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Coalton, Oklahoma
Coalton is a populated place in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma. It is less than 11 miles south of the City of Okmulgee, and just east of US Route 62/ US Route 75. In the Henryetta Coal Formation coal-mining region and an oil-producing area, the town in its heyday had its own newspaper, The Coalton Enterprise, and was along the route of the shortline Coalton Railway, later called the Okmulgee Northern Railway, which operated from Okmulgee south along the Deep Fork River The Deep Fork River (Deep Fork of the North Canadian) is an Oklahoma tributary of the North Canadian River. The headwaters flow from northern Oklahoma City and the river empties into the North Canadian River, now impounded by Lake Eufaula. Cour ... carrying the coal out of the Coalton, Schulter and Dewar producing areas from 1916 to 1964. The Thirty-sixth annual report of the Department of Mines and Minerals from 1943 shows production by two coal companies in Coalton—Coalton Coal Company and Davis Coal Compa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Okmulgee County, Oklahoma
Okmulgee County is a county in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2010 census, the population was 40,069. The county seat is Okmulgee. Located within the Muscogee Nation Reservation, the county was created at statehood in 1907. The name Okmulgee is derived from the Hitichita (Lower Creek) word ''okimulgi'', meaning "boiling waters". Glynnis Coleman. "Okmulgee County" ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture''. Accessed January 4, 2012. Okmulgee County is included in the , OK |
Oklahoma
Oklahoma (; Choctaw language, Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the north, Missouri on the northeast, Arkansas on the east, New Mexico on the west, and Colorado on the northwest. Partially in the western extreme of the Upland South, it is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 20th-most extensive and the List of U.S. states and territories by population, 28th-most populous of the 50 United States. Its residents are known as Oklahomans and its capital and largest city is Oklahoma City. The state's name is derived from the Choctaw language, Choctaw words , 'people' and , which translates as 'red'. Oklahoma is also known informally by its List of U.S. state and territory nicknames, nickname, "Sooners, The Sooner State", in reference to the settlers who staked their claims on land before the official op ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Okmulgee, Oklahoma
Okmulgee is a city in, and the county seat of, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma. The name is from the Mvskoke word ''okimulgee,'' which means "boiling waters".Bamburg, Maxine"Okmulgee,"''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture''. Accessed June 16, 2015. The site was chosen because of the nearby rivers and springs. Okmulgee is 38 miles south of Tulsa and 13 miles north of Henryetta via US-75. Okmulgee is part of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area. History Okmulgee has been the capital of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation since 1868, when it was founded following the Civil War. The Creek Nation began restoring order after that conflict. They had allied with the Confederacy during the war and needed to make a new peace treaty with the United States afterward as a result. They passed a new constitution and elected Samuel Checote as their first principal chief after the war. In 1869, a post office (originally spelled Okmulkee) was established in the town, with Captain Frederick B. Severs appoin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
US Route 62
U.S. Route 62 or U.S. Highway 62 (US 62) runs from the Mexican border at El Paso, Texas, to Niagara Falls, New York, near the Canadian border. It is the only east-west United States Numbered Highway that connects Mexico and Canada. Parts of US 62 follow what once was the Ozark Trail, including the historic bridge across the South Canadian River in Newcastle, Oklahoma (the first structure built with federal highway funds in Oklahoma). This bridge was damaged beyond repair by the 2013 Moore tornado that struck Newcastle and Moore, Oklahoma. The highway is signed north–south in New York and Pennsylvania. Route description , - , TX , , - , NM , , - , OK , , - , AR , , - , MO , , - , IL , , - , KY , , - , OH , , - , PA , , - , NY , , - , Total , West Texas US 62 has two separate segments in Texas, separated by a portion in New Mexico with the first section in Texas from its terminus in El Paso to the state line in the Gua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
US Route 75
U.S. Route 75 is a major north–south U.S. Highway that extends in the central United States. The highway's northern terminus is in Noyes, Minnesota, at the Canadian border, where it once continued as Manitoba Highway 75 on the other side of the now-closed border crossing. Its southern terminus is at Interstate 30 (I-30) and I-45 in Dallas, where it is known as North Central Expressway. US 75 was previously a cross-country route, from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico at Galveston, Texas, but the entire segment south of Dallas has been decommissioned in favor of I-45, a cutoff section of town-to-town surface road having become Texas State Highway 75. Route description Texas The first freeway in Texas was a several-mile stretch of US 75 (now I-45)—The Gulf Freeway—opened to Houston traffic on October 1, 1948. The stretch of US 75 between I-30 and the Oklahoma state line has exits numbered consecutively from 1 to 75 (with occasional A and B designations), exc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henryetta Coal Formation
