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Born on January 19, 1980, [2] Heather Rose Rich [1] was the third child of Gail and Duane Rich, who moved to Waurika, Oklahoma, in 1974. The Riches chose Waurika for its insulating nature; it reminded them of their hometown of Elgin, Oklahoma—a "place where kids couldn't get into too much trouble because there wasn't much trouble to get into."
In 1898, the St. Louis and Oklahoma City Railway Company (later the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway), [4] connected Sapulpa and Oklahoma City. [3] The present Creek County was established at the time of statehood, with a population of 18,365. The town of Sapulpa was initially designated as the county seat.
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Oklahoma since 1976. The total amounts to 126 people, and all were executed by lethal injection . [ 1 ] Of the 125 people, 122 were males and 3 were females who all had been convicted of first-degree murder.
But not all mug shots get such positive attention. 58-year-old Kevin Gibson made news for his unusual mugshot in which he was featured with a full, white beard on the left side of his face while ...
A sheriff's deputy was sent to arrest someone, but the African Americans drove him away both because as auxiliaries to the Creek nation they did not recognize the local county to have authority there and because they had good reason to believe neither an African American nor a Muscogee Creek had chance of a fair trial, but instead had a high ...
The Muscogee Nation, or Muscogee (Creek) Nation, [3] is a federally recognized Native American tribe based in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The nation descends from the historic Muscogee Confederacy , a large group of indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands .
Pages in category "Creek County, Oklahoma" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The city serves as the county seat of Tulsa County, the most densely populated county in Oklahoma, [6] with urban development extending into Osage, Rogers and Wagoner counties. [7] Tulsa was settled between 1828 and 1836 by the Lochapoka Band of Creek Native American tribe and most of Tulsa is still part of the territory of the Muscogee (Creek ...