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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.
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.
Okemah. Plan a trip to Okemah to discover the birthplace of legendary folk musician Woody Guthrie. Learn more about the man who sang “This Land is Your Land,” and explore the city’s Woody Guthrie statue and murals, the Okfuskee County Historical Society & Museum or Okemah Lake.
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Okemah is the largest city in and the county seat of Okfuskee County, Oklahoma, United States. It is the birthplace of folk music legend Woody Guthrie. Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, a federally recognized Muscogee Indian tribe, is headquartered in Okemah.
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