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Nowata County, Oklahoma
Nowata County is a county located in northeastern Oklahoma, United States, on the Kansas border. As of the 2020 census, its population is 9,320. Its county seat is Nowata. Their name is derived from a Delaware word, ''no-we-ata'', meaning "come here" or "welcome".Cheatham, Gary L"Nowata County,"''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture'', Oklahoma Historical Society, 2009. Accessed April 4, 2015. History For millennia, the land now known as Oklahoma was inhabited by Native Americans. The ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture'' states that archaeological evidence indicates that humans first lived in this area in the Verdigris River valley over six thousand years ago. In the 17th century, white trappers first visiting the area found it occupied mostly by the Osage and Quapaw tribes. It was recognized as Osage territory by the time United States secured it as part of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. In 1819, the Arkansas Territory was organized, then was split i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nowata, Oklahoma
Nowata (Lenape: ', ' ) is a city in and the county seat of Nowata County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 3,731 at the 2010 United States census, a 6.0 percent decline from the figure of 3,971 recorded in 2000. The area where it was established was then part of the Cherokee Nation in Indian Territory. History The first community established at this site was named Metz, named for its first postmaster, Fred Metzner. The name was changed even before the railroad was built in 1889. In the Cherokee language, the town is called ᎠᎹᏗᎧᏂᎬᎬ (''A-ma-di-ka-ni-gunh-gunh'', roughly), which means, "water is all gone," translating what it ''sounded'' like the word meant: No Water. In 1889, the Kansas and Arkansas Valley Railway (later part of the Missouri Pacific Railway) built a line through Nowata. A post office was established in the town on November 8, 1889. Nowata was incorporated April 17, 1899. By 1900, Nowata had 498 residents. Oil and gas were discovered ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delaware, Oklahoma
Delaware is a town in Nowata County, Oklahoma, United States. Its population was 267 at the 2020 census, a decline of 35.9% from the 417 recorded in 2010. The town is named for the Eastern Delaware tribe that moved into this area from after signing a treaty with the Cherokee Nation in 1867.Cheatham, Gary L. ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture'' "Delaware History In 1889, the[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craig County, Oklahoma
Craig County is a county in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,107. Its county seat is Vinita. The county was organized in 1907, shortly before statehood, and named for Granville Craig, a prominent Cherokee farmer who lived in the Bluejacket area.Craig County Genealogical Society. "Craig County," ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture'' Retrieved October 28, 2011. History In the early 1800s, this area was part of the hunting grounds of the and other Plains tribes, some of whom had migrated west from other areas. Membe ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Labette County, Kansas
Labette County is a county located in Southeast Kansas. Its county seat is Oswego, and its most populous city is Parsons. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 20,184. The county was named after LaBette Creek, the second-largest creek in the county, which runs roughly north-northwest-south-southeast from near Parsons to Chetopa. The creek in turn was named after French-Canadian fur trapper Pierre LaBette, who had moved to the area, living along the Neosho River, and marrying into the Osage tribe in the 1830s and 1840s. History In the 1840s Labette County had a population mainly consisting of Osage people, although there were also many Cherokee and Euro-Americans. Many of the Euro-Americans were merchants with Osage or Cherokee wives. Between 1871 and 1873, at least eleven people vanished in the vicinity of an inn and general store operated by the Bender family in Labette County. Following the disappearance of the Benders in 1873, it was discovered that th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montgomery County, Kansas
Montgomery County is a county located in Southeast Kansas. Its county seat is Independence, and its most populous city is Coffeyville. As of the 2020 United States census, the county population was 31,486. The county was named after Richard Montgomery, a major general during the American Revolutionary War. History Early history For many millennia, the Great Plains of North America was inhabited by nomadic Native Americans. From the 16th century to 18th century, the Kingdom of France claimed ownership of large parts of North America. In 1762, after the French and Indian War, France secretly ceded New France to Spain, per the Treaty of Fontainebleau. 19th century In 1802, Spain returned most of the land to France, but keeping title to about 7,500 square miles. In 1803, most of the land for modern day Kansas was acquired by the United States from France as part of the 828,000 square mile Louisiana Purchase for 2.83 cents per acre. In 1854, the Kansas Territory was org ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Highway 28 (Oklahoma)
