Lake Eufaula was constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the following primary purposes: flood control, water supply, hydroelectric power and to help reduce the amount of sediment that naturally flows into the McClellan-Kerr Navigation . . . — — Map (db m284808) HM
2nd Plaque
In Honor and Remembrance of the Heroes and Victims in the Fight Against Terrorism and to Celebrate the Enduring Spirit of All Americans
Presented by Woodmen of the World — — Map (db m284330) WM
Of all the buildings J.J. McAlester built to support his trading company, the 1893 is the oldest surviving example. Built at the crossroads of the Old Texas Trail and what was known as The California Trail, McAlester placed the building on this site . . . — — Map (db m284323) HM
Organized Baptist women's work in Oklahoma began in July 1876 at Nunny-Cha-ha (High Hill) Baptist Church, then located nine miles S.E. of here. Mrs. C.R. Blackall from Chicago spoke to women of the Choctaw-Chickasaw Baptist Assn. meeting under a . . . — — Map (db m284217) HM
Built by
Great Western Coal and Coke Company
1903
National Register of Historic Places
9 December 1979
Given to City of McAlester
18 March 1987
by
Elmer "Bud" Hale, Jr. — — Map (db m73431) HM
Carl Albert, the forty-sixth Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Congress of the United States, was born here May 10, 1908. A company house located in a coal mining camp remained the family home until past his third birthday. A graduate of . . . — — Map (db m284225) HM
These structures represent the villages that Choctaw people built in Mississippi prior to coming to Oklahoma on the Trail of Tears. Choctaw villages were commonly named after a distinguishing feature of the local area. This representational village . . . — — Map (db m284250) HM
Col. James Jackson McAlester married Rebecca Burney, the sister of Chickasaw Chief Benjamin C. Burney, and the daughter of Judge David Calhoun Burney. Marrying into an allied tribe gave J.J. the rights of tribal membership in the Choctaw Nation . . . — — Map (db m284249) HM
J.J. McAlester had a building on this site which was destroyed by fire on June 14, 1906. The current buildings were constructed in the 1920's.
All the buildings but one are single story units with no basements. The building on the North end is . . . — — Map (db m284325) HM
This site has great historical significance to the beginning of Masonic activities in Indian Territory. In 1877, Basic Masonry (Blue Lodge) came to the small community of approximately 200 people called McAlester. This was the 9th lodge chartered by . . . — — Map (db m284327) HM
Cobbler Charlie Ghiglieri, an Italian immigrant, started his shoe repair business in the second floor of a wooden building. His business prospered and, in 1910, he built this brick building with street level shops and upper level apartments. . . . — — Map (db m284326) HM
Of the many coal mines in the area, one of the largest was the Bolen Mine. Once called "Little Bolen" it was changed to "Bolen" when management was assumed by the Milby Dow division of Old Town Mining Corp. The Bolen mine had a normal production . . . — — Map (db m284219) HM
Dating from 1896, this building, constructed under the guidance of J. J. McAlester to be a bank, was not sustainable for its intended purpose. However, a common practice at the time was to convert old bank buildings into US Post Offices.
In the . . . — — Map (db m284322) HM
The first alarm came in at 1:06 a.m. on June 14, 1906 to the Grand Avenue Fire Station in South McAlester. The station was 1.5 miles away and by the time the firemen reached the scene, several businesses had caught fire, power lines were down and . . . — — Map (db m284328) HM
When J.J. McAlester arrived in Indian Territory, this area was known as Tobucksy County, C.N. (Coal County, Choctaw Nation)
This structure, which is the oldest surviving building in what is now known as Pittsburg County, was built in 1876 by . . . — — Map (db m284229) HM
Historically known as the J.R. Hughes Ranch, the James M. Collins Wildlife Management Area occupies over 25,000 acres. At its zenith, 4,000 head of cattle grazed the land enclosed by more than 125 miles of fence. The Hughes Ranch began in 1904 when . . . — — Map (db m284329) HM
J.E. Wright, D.D.S., opened first permanent dental office in the Indian Territory, Savanna, 1885. He practiced as itinerant dentist at Tishomingo Academy, Stonewall, Johnsonville, and White Bead Hill before settling in Savanna. Moved to South . . . — — Map (db m26088) HM
