A history of Muskogee,
since 1898
Postcards, papers and photographs of Muskogee from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗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.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Muskogee’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewKatyHotelMuskogee, 1907: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Muskogee
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Muskogee, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as 1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Oklahoma - Muskogee County - Muskogee - ED 51-31 - ED 51-55 (1880) and it appears here side by side.
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National Register · via Wikidata
From Wikimedia Commons (7) and the National Register (5). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.