13 On Where I Live…Muskogee Oklahoma, The Heart Of Green Country
1. Muskogee is the County Seat.
2. Population 38,317.
3. 11th largest city in Oklahoma.
4. First settlement was established in 1817 on the south bank of the Verdigris River, just north of present day Muskogee.
5. The Creek Indians made Muskogee the Capital of the Creek Nation in 1836.
(The Creek spell it “Muscogee”)
6. The Cherokee Nation also shares Muskogee.
7. Muskogee has 2 High Schools, Muskogee High, Home of the Roughers, and Hilldale High, located just south of the City limits and Home to the Hornets.
8. Home of Bacone College.
9. Home of The Five Civilized Tribes Museum.
10. Home of Honor Heights Park, which is world famous for its Azaleas.
11. Muskogee has one newspaper, “The Muskogee Daily Phoenix”.
12. Muskogee covers approximately 38.8 square miles.
13. Muskogee is also home to the “USS Batfish War Memorial”
I found this at TNChick's place.
posted by Chuck at
2:56 PM
10 Comments:
Wasn't the Batfish a sub? How the hell do you get a sub on display inland?
I remember that song by Merl Haggart, "Okie from Muskogee"
Frank - yes you are correct, a submarine that served in WW-II if i remember, i haven't been to it since the 6th grade on a field trip, I've often wondered about that myself, the port of muskogee is the farthest port north accessible from the port of mexico and that's where it's at, i guess that you would say it's dry docked though. i may have to look it up and make sure that it was WW-II. Take care.
the area where you live just looks GORGEOUS!!!! i have always thought of Oklahoma as a "dry" state, but obviously i was wrong. :)
have a great weekend
I remember and love that song so much, (Okie from Muskogee) I just went to Limewire and downloaded it - lol. This post definitely will remind you of that song.
Neat 13, Chuck!
Hey, Chuck. I'm heading for the beach, taking a week off. See you when I get back, take care!
I heard that in Muskogee, white lightnin's still the biggest thrill of all.
nyasha - the eastern part of oklahoma is greener than the rest, espcially the north east, it's known as green country, it might not be the greenest place around but there is more types of green here than most places, that picture was taken about a half mile from my house at the honor heights park, now parts of the west and more north west are dryer and even refered to as the badlands (the panhandle) but we have a lot of lakes and rivers around this part, and we are on the east end of the ozark mountains.
JT - i think merle haggard must have been smoking a little weed when he wrote that, i think it was in 68' or 69'. i was trying to remember the words while i was poating this.
frank - be safe, have fun, and stay away from the "box o' wine"
butchdingo - it figures that a music connoisseur such as yourself would use a merle reference, and yes i wish i had some white lightnin right now.
I must say I didn't know any of this.. so I'm smarter now than I was before I came here LOL
sweet things there Chuck. Didn't know any of them! I love the picture you choose, it's very pretty.
Tn - smarter than you were before you visited my site... now that's a first!!
X - glad your home, hope you had a good time on your holiday!!
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