State Highway 28 (abbreviated SH-28) is a state highway in Oklahoma. It runs in an irregular west-to-east pattern through Nowata, Rogers, Mayes and Delaware counties. There is one letter-suffixed spur highway branching from SH-28, SH-28A. Route description SH-28 begins at US-169 just south of Delaware. From there it travels east-to-south, passing the community of Childers, to a junction with US-60. Crossing US-60, SH-28 runs due south to New Alluwe, then south and east to Chelsea, where it intersects SH-66. From Chelsea, it is straight south to the junction with SH-28A, where SH-28 turns due east, intersects with I-44 after , and farther crosses US-69 at Adair. Upon leaving Adair, SH-28 runs mainly east, to Pensacola, then follows the arc of the Neosho River to the SH-82 junction outside of Langley. SH-28 crosses SH-82, then passes through Langley before crossing the Neosho River over Pensacola Dam into the town of Disney. SH-28 then travels east to south ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oklahoma State Highway 28
State Highway 28 (abbreviated SH-28) is a state highway in Oklahoma. It runs in an irregular west-to-east pattern through Nowata, Rogers, Mayes and Delaware counties. There is one letter-suffixed spur highway branching from SH-28, SH-28A. Route description SH-28 begins at US-169 just south of Delaware. From there it travels east-to-south, passing the community of Childers, to a junction with US-60. Crossing US-60, SH-28 runs due south to New Alluwe, then south and east to Chelsea, where it intersects SH-66. From Chelsea, it is straight south to the junction with SH-28A, where SH-28 turns due east, intersects with I-44 after , and farther crosses US-69 at Adair. Upon leaving Adair, SH-28 runs mainly east, to Pensacola, then follows the arc of the Neosho River to the SH-82 junction outside of Langley. SH-28 crosses SH-82, then passes through Langley before crossing the Neosho River over Pensacola Dam into the town of Disney The Walt Disney Company, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Highway 10 (Oklahoma)
State Highway 10 (abbreviated SH-10) is a state highway in northeastern Oklahoma. It makes a crescent through the northeast corner of the state, running from SH-99 in Osage County to Interstate 40 (I-40) near Gore. It has two lettered spur routes. SH-10 first appeared as part of the original highway system designated in 1924. The route originally served eastern Oklahoma as a border-to-border route, connecting the Red River near Hugo to the Missouri state line near Joplin, Missouri. Much of the southern half of the route was dropped in 1941, while western extensions throughout the 1940s brought the highway to its current routing. Route description Highway 10 begins at State Highway 99 northwest of the unincorporated town of Bigheart. The highway runs northeast of this point through sparsely-populated Osage County. The route runs across the dam forming Lake Hulah and runs through its eponymous unincorporated community. East of this, it crosses into Washington County, wher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
US 169
U.S. Route 169 (US 169) is a north-south U.S highway that currently runs for 966 miles (1,555 km) from the city of Virginia, Minnesota, to Tulsa, Oklahoma, at Memorial Drive. Route description Oklahoma US 169 is a major north–south highway spanning in Oklahoma. The southern terminus for US 169 is Memorial Drive. The highway connects Tulsa, Oklahoma to the south with the Kansas state border to the north at South Coffeyville, Oklahoma. US 169 travels through Tulsa, Rogers, and Nowata counties. US 169 has undergone several widening projects that have brought US 169 to freeway and expressway standards. The highway is two lanes between Talala, Oklahoma and South Coffeyville except for a short four-lane portion north of Nowata, Oklahoma and ending at State Highway 28. An Alternate US 169 passes through Nowata following the original path of US 169. The alternate route begins at the intersection of Choctaw Avenue and reconnects wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
US 60
U.S. Route 60 is a major east–west United States highway, traveling from southwestern Arizona to the Atlantic Ocean coast in Virginia. The highway's eastern terminus is in Virginia Beach, Virginia, where it is known as General Booth Boulevard, just south of the city's Oceanfront resort district at the intersection of Rudee Point Road and Harbor Point. Its original western terminus was in Springfield, Missouri; it was then extended to Los Angeles, California, but in 1964, it was truncated to end southwest of Brenda, Arizona, at an interchange with Interstate 10 (I-10) after the US 60 highway designation was removed from California. I-10 replaced US 60 from Beaumont, California, to Arizona, and California State Route 60 (SR 60) replaced US 60 from Los Angeles to Beaumont. Route description , - , AZ , 368 , 592 , - , NM , 366 , 590 , - , TX , 225 , 362 , - , OK , 355 , 571 , - , MO , 341 , 549 , - , IL , 0.9 , 1.5 , - , KY , 489 , 78 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Oologah
Lake Oologah is a reservoir in northeastern Oklahoma. It is located near the towns of Oologah, Nowata, and Claremore. The lake has a surface of of water and of shoreline with 11 lake-side parks. The water storage capacity is rated as . The lake is formed along the Verdigris River, and is a source of water for the Tulsa Metropolitan Area. The purpose of the dam and lake is flood control, water supply, navigation, recreation, and fish and wildlife. Background The dam and lake were built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, who still administer it. The project was authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1938 and construction began in 1950. In 1951, construction was halted and resumed in 1955. In 1963, the majority of the project was complete and all facilities were in 1974. In 1976, the City of Tulsa built a pipeline connecting Oologah to the Lynn Lane Reservoir in Tulsa.City of Tulsa - Water Supply Lakes - Oologah. Raw water supplied by this system is treated by A. B. Jewell Wat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
