Muskogee (Oklahoma)
Muskogee County
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Muskogee is a city with 39 223 inhabitants ( 2010) in Oklahoma, United States.
It is located 72 km southeast of Tulsa, 130 km southwest of Rogers, and 95 km northwest of Fort Smith, whose metropolitan area and is part of Muskogee County.
To the east of Muskogee is the Camp Gruber that was until May 1945 as a camp for about 4,700, mostly German prisoners of war who mainly came from the Africa Corps, used by May 1943. The site of the former POW camp is now used as a training camp of the Army National Guard of the State of Oklahoma.
2008 John Tyler Hammons, a 19 -year-old political science student, was elected mayor of the city. He was regarded as one of the youngest mayors of the United States. He was re-elected in 2010 for two years and replaced in 2012 by Bob Coburn.
Attractions
- Five Civilized Tribes Museum
- Muskogee War Memorial Park & U.S.S. Batfish
- Thomas Foreman House
- Three Rivers Museum
National Register of Historic Places
Many historically valuable buildings were built in Muskogee, some of which were listed on the National Register of Historic Places. These include the AW Patterson House, the Escoe Building, the Grant Foreman House, the VR Coss House and the United States Post Office and Courthouse.
V. R. Coss House
United States Post Office and Courthouse in 2003
Personalities
Sons and daughters
- Walter Foots Thomas (1907-1981), jazz musician and band leader
- Claude Williams (1908-2004), violinist
- Don Byas (1912-1972), pianist
- Jay McShann (1916-2006), pianist
- J. Howard Edmondson (1925-1971), politician
- Patti Page (1927-2013), singer
- Sarah Vowell (born 1969 ), journalist and essayist
Associated with the place
- Charles N. Haskell (1860-1933), businessman and politician
- Leo Kottke ( born 1945 ), guitarist