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Okemah (/ ˌ oʊ ˈ k iː m ə / or / ˈ ʌ k i m ə /) [4] is the largest city in and the county seat of Okfuskee County, Oklahoma, United States. [5] It is the birthplace of folk music legend Woody Guthrie. Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, a federally recognized Muscogee Indian tribe, is headquartered in Okemah.
Historically occupied by the Osage and Quapaw, the area later to be called “Okemah” was assigned to the Muscogee Nation, and more specifically the Thlopthlocco Tribal Town after Indian Removal of tribes from the Southeast United States in the 1830s.
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Okemah, county seat of Okfuskee County, is located on Interstate 40, seventy-one miles east of Oklahoma City. Originally within the Creek Nation, Indian Territory, the area was opened to non-Indian settlement on April 22, 1902.
Celebrate Okemah’s pioneer founding with a weekend full of the nostalgia of rodeo and reenactments, and the pure joy that only small town festivals can provide. From parades and carnivals to food trucks, and merry-go-rounds, there’s something for everyone to enjoy and experience.
Okemah is a town in the Frontier Country region of Oklahoma and the birthplace of "This Land Is Your Land" renowned singer Woody Guthrie.
