Muskogee, Oklahoma Muskogee, Oklahoma The Katy Hotel and Depot in Muskogee, 1907 at the time of Oklahoma statehood.
The Katy Hotel and Depot in Muskogee, 1907 at the time of Oklahoma statehood.
Official seal of Muskogee, Oklahoma The Great Seal of the City of Muskogee Nickname(s): The Skoge, Oklahoma's River City, Oklahoma's Music City Location of Muskogee in Oklahoma Location of Muskogee in Oklahoma State Oklahoma County Muskogee County Muskogee (/m sko i /) is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Muskogee County, Oklahoma, United States. Home to Bacone College, it lies approximately 48 miles southeast of Tulsa.
The populace of the town/city was 39,223 as of the 2010 census, a 2.4 percent increase from 38,310 at the 2000 census, making it the eleventh-largest town/city in Oklahoma.
The 1951 film Jim Thorpe, All American, starring Burt Lancaster, was filmed on the ground of Bacone Indian College at Muskogee. Two feature films were recently shot in Muskogee: Salvation (2007) and Denizen (2010). Main article: History of Muskogee French fur traders were believed to have established a temporary village near the future Muskogee in 1806, but the first permanent European-American settlement was established in 1817 on the south bank of the Verdigris River, north of present-day Muskogee.
The Indian Agency, a two-story contemporary building, was assembled here in Muskogee.
At the top of what is known as Agency Hill, it is inside Honor Heights Park on the west side of Muskogee.
A federal court was established in Muskogee in 1889, around the same time that Congress opened portions of Indian Territory to non-Native pioneer via territory rushes.
Haskell assembled the first five-story company block in Oklahoma Territory; he assembled and owned fourteen brick buildings in the city.
They met in Muskogee to draft its constitution, planning to have Muskogee serve as the State's capital.
The US admitted the State of Oklahoma to the Union on November 16, 1907 as the 46th State.
Muskogee thriving nationwide and global attention when, in May 2008, voters propel John Tyler Hammons as mayor.
Muskogee is an economic center for easterly Oklahoma and operates the Port of Muskogee on the Arkansas River, which is accessible from the Gulf of Mexico.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 38.8 square miles (100 km2), of which 37.3 square miles (97 km2) is territory and 1.4 square miles (3.6 km2) (3.69%) is water.
Muskogee is near the confluence of the Arkansas River, Verdigris River and Grand River.
Route 69, Oklahoma State Highway 16, Oklahoma State Highway 165, Oklahoma State Highway 351 and the Muskogee Turnpike.
Muskogee lies in the Arkansas River Valley and has a low, sea-level altitude compared to much of the rest of the state. The town/city is on the boundary of the oak and hickory forest region of easterly Oklahoma and the prairie, Great Plains region of northeastern Oklahoma.
Muskogee is home to Honor Heights Park, a World War I memorial park, notable for its azaleas and the annual Azalea Festival held each April.
During the winter, citizens from athwart all 50 states travel to Muskogee to see Honor Heights transformed into the Garden of Lights, a 132-acre (0.53 km2) Christmas lights display.
Muskogee has six exhibitions.
The Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame has been honoring Oklahoma musicians since 1997.
Two feature films were recently shot in Muskogee through a tax incentive program offered by the state: Salvation (2007) and Denizen (2010).
Austin went on to shoot his Award winning short film " The Lady Blades" on Main Street with his longtime friends And Muskogee natives Oscar Ray & Shiron Butterfly of the Bare Bones International Independent Film Festival.
Muskogee is home to the Castle of Muskogee.
At the center of Muskogee's expand arts scene is Muskogee Little Theatre (MLT).
The City of Muskogee Foundation provides grants to improve organizations and non-profit groups throughout the Muskogee community. Muskogee is represented by two state representatives: State Representative Jerry Mc - Peak representing House District 13 and State Representative Arthur Hulbert representing House District 14.
District 13 includes the west side of Muskogee while District 14 includes the east half of Muskogee.
The town/city is represented in the state senate by State Senator Earl Garrison (D-Muskogee), in Senate District 9, which includes all of Muskogee County, Oklahoma.
Both former Attorney General of Oklahoma Drew Edmondson and former Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction Sandy Garrett are Muskogee natives.
The town/city is part of Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district, represented by U.S.
According to records by the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, in 2002, 2008 and 2009, no murders were committed for the entire year.
There are two major enhance school districts in the town/city of Muskogee: Muskogee Public Schools, which include the vast majority of the town/city limits and a large portion of Muskogee County, and Hilldale Public Schools, which covers a small southern portion of the town/city limits and some parts of the County south of Muskogee.
Additional lesser school districts serve the lesser communities of Muskogee County.
Notably, Muskogee is the locale of the Oklahoma School for the Blind, a special institution for meeting the educational needs of blind and visually impaired students residing in the state of Oklahoma.
Muskogee is home to four establishments of higher education: the enhance four-year Northeastern State University, the enhance two-year Connors State College, the enhance Indian Capital Technology Center and the private four-year Bacone College, which is the earliest college in the state of Oklahoma.
Muskogee Public Library Muskogee Little Theatre The song "Up Against the Wall Redneck Mother" written by Oklahoma native Ray Wylie Hubbard and famously recorded by Jerry Jeff Walker is a satire of small-town life playfully aimed at Muskogee, which is made evident in the last line of the song: "Muskogee, Oklahoma, U.S.A." In the sitcom Friends, Chandler becomes excited when he hears a mention of Muskogee, saying that it's "only four hours from Tulsa," where he resides. In reality, Muskogee is only 40 minutes from Tulsa.
In the film Twister (1996 film), the team headed by Helen Hunt's character Jo Harding was based out of the fictional Muskogee State College Eddie Chuculate, author, graduate of Muskogee High School George Faught, current Representative from Oklahoma State House District 14; first Republican in state history to represent Muskogee-based precinct John Tyler Hammons, mayor of Muskogee and one of youngest mayors in United States history Justin Harris, Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from Washington County, Arkansas; born in Muskogee in 1975 Congressman for Oklahoma's 1st District (1973 1987), Chairman of the American Stock Exchange (1989 to 1993), U.S.
Thomas Ryan, politician, lawyer, lived in Muskogee as a representative from the Secretary of the Interior "Muskogee, OK Population - Enumeration 2010 and 2000 Interactive Map, Demographics, Statistics, Quick Facts - Enumeration - Viewer".
"Reconnaissance Level Survey of Portions of the City of Muskogee," Oklahoma Historical Society Architectural Surveys (accessed May 14, 2010).
"Oklahoma: Population and Housing Unit Counts" (PDF).
"City of Muskogee Foundation :: Grants".
Hales, Donna, "No murders here in 2008," Muskogee Phoenix December 31, 2008.
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City of Muskogee Muskogee Public Library Memoirs of Jeremiah Curtin in the Indian Territory ethnographer's anecdotal of 1883 visit to Muskogee's early settlement maintained by Library of Congress, accessed January 15, 2007.
Municipalities and communities of Muskogee County, Oklahoma, United States State of Oklahoma
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