The Henryetta Coal Formation is a geologic formation in Oklahoma. It contains fossils dating back to the Carboniferous period. As of a 1955 government report, the mapped area of the Henryetta mining district included about 168 square miles in Okmulgee County. Coal occurred in the Senora formation in two minable beds: the Morris bed and the overlying Henryetta bed. The Morris bed averaged about 16 inches in thickness, while the Henryetta coal bed averaged about 25 to 36 inches in thickness. The coal in both beds was of high volatile A and B bituminous ranks. Remaining coal reserves were estimated to be 275 million tons, 271 million tons of which was in the Henryetta bed. See also * List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Oklahoma This article contains a list of fossil-bearing stratigraphic units in the state of Oklahoma, U.S. Sites See also * Paleontology in Oklahoma References * List of Formations in the National Geologic Map Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Fos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shortline Railroad
:''Short Line is also one of the four railroads in the American version of the popular board game Monopoly, named after the Shore Fast Line, an interurban streetcar line.'' A shortline railroad is a small or mid-sized railroad company that operates over a relatively short distance relative to larger, national railroad networks. The term is used primarily in the United States and Canada. In the U.S., railroads are categorized by operating revenue, and most shortline railroads fall into the Class III or Class II categorization defined by the Surface Transportation Board. Shortlines generally exist for one of three reasons: to link two industries requiring rail freight together (for example, a gypsum mine and a wall board factory, or a coal mine and a power plant); to interchange revenue traffic with other, usually larger, railroads; or to operate a tourist passenger train service. Often, short lines exist for all three of these reasons. History At the beginning of the rail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Okmulgee Northern Railway
The Okmulgee Northern Railway Company (ON), originally the Coalton Railway, was a shortline rail carrier in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma. It was in operation from 1916 to 1964. History The line was chartered December 15, 1915 under Oklahoma law, and completed October 8, 1916. A snapshot of the company as of June 30, 1919 shows it with its headquarters in the city of Okmulgee, 1.710 miles of yard tracks and sidings, plus a single-track, standard-gauge mainline of 10.331 miles extending south from Okmulgee into the Deep Fork area. The line traversed gently rolling terrain, with only one metal bridge which featured a 166-foot through-truss span on two pile piers. From Deep Fork, the company had overhead trackage rights on 11.6 miles of the Missouri, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway Company—later reorganized as the Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway (KO&G)-- to Henryetta, Oklahoma, limited to passenger operations. The line, primarily a freight-hauler, had one steam locomotive and only own ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deep Fork River
The Deep Fork River (Deep Fork of the North Canadian) is an Oklahoma tributary of the North Canadian River. The headwaters flow from northern Oklahoma City and the river empties into the North Canadian River, now impounded by Lake Eufaula. Course and characteristics The Deep Fork begins in and around northern Oklahoma City and flows eastward through Oklahoma County where five miles of the river is impounded by Arcadia Lake. Below the lake the river crosses into Lincoln County, winds back and forth across the Creek– Okfuskee county lines, crosses into Okmulgee County, meanders through the Deep Fork National Wildlife Refuge near the city of Okmulgee, and empties into Eufaula Lake near the Okmulgee– McIntosh County line. Communities along the waterway include Arcadia, Luther, Wellston, Warwick, Sparks, and Welty. The Deep Fork has a total length of and has a long narrow drainage basin averaging in width. The Deep Fork flows through a region of red sandstone hills ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schulter, Oklahoma
Schulter is a town in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 509 at the 2010 census, a decrease of 15.2 percent from the figure of 600 recorded in 2000. History Located approximately eight miles south of Okmulgee, Oklahoma, Okmulgee and six miles north of Henryetta, Oklahoma, Henryetta in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, Okmulgee County, just off U.S. Route 75 in Oklahoma, U.S. routes 75 and U.S. Route 62 in Oklahoma, 62, the original name of the town may have been Winchell. The town was added along the route of the St. Louis, Oklahoma and Southern Railway (later the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway, or Frisco) built between Okmulgee and Henryetta in 1900. The post office built in August 1903 was named for Matt Schulter, said to be a resident of St. Louis, Missouri. Coal mining in the Henryetta Coal Formation was an important early industry in the area, and attracted many nationalities of European immigrants. Early Schulter, ''circa'' 1909 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dewar, Oklahoma
Dewar is a town in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 818 at the 2010 census, a decline of 11.0 percent from the figure of 919 recorded in 2000. Founded in 1909 by workers for the Missouri, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway (MO&G), it was named for William Peter Dewar, a railroad official. It incorporated in 1909.Coleman, Glynis. ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture''. "Dewar." Retrieved January 20, 2013 Dewar has a history with coal in the large Henryetta Coal Formation: the Thirty-sixth annual report of the Department of Mines and Minerals from 1943 shows production by four coal companies in Dewar— Berkey Coal Company, Coal Creek Coal Company, Dewar Coal Company, and Martin-Geary Coal Company—with a combined total of over 13,600 tons of coal annually. Dewar was along the route of the shortline Coalton Railway, later called the Okmulgee Northern Railway, which operated from Okmulgee south along the Deep Fork River carrying the coal out of the Dewa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unincorporated Communities In Okmulgee County, Oklahoma
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