Everything Eufaula is known for
Songs written about the waterways and highways that run near Eufaula.
30 stories, landmarks & places within ~20 miles — the same local lore RoadyGoat plays as you drive through.
You're driving through Pittsburg County, not far from Eufaula, and you're passing through the territory of the legendary Belle Starr, the "Bandit Queen." Born Myra Shirley in Missouri in 1848, she moved to Indian…
You're driving through McIntosh County, and right here is Eufaula, where one of the most legendary peace officers of the Indian Territory made his home. Grant Johnson, born in Texas in 1854, was a Chickasaw Freedman and…
Right here near Eufaula, you're passing through a place with a unique spiritual history. This is the land where John McIntosh, a descendant of a famous Creek chief, became the first Christian missionary to the Plains…
You're driving past Eufaula, and right here is the birthplace of Alexander Lawrence Posey, a Creek poet and humorist who gained national fame. Posey is best known for his 'Fus Fixico letters,' political satire written…
You're driving through Eufaula, Oklahoma, the hometown of a legendary football family: the Selmon brothers. Right here, Lucious, Dewey, and Lee Roy Selmon became OU Sooners, dominating the game. Lucious was an…
Right here near Eufaula, you're passing through the country that inspired Jerome Richard Tiger, a celebrated Creek-Seminole painter. Born in 1941, Tiger found formal schooling frustrating, but his artistic talent…
Right here in Eufaula, Oklahoma, you're passing through the birthplace of a true Oklahoma trailblazer: J.C. Watts Jr. In 1995, Watts made history as the very first Black congressman elected from Oklahoma. Before heading…
You're driving through Eufaula, and right here is a town that owes its very existence to a railroad bridge. Back in 1872, the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway was building a bridge over the South Canadian River.…
Right here, you're passing by Oklahoma's largest lake by capacity: Lake Eufaula, the "gentle giant." President Lyndon B. Johnson himself dedicated this massive reservoir back on September 25, 1964. Created by the U.S.…
Right here, near what's now Eufaula, was the stomping ground of George Washington Grayson, also known as Wolf Warrior. Born around 1843, he was a Muscogee (Creek) leader, a Confederate captain in the Civil War, and a…
Right here in present-day McIntosh County, you're driving through land that was once led by Chilly McIntosh, a prominent Creek Nation leader. Born in Georgia, he was instrumental in the 1828 migration of his people to…
You're driving through McIntosh County, and right here is the area where Daniel Newnan McIntosh, a Creek leader, made his home near Fame. Born in Georgia in 1822, he immigrated to Indian Territory with his family. When…
You're driving through McIntosh County, and right here, you're passing over the spot where North Fork Town once stood. Founded by Creek Indians back in the mid-1830s, this place was a major crossroads. It was a bustling…
You're driving through Pittsburg County, on your way past Eufaula, and you're passing through Canadian. This town began as an Indian trading post in the Choctaw Nation, but it really took off in 1872 when the railroad…
You're driving through McIntosh County, near the town of Stidham. This community was named for George Washington Stidham, a prominent Creek leader. The post office opened way back in 1897, and for a while, Stidham was a…
You're driving through Pittsburg County, near McAlester, and you're passing through Crowder. This town owes its existence to a bit of railroad maneuvering and a name-change drama. Back in 1901, Dr. William Crowder and…
You're driving past Checotah, right where history and highways collide. Back in 1872, this spot was just a railhead for the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway, originally called 'Checote Switch' after Creek Chief Samuel…
Right here, near Checotah, is where the family of country music legend Merle Haggard got their start. They left their farm in 1935 after a barn fire, heading west like so many others during the Dust Bowl. Though born in…
You're driving through Pittsburg County, passing Quinton. This town, originally known as Alexander Gap, boomed in 1914 with the discovery of natural gas. Suddenly, people flocked here to work in the oil fields, and a…
You're driving past Rentiesville, Oklahoma, the birthplace of one of America's most important historians, John Hope Franklin. Born right here in <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1915</say-as>, Franklin went on to…
Right here in McIntosh County, you're driving near the site of the largest Civil War battle fought in Oklahoma. On July 17, 1863, the Battle of Honey Springs raged near Rentiesville. A Union victory here secured control…
You're driving past Rentiesville, a town with a unique story. Founded in 1903, it was established by and for Black Oklahomans, becoming one of the state's many all-Black towns. Imagine Main Street bustling with…
You're driving through Hanna, a town that was once Oklahoma's unofficial onion capital! Back in 1931, onion farming was so important here that folks started calling it that. But Hanna's story goes back further, to 1895,…
You're driving past Hanna, Oklahoma, where John Conover Nichols first settled in 1916. Before becoming a U.S. Representative, Nichols had a colorful past as a cabaret entertainer. He even operated one of the first…
You're driving through Porum, a town with a past as wild as the Wild West. Right here, in 1906, a brutal range war erupted between the Hester and Davis families. This feud wasn't just a few scuffles; it ignited killings…
You're driving through McIntosh County, near Hitchita. This town's name honors a band of Muskogean Indians, absorbed into the Creek tribe. Originally located a mile and a half east, the town really took shape in <say-as…
You're driving south of Muskogee on Highway 72, passing through Council Hill. This town owes its name to a historic Creek Nation landmark just west of here, known as Weklwa Hulwe, or 'High Spring.' Around 1840, the…
Right here in Haskell County, you're driving past the site of Camp Pike, a Confederate encampment of two thousand rebels during the Civil War. Established in 1861, it was the staging ground for campaigns against Union…
You're driving through Haskell County, near Whitefield, on what's now U.S. Highway 9. Right here, about a mile northeast of town, was Camp Pike. It wasn't a fort with buildings, but a temporary campsite for Confederate…
Stand on the site of the Battle of Honey Springs, a pivotal Civil War battle that helped secure Union control of Indian Territory. On 1863, this area saw the largest battle in Indian Territory, now Oklahoma, between…