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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

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

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

Okemah Golf Club

Okemah boasts one of the finest golf courses in the area. Our nine-hole golf course is the site of many hours of family fun for local residents. Golfers from area communities are attracted to this course and impressed by its caliber. Built by volunteers in 1991

Okemah, OK Golf Courses

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

Things to do Historic Buildings near Okemah, OK

Canadian Theater

The Wolcott Building

Old Chicken Houses

Once the largest poultry colony west of the Mississippi; many of its chicken houses still remain. Locations at 11007 Jeffo...

The Mascho Buildings

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,...