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Blue Jacket, Oklahoma : ウィキペディア英語版 | Bluejacket, Oklahoma
Bluejacket is a town in eastern Craig County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 339 at the 2010 census, an increase of 23.7 percent from 274 at the 2000 census.〔CensusViewer: Population of the City of Bluejacket (Blue Jacket), Oklahoma.()〕 Bluejacket was named for its first postmaster, the Rev. Charles Bluejacket, one-time chief of the Shawnee and grandson of noted leader Blue Jacket.〔(Craig County Genealogical Society, "Bluejacket," ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture'' ). Accessed April 18, 2015.〕 ==History== Bluejacket was founded as a station designated by the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway (KATY) in 1871, as it built a line through Indian Territory from Kansas to Texas. A post office was established in 1882, and Chief Bluejacket was appointed as the first postmaster. The town was incorporated in the Cherokee Nation in 1894.〔 During the late 1930s, two tornadoes severely damaged Bluejacket. The first, on May 4, 1938, destroyed some barns and killed a farmer and several head of livestock. The second, on August 24, 1939, destroyed much of the business district. This storm killed two young men and caused an estimated half million dollars' worth of damage in the county.〔
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