McIntosh County

McIntosh County, Oklahoma

McIntosh County was named for an influential Muscogee Creek family.

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McIntosh County

1st Regiment Kansas Colored Volunteers, 1863 - 1865

On July 17, 1863, at the Battle of Honey Springs, the 1st Kansas Colored Volunteers wrote a stirring page in American history, becoming one of the first Black units of the Civil War to play a k…

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Alexander Posey

Birthplace: 2½ miles N.E., 1873. Creek Poet: "Dew and the Bird," "Ode to Sequoyah," and other poems. Columnist: famous "Fus Fixico" letters. Editor, "Muskogee Times" and Eufaula 'Indian Journa…

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Creek Council Ground

Confederate Commissioner Albert Pike met with Creek leaders at North Fork Town, now covered by the waters of Lake Eufaula, on July 10, 1861, to sign a treaty in which the Creeks pledged their s…

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Deputy U.S. Marshal James Nakedhead

Deputy U.S. Marshal James Nakedhead Cherokee Indian policeman First town marshal Tahlequah, Indian Territory, 1890 Jail guard Muskogee, Indian Territory, 1993 Killed at Brush Hill F…

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Green Corn Dance

Greatest ceremonial rite of Creek Indians was Green Corn Dance. It was held at time of year before corn had fully matured and while grains were soft. Dance was celebration of harvest season and…

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Honey Springs Battlefield

Six monuments and markers pay tribute to those who fought in the Civil War Battle of Honey Springs on July 17, 1863. Included are Honey Springs Depot, the Texas Confederates, the Indian and Tex…

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North Fork Town

About 1.5 mi. East. Important center on Texas Road in Creek Nation, from 1836. Post office established as Micco, 1853. Albert Pike secured treaties for Confederate States, signed here, 1861, …

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Rentiesville

This is one of thirteen All-Black towns, out of more than fifty that once existed, remaining in Oklahoma. While Tullahassee is reportedly the oldest, most were established between 1889 and 1907…

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Vernon

Vernon, established in March 1912, is named for William T. Vernon, a minister and bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, who also served as registrar of the United States Treasury fr…

  1. County information from Wikipedia.
  2. Population from U.S. Census Bureau, 2020.