Area History - Stories, Articles, and Videos

Stories About Events in the
Three Rivers History

1.  1911 Aviation Firsts
2.  Muskogee's Electric Arch
3.  The Rich Jazz Era
4.  Muskogee's Great Fire of 1899
5.  Bass Reeves: America's Legend
6.  Camp Gruber: The War Years
7.  Muskogee's Water Works
8.  14 Flags Over the Three Rivers Area
9.  Tony Goetz: Music Impresario
10. Muskogee's Trolley Years
11. Muskogee's Spaulding Park
12. Moving Greenhill Cemetery

Articles from the Three Rivers Historian

1.  Muskogee Celebrates Its Centennial
2.  River Transportation Important to the Region
3.  William Campbell: A Three Rivers Veteran and Entrepreneur
4.  Early Motoring In Muskogee
5.  Centennial Time Capsule to be Buried at Museum Site
6.  African American Soldiers Served at Fort Gibson
7.  Muskogee's Great Fire of 1899
8.  Midland Valley Depot Has Rich History of Its Own
9.  Camp Gruber Played a Crucial Role in WWII
10. Thanksgiving in Indian Territory
11.  Trade in the Three Rivers Area Brought Sondheimer Family to Muskogee
12.  Oldest Recorded History of Three Rivers Area Occurred Near Haskell
13.  Downtown Muskogee Had a Theatre on Almost Every Corner
14.  C.E. Foley: Eufaula Pioneer
15.  Indian Bowl Opened in 1939
16.  WPA Left Legacy in Three Rivers
17.  Moran/Pate House Graces Ninth Street
18.  The Turner Opera House
19.  The Elliott and Ragsdale Families of Indian Territory
20.  Sutton Family Pioneered Boynton
21.  Three Forks Site of Earliest Trading Post
22.  Christmas Even in Council Hill 1925
23.  Spaulding Park: A Bit of History
24.  Trouble in Threes: The Morris Bank Robberies, part 1
25.  Honor Heights Park Won More Beautiful America Contest
26.  Trouble in Threes: The Morris Bank Robberies, part 2
27.  Muskogee's First Railroad Day Held in 1904
28.  Grant Foreman: Pioneer Historian
29.  Rivers, Roads and Rails
30.  Muskogee's Early Waterworks
31.  She Brought Her Hatchets
32.  Roaring '20s Rampage, part 1
33.  Roaring '20s Rampage, part 2
34.  The Snake Rebellion
35.  The Dawes Commission
36.  Tales from Three Rivers: "I Leave You My Flag"
37.  Muskogee: An Unorganized Village
38.  Tales from Three Rivers: "Paid in Full"
39.  Jim Clark: Muskogee County Desperado, part 1
40.  Tales from Three Rivers: Ghostly Appearance at Frozen Rock Cemetery

Oral Interviews by C.W. Dub West​

C.W. "Dub" West Digitized Interviews

Three Rivers Museum collections include publications and photographs and over 100 digitized oral interviews by historian C.W. “Dub” West.
The oral interviews were digitized in partnership with the Oklahoma Historical Society. 
CW “Dub” West was a transplant to Muskogee in 1942. He authored over 14 books on the history of Muskogee and Oklahoma, recognizing such greats as Sequoyah to Will Rogers and events such as the Muskogee Centennial. He was known as “The Historian”. West made more than 1,000 historical interviews, 300 audio tapes and 150 video tape interviews during his lifetime. The museum collection contains over 100 of the video-taped interviews, produced by First Love Productions, Inc and son, TC “Tom” West.CW “Dub” West was a transplant to Muskogee in 1942. He authored over 14 books on the history of Muskogee and Oklahoma, recognizing such greats as Sequoyah to Will Rogers and events such as the Muskogee Centennial. He was known as “The Historian”. West made more than 1,000 historical interviews, 300 audio tapes and 150 video tape interviews during his lifetime. The museum collection contains over 100 of the video-taped interviews, produced by First Love Productions, Inc and son, TC “Tom” West.