Coweta, Oklahoma
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Coweta is a city in Wagoner County, Oklahoma, United States, a suburb of Tulsa. Part of the Creek Nation in Indian Territory before Oklahoma became a U.S. state, the town was first settled in 1840. As
Coweta Fall Festival, September 2007, courtesy of Caleb Long
Oklahoma Farmers parade in downtown Coweta, 1905
The Coweta Mission Bell Museum.
Tulsa Skyline
Robert McGill Loughridge
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Robert McGill Loughridge was an American Presbyterian missionary who served among the Creek in Indian Territory. He attended Miami University, Ohio, and graduated in 1837. Loughridge was ordained as a
Coweta, Oklahoma
…Coweta was named after a Lower Creek town on the Chattahoochee River in southwestern Georgia. It was first settled by Muscogee about 1840. In 1843, Robert Loughridge, a Presbyterian minister, arrived in the area and established a mission, named "Koweta". He had gained Creek Council approval for this the year before…
Robert Loughridge
Indian Territory, present-day Oklahoma
Koweta Mission Historical Marker, in Coweta, Oklahoma
Tullahassee Mission 1st Floor