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THE PHOENIX - This mythical bird is the alchemical symbol of rebirth through fire. The phoenix, sometimes known as the fire bird, sets itself on fire every 500 years, dies in the flames, and then rises again from the ashes. In medieval legend, the phoenix lives in ARABIA but flies to EGYPT, the home of alchemy, to undergo its ritual death and regeneration. Here it cradles the all-powerful elements of fire and water under its wings.



Muskogee -- Head of Okmulgee Creek Nation Indian Territory, Oklahoma, United StatesMuskhogean Indian Family History
Time is represented by a seven-spoked wheel—The Wheel of Time—which consists of seven Ages. The turning of this wheel and the events of each Age generate the Great Pattern, a predefined plan which defines the past, present and future. The Wheel itself is the work of the Creator, and it is powered by the True Source. Both the Creator and the True Source exist outside of time itself. A third force, the Dark One, was imprisoned outside the Great Pattern by the Creator at the very moment of creation itself. Although powerful, the Dark One had no ability to influence the world.

April 1, 1889 -- The Federal Court is established in Muskogee.
April 22, 1889 -- The Unassigned Lands are opened to white settlement.
1893 -- The Federal Government begins negotiations to to allot lands to individual Native Americans.
September 19, 1895 -- The Creek Oil and Gas Co. is incorporated in Muskogee County.
May 18, 1896 -- A post office opens in Summit, an all-black town, six miles southeast of Muskogee.
1897 -- John Robert Thomas was appointed Federal Judge at large for Indian Territory.
1897 -- Dr. Leo E. Bennett is appointed the U.S. Marshall for Indian Territory.
1897 -- The "Board of Trade" was established to address Muskogee's problems.
March 19, 1898 -- Town of Muskogee was incorporated.
June 1, 1898 -- P. J. Byrne elected Muskogee's first Mayor.
June 28, 1898 -- The passage of the Curtis Act Assures the end of Indian Territory
in favor of the allotment of lands.
February 23, 1899 -- Much of downtown Muskogee was destroyed by a fire that began
at a cleaning plant on the east side of Second Street.
March 28, 1902 -- An all-black settlement eight miles west of Muskogee establishes
a post office. Named orginally for W. H. Twine, the town changes its name to Taft
in 1904.
June 17, 1902 -- The small town of Sawokla got a post office. The town grew until
1904 when oil was discovered. The town was moved and renamed Haskell, after rail-
road promoter Charles N. Haskell.
September 10, 1902 -- A post office opens in Boynton, a community southwest of Muskogee.
Muskogee County Cities & Towns

Boynton
Braggs
Council Hill
Fort Gibson
Hanna
Haskell
Muskogee
Oktaha
Porum
River Bottom
Sand Hills
Simms
Sour John
Summit
Taft
Wainwright
Warner
Webbers Fall



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