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Summit is a town in Muskogee County, originally called South Muskogee when it was platted in 1910, had a post office as early as 1896. The town is located six miles southwest of the city of Muskogee along the Missouri, Kansas, and Texas Railway. The railroad provided a depot for the community. The town’s name may have derived from the fact that it was platted 525 acres on the highest point of land along the railroad between the Arkansas and the North Canadian rivers.
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The senseless deaths of George Floyd and so many other Black Americans, and the protests that occurred in response, have gripped Oklahomans, Americans, and the world alike. As an educational organization and a dedicated community partner, the Oklahoma Historical Society (OHS) has long believed that one important step toward ending racism and injustice is a better understanding of our shared history. By providing resources that give context for the Black experience in Oklahoma, we hope to spark civil discourse and open dialogue about the role of race in the history of our state. While these conversations about our past may not be comfortable, they are necessary to understand where we have been and how we can best move forward together.
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(Note: Being 84 years old has its advantages but not during COVAD-19 shutdown w h i c h locked me inside my house for about six weeks, thus limiting my contact with the outside world. Hence, forgive my columns the next few weeks since they will be re-runs from 2016. Also, being 84, I don’t recall when the columns ran the first time. So here goes, and thanks for your indulgence! JBM)
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A special thank you to our neighbor and dear friend Janet Perry for the beautiful flowers. She has a great gift for growing flowers and plants and her yard is incredible. I took two of my grandchildren over to visit Chuck and Janet and they were amazed at her yard. In fact they didn’t want to leave. Janet gave Peyton wisteria seeds and we hope it turns out half as good as Janet’s .
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If you have any news about the Clearview area and would like it published contact Shirley at 405-786-2440 or email annnero@aol.com
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WARREN LINDLEY, STUART FFA, AND JIM JENKINS, HOLDENVILLE FFA WIN HUGHES COUNTY SOIL & WATER CONSERVATION SPEECH CONTEST.
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You wish there were a term for what just happened here; maybe then you’d understand it better. The “it” in this case involves a kind of spillover from one corner of life to another. It’s an “i” you hope to dot before you move on, even if doing so turns out to be the biggest challenge of them all—and, Lord knows, you’ve faced some real doozies.
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Staff Writer I know, because I was a junior at East Central State College and working part-time as a window trimmer for Montgomery Ward in Ada and refereeing high school basketball games in small schools surrounding areas. I lived in a one-room apartment four blocks from EC, which meant I walked nine blocks to work in beautiful downtown Ada if I couldn’t hitch a ride. Then on Sundays and Wednesdays, I walked 14 blocks to church, again if I couldn’t look or sound pitiful and get a ride. But I could always stop at Folgers and get a hamburger for a quarter. These are some things that could have been said about the state of the state of Oklahoma and many surrounding states during this time: Some things couldn’t be repeated in a family newspaper.
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