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Okemah Public Library


category : Historic Buildings
Okemah Public Library The Okemah Public Library is located in a historic rock building constructed with the aid of WPA funds. Enjoying a scenic view of Okemah's Noble Park, it is within a block of the Okemah Middle School.

Friendly, helpful staff and dedicated volunteers make the library a cheerful place to spend a few hours with your nose in a good book. The library provides an internet access site for the community and attracts many who wish to do research or check their email. Providing both educational and recreational value to the community, the library makes a substantial contribution to Okemah's goals as a Century Community.


Come visit us in Okemah, Oklahoma

Attractions and Upcoming Events

Woody Guthrie

Woody Guthrie was born in Okemah, Oklahoma on July 14, 1912

Okemah, OK Famous People

Okfuskee County Historical Society Museum

The county's past is explored through an early-day schoolroom display and a variety of other items, housed in a 1926 Masonic temple.

Okemah, OK Museums

Territory Town Museum

Walk along the boardwalk in Territory Town and look into the store fronts of the old western town. The museum exhibits include Civil War relics, Wells Fargo items, Indian artifacts, western memorabilia, and souvenirs.

Okemah, OK Museums

Woody Guthrie Statue and Mural

The Woody Guthrie Statue was dedicated at the 1998 Free Folk Festival and placed in a memorial park in downtown Okemah. Painted on a wall adjacent to the park is this mural illustrating the life of Woody done by artist, DeAnna Wilson.

Okemah, OK Arts

Okemah Lake

Okemah boasts one of the most beautiful 1100 acre city lakes in the state of Oklahoma. Okemah City Lake complex offers superb fishing, water skiing, RV Park and camping. The 1998 Angler'

Okemah, OK Recreation

Things to do Historic Buildings near Okemah, OK

Yukon's Best Flour and Grain Co

Restored in 1989, sign atop Yukon's landmark grain elevator lights up nighttime skies....

Stroud Library

Circa 1929; Art Deco architecture....

Farmers and Merchants State Bank

First black bank in America, originally built in 1906 and rebuilt in the 1920s. Pretty Boy Floyd's gang once tried a robbery,...

WPA Pecan Bowl

Built during the depression as part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's WPA program, the construction of Okemah's WPA Pecan ...

The Wolcott Building