The first was the Midland Valley Railroad, chartered in 1903. Muskogee was the operational headquarters of the Muskogee Roads, four regional rail carriers under common management. The US admitted the State of Oklahoma to the Union on Novemas the 46th state. The proposal was vetoed by US President Theodore Roosevelt and mostly ignored by Congress the proposed State of Sequoyah was never authorized. They met in Muskogee to draft its constitution, planning to have Muskogee serve as the State's capital. They met together Augto propose the State of Sequoyah, to be controlled by Native Americans. In the years before the territory was admitted as a state, the Five Civilized Tribes continued to work on alternatives to keep some independence from European Americans. Most importantly, he organized and built most of the railroads running into the city, which connected it to other markets and centers of population, stimulating its business and retail, and attracting new residents.Īs Muskogee's economic and business importance grew, so did its political power. Haskell built the first five-story business block in Oklahoma Territory he built and owned fourteen brick buildings in the city. He was instrumental in building on the land rush he stimulated expansion of the city of more than 4,000 people to a center of business and industry by 1910, with a population of more than 25,000 inhabitants. The city was incorporated on March 19, 1898. A federal court was established in Muskogee in 1889, around the same time that Congress opened portions of Indian Territory to non-Native settlers via land rushes. In 1872, the Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad was extended to the area. At the top of what is known as Agency Hill, it is within Honor Heights Park on the west side of Muskogee. It was a site for meetings among the leaders of the Five Civilized Tribes. The Indian Agency, a two-story stone building, was built here in Muskogee. French fur traders were believed to have established a temporary village near the future Muskogee in 1806, but the first permanent European-American settlement was established in 1817 on the south bank of the Verdigris River, north of present-day Muskogee.Īfter the passage of the Indian Removal Act of 1830 under President Andrew Jackson, the Muscogee Creek Indians were one of the " Five Civilized Tribes" forced out of the American Southeast to Indian Territory.
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