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Earl Rosco Lane was born in 1920 in the Black Town of Red Bird, which sits on the rail line between Porter and Coweta in the Choska Bottoms. His parents

Around the turn of the last century, a rancher named Gid Sleeper was often in the news for his many ambitious schemes he tried to develop. He was an optimistic

At the corner of 15th and Okmulgee in Muskogee sits a farmhouse that was once quite distant from downtown. It was built in 1898 on a treeless hill overlooking the

When the Missouri, Kansas & Texas (Katy) Railroad was building its line across Indian Territory in 1871-'72, building towns was a priority. Towns would provide the people needing the services

Promoting river navigation was the focus of the Muskogee Commercial Club around the time of Oklahoma statehood.

The U.S. Marshals Service was established by the first Congress in 1789. The marshals have served the federal courts from the beginning of the judicial system. Muskogee has as interesting

In 1898, the Curtis Act allowed municipal governments to be formed in Indian Territory towns.

There are often interesting stories about the names given to places or bodies of water. Sometimes the reason a name was chosen is lost to history and because its origins become vague, there is often a temptation to change it.

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We know the price of goods today is much higher than what our parents and grandparents paid. It's interesting to compare prices from yesteryear with those of today.