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Before statehood, when the Five Tribes or Five Civilized Tribes were moved to Oklahoma from the Eastern United States, the area that is now Coweta became part of the Creek Nation. In 1867, the Creek Nation divided its territory into six districts. Everything northeast of the Arkansas River, including Tulsa, became the Coweta district. The political center of this district was located in courthouse about a quarter mile from the modern day center of the downtown Coweta. As a result of negotiations with the Congress appointed Dawes Commission regarding the allotment of tribal lands in 1898, the Creek courts’ jurisdiction was turned over to the Federal government. Many notable events occurred in 1903. Along with the arrival of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas railroad, Coweta’s first newspaper, The Courier, was started, the first school was built, and a telephone line was installed. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coweta%2C_Oklahoma
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