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Arcadia was established soon after the Land Rush of 1889 and drew both white and African American cotton farmers, who named the land after the Greek town of Arcadia. A post office was established in 1890. The Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad constructed a line in 1902-3 from Bartlesville to Oklahoma City, passing immediately south of Arcadia ...
Pumpkin Center is an unincorporated community in Muskogee County, Oklahoma, United States.It is about 14 miles east of the city of Muskogee. [1]This is not to be confused with the Pumpkin Center located in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma which is about 10 miles northeast of the city of Okmulgee, or with the Pumpkin Center located in Comanche County, Oklahoma which is about 10 miles east of Lawton ...
Pumpkin Center is an unincorporated community in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, United States. It is approximately 10 miles northeast of the city of Okmulgee, [1] taking N 330 Rd. north off US Highway 62. [2]
However, “Pumpkin Center” as a town name was widely publicized by one Cal Stewart, who was a popular spoken-word recording artist in the late 1890s and early 1900s. [5] He frequently played the character of a gullible individual by the name of Uncle Josh Weathersby who hailed from the fictional town of "Pumpkin Center" or "Punkin Center". [5]
Pumpkin Center, Oklahoma may refer to one of these small communities in Oklahoma: Pumpkin Center, Cherokee County, Oklahoma; Pumpkin Center, Comanche County, Oklahoma;
Charley Darkey Parkhurst (born Charlotte Darkey Parkhurst; [1] January 17, 1812 – December 28, 1879) also known as "One-Eyed Charley" or "Six-Horse Charley", was an American stagecoach driver, farmer and rancher in California.
Pumpkin Center is an unincorporated community in Cherokee County, Oklahoma, United States.It is approximately 7.5 miles northeast of Braggs. [2]This should not be confused with the Pumpkin Center located in Comanche County, Oklahoma, which is about 10 miles east of Lawton; [3] with the Pumpkin Center located in Muskogee County, Oklahoma, which is about 14 miles east of the city of Muskogee; [4 ...
The Parkhurst Memorial Presbyterian Church of Elkland, Pennsylvania received its name from the Parkhurst family of the same borough. The church was built as a memorial to Joel Parkhurst who was a leading citizen of Elkland, having established a number of businesses there in 1828 that grew to such large proportion as to make him the leading ...