Muskogee Co, OK
Turning Back The Clock
By: C. W. "Dub" West (c) 1985
Muskogee Publishing Company, Muskogee, OK 74401
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Introduction
TABLE OF CONTENTS
THREE FORKS - FORERUNNER OF MUSKOGEE............................1 HONEY SPRINGS BATTLE - MOST IMPORTANT IN INDIAN TERRITORY ......2 CONDITIONS IN AREA IN 1866......................................4 FERN MOUNTAIN HOSTED CREEK AGENCY...............................6 CHICAGO FIRE DELAYS MUSCOGEE'S BIRTH............................8 IDLE WORKERS RIDDLES BOOM TOWN WITH CRIME, MURDER...............9 EARLY LOCAL COMMERCE...........................................11 A BIT OF HOLLAND...............................................12 ARKANSAS RIVER IMPORTANT IN GROWTH OF MUSKOGEE.................14 RAILROAD DETERMINED TOWN'S DESTINY.............................15 RELIGIOUS SERVICES BEGAN AROUND 1874...........................17 TWO BARRELS OF SALT CONTRIBUTED TO CITY........................18 EARLY FAIR PREDATES CURRENT FESTIVAL...........................20 CLARENCE TURNER - A TOWN BUILDER...............................23 SPAULDING PROMOTED MUSCOGEE....................................24 HOUSE AND STORE IN MIDDLE OF STREET............................25 OUTLAWS ROAMED TERRITORY.......................................27 EARLY STREETS CALLED HOGWALLOWS................................28 THE GREEN PEACH WAR............................................30 AN ORANGE WAS SPECIAL CHRISTMAS GIFT...........................31 MUSCOGEE IN 1880 WAS COW TOWN..................................32 MADDIN MADE HIS MARK...........................................34 CHEROKEE YOUTH BROUGHT PHONES TO AREA..........................35 THE SONDHEIMERS DEALT IN FURS..................................36 WISP OF SMOKE INSPIRED PHOENIX NAME............................37 INDIAN SCHOOLS CAME FIRST......................................39 FEDERAL COURT COMES TO MUSCOGEE................................40 BACONE COLLEGE - OLDEST IN OKLAHOMA............................42 MUSCOGEE'S FIRST WOMAN PRINTER.................................43 KATY POND BUILT TO GIVE CITY WATER.............................45 EARLY BANKS AIDED BUSINESS COMMUNITY...........................47 EARLY MUSKOGEE ATHLETICS.......................................48 MUSCOGEE'S FIRST FIRE DEPARTMENT...............................50 VOGEL - EARLY MUSCOGEE BUILDER.................................52 SEARS CATALOGUE - THE NATIONS WISHBOOK.........................53 AN OLD FASHIONED CHRISTMAS.....................................55 THEY PLEDGED THEIR LIVES, FORTUNES, SACRED HONOR...............56 MILLS - AN INOVATIVE BUSINESS MAN..............................57 INDIAN TERRITORY'S FIRST HOSPTIAL..............................59 DAWES COMMISSION'S TASK HUGE...................................60 MUSKOGEE WELL KNOWN FOR ENTERTAINMENT..........................62 JUDGE JOHN R. THOMAS UPDATED U.S. NAVY.........................63 TEDDY ROOSEVELT'S ROUGH RIDERS FROM THIS AREA..................65 MERCHANTS REBUILT AFTER FIRE OF 99.............................66 GOLDA'S MILL WAS NATIONALLY POPULAR............................67 HASKELL'S PROMOTION AIDED MUSCOGEE.............................69 YEARS BRING MANY CHANGES TO MUSKOGEE...........................70 LONESOME MAIDENS SEEKING INDIAN BRAVES.........................74 ORA EDDLEMAN - STATE'S FIRST MAGAZINE EDITOR...................75 THE NATION'S FIRST WOMEN TO RECEIVE Ph.D.......................78 REV. LLWYD - THE DEAN OF MUSKOGEE MINISTERS....................78 CARRY NATION...................................................79 "CITY OF MUSKOGEE" LAUDED CITY'S ASSETS........................80 SAWOKLA POPULAR FOR SOCIALIZING................................81 CRAZY SNAKE AND THE SNAKE UPRISING.............................83 MUSKOGEE'S FAMOUS VISITORS.....................................84 STREET CARS MEANT MOBILITY.....................................85 ALEX POSEY - CREEK POET LAUREATE...............................87 OKLAHOMA WEATHER...............................................88 PLEASANT PORTER - OUTSTANDING CREEK CHIEF......................90 MUSKOGEE A FRIENDLY CITY.......................................91 CARNEGIE LIBRARY SERVED CITY WELL..............................92 OPENING OF HARRIS-JOBE SCHOOL..................................94 WATER IMPORTANT IN MUSKOGEE'S DEVELOPMENT......................95 BEBBS MAKE FLORAL BUSINESS A TRADITION.........................97 GIBSONS ACTIVE IN MUSKOGEE.....................................98 JUDGE MILLS - AND OUTSTANDING JURIST...........................99 CURTIS ACT LED TO INCORPORATION...............................101 CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL REMEMBERED................................103 RODGERS INCLUDED MUSKOGEE IN FIRST TRANSCONTINENTAL FLIGHT....104 CONNORS TOASTING 75 YEARS.....................................106 HENRY KENDALL COLLEGE.........................................107 THE ROSSERS - AN OUTSTANDING FAMILY...........................109 SEQUOYAH CONVENTION HELD IN MUSKGOEE..........................110 MISS ALICE ROBERTSON - MUSKOGEE'S CONGRESSWOMAN...............112 THANKSGIVING..................................................114 TEEL BUILDING HAS STABLE PAST.................................115 BROWN, MARSTON GO FROM MUSKOGEE TO WALL STREET................116 ROOSEVELT VISITS HERE.........................................117 L.W. BROPHY - A PIONEER IN MOVIES.............................118 MISS LIBERTY GETS A FACELIFT..................................120 FRICKS HELPED BUILD AREA......................................121 WILLIAM M. HARRISON...........................................122 SIM SLAUGHTER RECALLED THE PAST...............................123 BLIND SCHOOL AN ASSET.........................................125 PAT HURLEY - BACONE'S OUTSTANDING GRADUATE....................127 MUSKOGEE BOY SCOUTS HAVE BEEN OUTSTANDING.....................128 AREA CATHOLICS HONOR PRIEST...................................130 ONE VOTE IS IMPORTANT.........................................131 JOBE BUILDS HOME IN INDIAN TERRITORY..........................133 V.A. HOSPITAL CELEBRATES 60 YEARS.............................135 ROBERT L. OWEN CALLED MUSKOGEE HIS HOME.......................137 JOHN DOYLE - A PIONEER........................................140 LOCAL MAN DEVOTED HIS LIFE TO INDIANS.........................141 ROBE FAMILY LEFT LEGACY OF SERVICE............................143 HOME SERVED AS EARLY SCHOOL...................................144 GREEN PRESTON - AN EARLY SCHOOL...............................145 BLACK U.S. DEPUTY WAS POPULAR.................................147 DOUGHBOY STATUE HONORS VETERANS...............................148 FOREMANS PUT RED CROSS IN HIGH GEAR...........................149 JONATHAN MULKEY AND GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER.......................150 MILLY FRANCIS - THE CREEK POCAHONTAS..........................152 OLD TIME WAGON YARDS..........................................153
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