Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Muskogee

MUSKOGEE, a city of Oklahoma, the county-seat of Muskogee co., about 130 miles E. of Oklahoma City. It is situated on the Missouri, Kansas, and Texas; the St. Louis and San Francisco, the Midland Valley, and the Missouri, Oklahoma, and Gulf Railroads. It has important public buildings, including a handsome post office, a high school, a library, and several clubs. There is also an excellent system of public parks. It contains the St. Joseph College, the Spaulding Female Institute, and the Oklahoma Woman's College. Its industries include hardware, factories, railroad shops, steel works, oilwell supply works, and cotton goods factories. It is surrounded by important agricultural and stock-raising region. Oil and natural gas are found in abundance. It has the commission form of government, adopted in 1910. Pop. (1910) 25,278; (1920) 30,277.