Originally built on this site by the United States Army, Colonel Matthew Arbuckle and the United States Infantry. Rebuilt by WPA and the State of Oklahoma in 1935-36. The exact duplicate of the original. — — Map (db m136565) HM
Site of Manard Settlement on Bayou Menard. Named for Pierre Menard (1766-1844. Menard, an early day fur trader, merchant and member of the Chouteau family. Served as the first territorial governor of Illinois.
Springs at Manard identified as a . . . — — Map (db m52605) HM
The first commercial long distance telephone line in Oklahoma was placed in service here in 1886. It connected Fort Gibson with Tahlequah and Muskogee. The line was built by a company formed by a group of Cherokees, namely L.B. Bell, J.S. Stapler, . . . — — Map (db m136566) HM
[Honor Roll of Veterans]
(back)
The Town of Haskell
This memorial testifies to future generations our everlasting appreciation for all Korean War Veterans. Some gave much, others gave all. Yours was a much appreciated gift we . . . — — Map (db m108959) HM WM
Toll Donaghe WW I 1918
Lee Elliott WW II 1943
Donaghe - Elliott
Post 56
Haskell Oklahoma
Chartered 1934
Honoring
All American Veterans
In times of trouble and of war
God and the Soldier we all adore
With trouble ended and . . . — — Map (db m111692) WM
First peace council and alliance in Oklahoma between a European nation and Indian tribes held here at a Tawakoni village by Comdt Bernard De La Harpe on his first visit to the Arkansas River. He erected a post here carved with the coat-of-arms of . . . — — Map (db m77867) HM
Dedicated to the men
and women of Haskell
who served their
country with honor
In Memoriam
1917 - 1918
Toll Donaghe
1941 - 1945
Raymond Harmon Lee Elliott, Jr.
Tommie Riddle Arthur Miller
Joe S. Ferguson Ralph Cantrell . . . — — Map (db m111690) WM
Milly Francis was the daughter of the Creek chief Hillis Hadjo during the Florida War 1817. Fifteen-year-old Milly by her plea saved the life of a young white officer Duncan McKrimmon, whom they were about to kill. She later declined his offer of . . . — — Map (db m115647) HM
In memory of
Benjamin Howard Gaston, M.D.
1926 - 1997
1947 - Graduated
Johns Hopkins Medical School
Captain, United States Army
Surgical Research Unit
Brooke Army Medical Center
In honor of
forty years of surgical service
to . . . — — Map (db m108930) HM WM
This open air theatre is dedicated as a living memorial to our comrades of World War I and World War II who gave their lives in the service of their beloved country.
It looks across to the Cookson Hills, the site of Camp Gruber, where the . . . — — Map (db m108931) HM WM
The American Society of
Landscape Architects
1899-1999
This site is recognized as
a National Landmark for Outstanding
Landscape Architecture — — Map (db m108934) HM
Iron Sculpture by
John Carson,
Muskogee Artist
Contributed by
Marie White Rhodes
in Commemoration of
Dr. John Hutchings White
pioneer Physician and Surgeon who emigrated
from Virginia to Indian Territory in 1902 to work
among the . . . — — Map (db m108936) HM
Established Nov. 1861 by Gen. Albert Pike, C.S. Army. Named for Pres. Jefferson Davis, who had been stationed in the area when a Lieut. U.S. Army. Nearly one million dollares spent on this post by Confederates. In Second Federal Invasion Ft. Davis . . . — — Map (db m52277) HM
This park is laid like a Wreath of Honor
on the highland of this city
by the People of Muskogee
as a tribute to those of our country
who served in the World War 1914-1918
in camp or in field
at home or abroad in all
the multitudes of . . . — — Map (db m108932) WM
In 1919 a group of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons organized the Masonic Building Association in order to purchase this property on which to erect a Masonic building. The land was formerly owned by Pleasant Porter of the Creek Nation. This early . . . — — Map (db m192355) HM
