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McAlester was the site of the 2004 trial of Terry Nichols on Oklahoma state charges related to the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. On December 25, 2000, an ice storm hit the area, leaving residents without electrical service and water for more than two weeks; in January 2007, another devastating ice storm crippled the city, leaving residents ...
Pittsburg County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.As of the 2020 census, the population was 43,773. [1] Its county seat is McAlester. [2] The county was formed from part of the Choctaw Nation in Indian Territory in 1907.
The Oklahoma State Penitentiary, nicknamed "Big Mac", [3] is a prison of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections located in McAlester, Oklahoma, on 1,556 acres (6.30 km 2). Opened in 1908 with 50 inmates in makeshift facilities, today the prison holds more than 750 male offenders, [1] the vast majority of which are maximum-security inmates. They ...
The Carl Albert Federal Building is a historic courthouse located in McAlester, Oklahoma. Built in 1914, the facility was renamed in 1985 in honor of former Speaker of the House Carl Albert, a native of the town. [1] It previously served the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma.
The Order of the Rainbow for Girls was founded in McAlester on April 6, 1922, by Rev. W. Mark Sexson. From the initial installation class of 86 girls, the Order grew to 50,000 members in 1940. In 1941, the Order began plans for a larger office building that would serve as a memorial to those who had made the Order possible, and a shrine for ...
J. J. McAlester (1842–1920), American Confederate Army soldier and merchant Miles D. McAlester (1833–1869), Union general in the American Civil War Virginia Savage McAlester (1943-2020), architectural historian
The 1st Infantry Regiment, Oklahoma Volunteer Militia was first formed on 2 May 1890 and organized as the Oklahoma National Guard on 21 December 1895. Three years later with impending hostilities between the United States and Spain, the Oklahoma and Indian Territories Guard and those of the Territories of Arizona and New Mexico would be consolidated to form the 1st Regiment Territorial ...
The Warden's House at Penitentiary Blvd and West St. in McAlester, Oklahoma was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. It was designed by architect P.H. Weathers. It has also been known as Oklahoma State Penitentiary Warden's House. The NRHP listing included two contributing buildings on 1.9 acres (0.77 ha).