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Historic Cemetery TourSaturday April 8th
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Historic Cemetery Tour Tells the Story of Muskogee's Past
History lives on in the monuments and stories at the final resting places of some of the figures whose impact on Muskogee is still felt today. Trolley guides will tell the stories to honor those citizens and call attention to the art and architecture represented in Muskogee's Historic Greenhill Cemetery.
Established in 1894, Greenhill Cemetery, is the final resting place for former and prominent Muskogee citizens among whom are: Charles N. Haskell, first Governor of Oklahoma; Miss Alice Robertson, Oklahoma's first Congresswoman and the second woman elected to the United States Congress; and Alexander Posey, outstanding newspaperman and poet laureate of the Creek Indians.
For more information or to order tickets call: 918-686-6624.
History lives on in the monuments and stories at the final resting places of some of the figures whose impact on Muskogee is still felt today. Trolley guides will tell the stories to honor those citizens and call attention to the art and architecture represented in Muskogee's Historic Greenhill Cemetery.
Established in 1894, Greenhill Cemetery, is the final resting place for former and prominent Muskogee citizens among whom are: Charles N. Haskell, first Governor of Oklahoma; Miss Alice Robertson, Oklahoma's first Congresswoman and the second woman elected to the United States Congress; and Alexander Posey, outstanding newspaperman and poet laureate of the Creek Indians.
For more information or to order tickets call: 918-686-6624.
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Green Hill Historical Marker
Established in 1894, this cemetery was originally located on the southwest corner of Fondulac [now Martin Luther King St.] and 6th streets. Around the turn of the century, James A. Patterson, Captain F. B. Severs, Clarence W. Turner and Samuel Sondheimer, all prominent Muskogee merchants, contributed this 250 acre site to be used as the town's official burial grounds. In 1904, removal of bodies to this place began. Mr. Patterson was the first to be buried here. By 1910, additional bodies were exhumed from the first cemetery and placed here. The area is divided into three sections: The Protestant, Jewish, and Catholic (sometimes referred to as ST. Joseph's Cemetery), Greenhill is the final resting place for many former and prominent Muskogee citizens, among whom are: Charles N. Haskell, First Governor of Oklahoma, Miss Alice Robertson, Oklahoma's first congresswoman and the second woman elected to the United States Congress; and Alexander Posey, outstanding newspaperman and Poet Laureate of the Creek Indians. As of this year, [c. 1987] the remains of 57,000 persons lie buried here.
Read about the Moving of Greenhill Cemetery from its original spot on the hill at about 6th Street between Martin Luther King Street and Denison Street, from an article in the Muskogee Phoenix. |
