Streets of Okmulgee, Oklahoma - 1960 - Pioneer Pow Wow and Rodeo

We took these movies in July, 1960. This was during Okmulgee's annual Pioneer Pow-Wow and Rodeo. Gene Autry was there that year. I was only 5 so I don't remember going to the rodeo.

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Travel & Events

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• Okmulgee
• Oklahoma
• OK
• Gene Autry
• Pioneer
• Pow-Wow
• and
• Rodeo
• July
• 1960

[Mrsnewattitude617]

this is so interesting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I married a man from okmulgee and tour the place and then come home to see this just fascinated me. Maybe you knew my husband or his family. Adkins??? :) His parents had a Bar B Que place in Okmulgee????

[BigRedRockeater1930]

@Mrsnewattitude617 Thanks for your comment!!! I'll have to ask my mom. She grew up in Okmulgee but moved away when she got married to my dad after the war, in January 1946. She may know the family if they were around at the same time, especially if they went to Okmulgee High during the same period.

[TheSydneysoars]

@Mrsnewattitude617 Im 15 and live here now. I know a kendall adkins. He's about my age though..

[puka7752]

I've lived in Okmulgee my entire life, and its so interesting just to see how it used to be.

[SinisterCorp]

I used to live in Okmulgee...and wow... it looks just as crap in the 60's as it did in the 90's.

[nanoprobe672]

Wow! I moved to Okmulgee in '76 and I have always been fascinated with it's history and the way it was.

Thank you for posting!