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Nowata (Lenape: Nuwatu, Nuwi ta ) is a city and county seat of Nowata County, Oklahoma, United States.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 The population was 3,731 at the United States Census, 2010, a 6.0 percent decline from 3,971 at the 2000 census.〔(MuniNet Guide: Nowata, Oklahoma )〕 ==History== Nowata served as a train stop for Native Americans from the East being resettled by the government. The Lenape tribesmen who passed through named it "nuwita," meaning "friendly" or "welcome."〔Bamberg, Maxine. ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture''. "Nowata" Retrieved September 30, 2011.()〕 In the Cherokee language, the town is called ᎠᎹᏗᎧᏂᎬᎬ (A-ma-di-ka-ni-gunh-gunh, roughly), which means, "water is all gone," translating what it ''sounded'' like the word meant: No Water.〔Holmes, Ruth Bradley and Smith, Betty Sharp. ''Beginning Cherokee,'' 2nd Edition. University of Oklahoma Press, 1977.〕 In 1889, the Kansas and Arkansas Valley Railway (later part of the Missouri Pacific Railway) built a line through Nowata. A post office was established in the town on November 8, 1889. Nowata was incorporated April 17, 1899.〔 Oil and gas were discovered nearby in 1904, stimulating the Nowata economy. Some wells in this field have continued to produce into the twenty-first century.〔 A Federal court was established in 1904. The building housing the court burned down in 1909, destroying all records and forcing the court to move temporarily to another building. A permanent courthouse was built in 1912. It is the only local property listed on the National Record of Historic Places.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nowata, Oklahoma」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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