Muskogee and northeastern Oklahoma, including the counties of Muskogee, McIntosh, Wagoner, Cherokee, Sequoyah, Adair, Delaware, Mayes, Rogers, Washington, Nowata, Craig, and Ottawa . d as thetown had no fire protection, the flames spread rapidly toward theeast and south. The first floor of the court building was damagedto some extent, but being one of the few brick buildings, it wassaved. A frame hotel building owned by William Mann was thenext to burn. From there the fire swept down Main Street, de-stroying all the buildings on both sides of the street, from CourtStreet to Broadway, and exten
Muskogee and northeastern Oklahoma, including the counties of Muskogee, McIntosh, Wagoner, Cherokee, Sequoyah, Adair, Delaware, Mayes, Rogers, Washington, Nowata, Craig, and Ottawa . d as thetown had no fire protection, the flames spread rapidly toward theeast and south. The first floor of the court building was damagedto some extent, but being one of the few brick buildings, it wassaved. A frame hotel building owned by William Mann was thenext to burn. From there the fire swept down Main Street, de-stroying all the buildings on both sides of the street, from CourtStreet to Broadway, and extending on eastward, the depot andRailway Hotel were reduced to ashes. The brick buildings of theFirst National Bank, on the southwest corner of Broadway andMain Street, and of the Patterson Mercantile Company on thesoutheast corner, served to prevent the fire from extending southof Broadway. The principal buildings destroyed were the MaddinHardware Co., Garrett building, Chandlers Store, the newTurner block and Opera House, the Shackelford building, theDowning and Katy hotels, depot, freight house and telegraph Courtesy of C. W. Turner MUSKOGEE AFTER THE FIRE, FEBRUARY 23, 1899. MUSKOGEE AND NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA 413 office, including also quite a number of small buildings. Therecords of the Dawes Commission, the United States Indian Agentand Indian Inspector, which were located in the Turner block,were also destroyed. The new English block and the PattersonMercantile Companys brick building were badly scorched, butonly slightly damaged. While the fire was raging at its worst, onecitizen who had met with a slight loss, approached ClarenceTurner, bewailing his misfortune. Mr. Turner, whose loss ex-ceeded that of any other individual, coolly replied: Yes, it seemspretty bad, but there are more goods where these came Street, at that time, was the principal business street of thecity, and while, to some, the loss seemed almost irreparable, yet,before the ashes of the ruins
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