Theodore A. Bellard MMI
Walter R. Blanchard CTM
John A. Bolton RM1
Thomas L. Brannan S1
Grady G. Byus, Jr. MM1
Earl W. Cassidy LTJG
John P.Cooley MM2
Billy B. Crawford F3
Albert E. Croft EM2
William T. Dawson EM2
Edwin Denby, . . . — — Map (db m108912) HM WM
The Midland Valley Railroad Company was incorporated in 1903 and headquartered in Muskogee. This passenger station was built in 1917 and during the 1920's as many as eight trains carrying 9,000 passengers per day traveled from Tulsa to this point. . . . — — Map (db m108907) HM
Friday evening, November 7, 1888, a special communication of the Grand Lodge was held in Muskogee Lodge No. 28 in this city for the purpose of constituting and consecrating said lodge. One hundred twenty-five years later, November 7, 2013, . . . — — Map (db m192528) HM
Oct. 10, 1969 Merle Haggard recorded the live album, Okie From Muskogee, at the Muskogee Civic Assembly Center. The concert emerged from the song, "Okie from Muskogee," released Sept. 29, 1969, and co-written by Haggard and Eddie Burris when . . . — — Map (db m217471) HM
Captain F.B. Severs erected the original Severs Block Building, with its historic Gothic entrance at Main Street and Broadway, in 1890 to house the newly organized First National Bank of Muskogee, Indian Territory.
Between 1901 and 1903 the . . . — — Map (db m108896) HM
Muskogee Oil Refining Company, organized in March 1905, built a finishing plant near this site in November, 1904. It soon was producing lamp kerosene, lubricating oil and industrial fuel - the beginning of oil refining in Oklahoma, a leading . . . — — Map (db m73123) HM
This house was built in 1898 by John R. Thomas, Federal Judge from 1897-1901. As a former congressman from Illinois, his influence was responsible for the increase of the United States Navy from one battleship to that equal other nations of the day. . . . — — Map (db m77870) HM
On this spot
on
May 12, 1898
200 men of
the City of
Muscogee
and the
Indian Territory
were sworn into the service
of their country. They valiantly
defended it's ideals at
San Juan Hill, Cuba
as
Roosevelt's . . . — — Map (db m108920) HM WM
Consolidated U. S. Indian office for Five Civilized Tribes. Cornerstone of old stone building here laid Aug. 18, 1875, in ceremony led by Agent G. W. Ingalls, with address by Wm. P. Ross, Chief, Cherokee Nation; first Masonic cornerstone laying in . . . — — Map (db m108935) HM
Begun in 1875, this Agency was the first building erected by the U.S. government to house the superintendencey [sic] of the Five Civilized Tribes. Used briefly, the building was leased in 1875 to the Baptist Mission Society as a school for the . . . — — Map (db m108939) HM
Dedicated to the memory of the
Muskogee area men who made the
supreme sacrifice for freedom's
cause in Vietnam
by the
Kiwanis Club of Muskogee
Ronald Stewart Allen III SSgt
Jedd Edward Ashby Sgt
Rex Lee Brown PFC
Michael Gene . . . — — Map (db m108921) WM
In Memoriam
to those who served and died
in defense of their country
Spanish American War
Mexican War
World War I
———————————
In Memoriam
to those who fought . . . — — Map (db m108923) WM
(East Elevation)
Erected in commemoration of
members of the Five Civilized Tribes,
whose record of enlistment, conduct in camp,
and fortitude and valor on the battlefield,
added lustre to the triumphant victory of our country
in . . . — — Map (db m108942) HM WM
Settled in 1829, named for Walter Webber, Western Cherokee Chief, who had a trading post here. Home of "Rich Joe" Vann to 1844, owner of "Lucy Walker," quarter mile race horse, for which he named his Mississippi River steamboat. In Civil War battle, . . . — — Map (db m52567) HM
