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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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