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Bowlegs is a town in Seminole County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 357 at the time of the 2020 census. [4] Etymology. According to tradition, the community has the name of Billy Bowlegs, a leader of the Seminoles in Florida. [5] . Bowlegs has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names. [6][7] Geography.
In Oklahoma Place Names, George H. Shirk asserts that it honors Seminole Chief Billy Bowlegs. Others contend that it was named for Lizzie Bowlegs, on whose allotment oil was discovered, while others believe it was named for David Bowlegs, who was murdered in the mid-1910s.
29 Μαρ 2016 · The subject of Bowlegs Town emerged on the Seminole radar three years ago when Silver River Museum Director Scott Mitchell borrowed several cases of artifacts unearthed on the Herring property to show his friend Mary Jene Koenes in Big Cypress.
15 Ιαν 2010 · The first great discovery well, the Betsy Foster Number One, was drilled near Wewoka in 1923. In rapid succession the Cromwell pool was developed in 1924, and the Fixico Number One brought in a gusher in the summer of 1926 in Seminole. The oil rush was on.
This paper traces the origins of the Billy Bowlegs Pirate Festival and how the historical person William Augustus Bowles eventually became part of the community celebration. The festival was created to drive tourism into the area.
24 Σεπ 2000 · Bowlegs, named for Seminole Chief Billy Bowlegs, was known as the toughest town in America in the mid-'20s. According to a Seminole Historical Museum brochure: "Liquor flowed freely despite national prohibition, brothels were everywhere and murders were committed on a regular basis."
Article describes the life and personality of Billy Bowlegs, Seminole chief and warrior who fought against the encroachment of white settlers in the Seminole Wars. Carolyn Thomas Foreman explores the legacy of the man through accounts and documentation from the nineteenth century.
