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2. Okemah, Oklahoma - Wikipedia

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   Okemah, Oklahoma. Okemah (/ ˌoʊˈkiːmə / or / ˈʌkimə /) [4] is the largest city in and the county seat of Okfuskee County, Oklahoma, United States. [5] It is the birthplace of folk music legend Woody Guthrie. Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, a federally recognized Muscogee Indian tribe, is headquartered in Okemah.

3. Lynching of Laura and L. D. Nelson - Wikipedia

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   Laura and L. D. Nelson were an African-American mother and son who were lynched on May 25, 1911, near Okemah, Okfuskee County, Oklahoma. [1][2] They had been seized from their cells in the Okemah county jail the night before by a group of up to 40 white men, reportedly including Charley Guthrie, father of the folk singer Woody Guthrie. [3]

4. Okfuskee County, Oklahoma - Wikipedia

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   11,310. • Density. 18/sq mi (6.9/km 2) Congressional district. 2nd. Okfuskee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, its population was 11,310. [1] Its county seat is Okemah. [2] The county is named for a former Muscogee town in present Cleburne County, Alabama, that in turn was named for the Okfuskee ...

5. List of counties in Oklahoma - Wikipedia

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   Okemah: 1907: Creek Nation land: Creek town of the same name in Cleburn County, Alabama: 18.08 11,300: 625 sq mi (1,619 km 2) Oklahoma County: 109: Oklahoma City: 1891: Unassigned Lands in Indian Territory, the County 2 in Oklahoma Territory [59] From two Choctaw words okla and humma, meaning people and red: 1,140.85 808,866: 709 sq mi (1,836 ...

6. Woody Guthrie - Wikipedia

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   Guthrie was born July 14, 1912, in Okemah, a small town in Okfuskee County, Oklahoma, the son of Nora Belle (née Sherman) and Charles Edward Guthrie. [17] His parents named him after Woodrow Wilson , then Governor of New Jersey and the Democratic candidate who was elected as President of the United States in fall 1912 . [ 18 ]

7. List of lakes of Oklahoma - Wikipedia

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   Lakes and reservoirs by size. Broken Bow is one of Oklahoma's deepest and most scenic lakes. Great Salt Plains Lake is the centerpiece of a wildlife refuge that is a critical way-station for migratory birds. Aerial view of Fort Gibson Lake and Sequoyah State Park. Many large Oklahoma lakes have state parks and lodges.