On March 1, 1895, the Federal Court at South McAlester was re-designated as the Central District and authorized to hold sessions at Atoka, A...
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Interesting Eastern Oklahoma History
The Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad Company (K.C.P. & G.) originated with Arthur E. Stilwell in 1887. He envisioned a railroad...
Edward B. “Coon” Ratterree, made famous in Larry McMurtry’s novel “Zeke and Ned”, was a Deputy U.S. Marshal in Indian Territory from 1889 ...
The big red brick building might seem out of place to the unknowing visitor coming on it unexpectedly there in the center of the Yanush Val...
Captain Welch is buried near the old Brazil Cemetery, just South of Brazil Creek where the Oklahoma Historical Society has erected a marker ...
Chief Joseph Kincaid was a nephew of the Great Chief Mosholatubbee. He was educated at the Choctaw Academy before moving to Indian Terri...
Nearly a decade after the final shot was fired during the Civil War westward expansion was in full gallop. Many people fled from homes t...
