the Muskogee Giants of the Class C Western Association; Dallas Rangers (Triple A baseball) from 1959–64, Dallas-Fort Worth Spurs (Texas League baseball) 1965-1971.

Earl Garrison

Earl Garrison is an Oklahoma Senator from District 9, which includes Muskogee and Wagoner counties, having served in that position since 2005.

Grant Foreman House

The Thomas-Foreman Historic Home, also known as The Grant Foreman House, (1419 West Okmulgee) is a house in Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States, built by John R. Thomas in 1905 on a tract of prairie land.

Hal Stratton

Hal Stratton was born in Muskogee, Oklahoma on December 6, 1950 and is an enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation.

History of Muskogee

Muskogee first received recognition when in 1805 US President Thomas Jefferson addressed the United States Congress seconding the recommendation of Meriwether Lewis that a trading post be established near the modern day city.

Jasper Alston Atkins

The firm, initially named Saddler, Atkins, & Wesley, operated offices in Muskogee and Tulsa.

KWBT

KQCW-DT, a television station (channel 20/PSIP 19) licensed to Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States, which used the call sign KWBT from 1999 to 2006

KYAL

KYAL-FM, a radio station (97.1 FM) licensed to Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States

Manhattan Construction Company

Manhattan Construction built the Manhattan Building, Oklahoma State Capitol Dome, Reliant Stadium, the George Bush Presidential Library, Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, the Cato Institute headquarters, the Prayer Tower at the Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States Capitol Visitor Center, and many more.

Muskogee Company

The railroads that fell under the control and common management of the Muskogee Company commonly were referred to as the Muskogee Roads.

Muskogee High School

Charles Thompson Graduate of 1987 and only MVP of state championship football team in Muskogee High history

Oklahoma State Highway 165

It runs east along Peak Boulevard in the southern part of Muskogee from US-64 to the northern terminus of the southern section of the Muskogee Turnpike, then runs north as a freeway connecting the two sections of the turnpike.

Sandy Garrett

She later returned to Muskogee where she spent 15 years as a teacher and a gifted programs coordinator in Muskogee County schools.

United States Indian Police

The United States Indian Police (USIP) were organized in 1880 by John Q. Tufts the Indian Commissioner in Muskogee, Indian Territory, to police the Five Civilized Tribes.


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