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The Three Rivers Museum was established in Muskogee in 1989 as the dream of local historian Dorothy Ball, chairman at that time of the Muskogee Historic Preservation Commission. [4] The main building of the museum, the formerly-abandoned Midland Valley Railroad Depot, was obtained in 1998 with federal grant funds. [4]
Location of Muskogee County in Oklahoma. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Muskogee County, Oklahoma. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Muskogee County, Oklahoma, United States. The locations of National Register properties ...
Located in a historic depot [6] [7] Arbuckle Historical Society Museum: Sulphur: Murray: South Central: Local history: Facebook site [8] Arkansas River Historical Society Museum: Catoosa: Rogers: Green Country: Maritime: website, located in the Tulsa Port of Catoosa: Ataloa Lodge Museum: Muskogee: Muskogee: Green Country: Native American
The museum originated with the Da-Co-Tah Indian Club, which began campaigning in September 1951 to use the Union Indian Agency building to house a local museum. [1] In 1954, the club sponsored legislation, H.R. Bill No. 8983 by U.S. Representative Ed Edmondson, that petitioned the return of the building to the municipal government of Muskogee, Oklahoma.
Muskogee was an affiliate of the St. Louis Browns (1932, 1947–1949), Cincinnati Reds (1937–1939), Chicago Cubs (1941), Detroit Tigers (1946) and New York Giants (1936, 1951–1957). [50] Muskogee teams played at Traction Park from 1905 to 1911. Muskogee then played at Owen Field, which was later renamed to League Park and finally Athletic Park.
Plaza of the Presidents, National Museum of the Pacific War. The list of museums in Texas encompasses museums defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
The building houses the Creek Council House Museum, featuring artifacts and exhibits about the history of the Muscogee tribe and the arts and crafts of other Native American tribes. In 1992, it was included again on the National Register as a contributing building in the listing of the Okmulgee Downtown Historic District. [6]
Patterson was co-founder of the Bank of Muskogee in 1901 which later was renamed the Muskogee National Bank and he served as its president until 1918. [ a ] Patterson was the driving force in promoting the Arkansas River as a navigable body of water and was the instrumental figure in the construction of Muskogee's Convention Hall which was the ...