Tishomingo, Oklahoma
County Seat of Johnson County
As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of
- 3,162
Tishomingo
is located on the upper, isolated arm of Lake Texoma.
Lake Texoma
and the Red River separate Oklahoma and Texas.
I was raised in this small Oklahoma town where we had horses, a cow, and
chickens in the city limits. My home was just across the street from the
County courthouse.
I spent my younger days riding horses, swimming in Pennington
Creek, and bird watching at the Tishomingo National Wildlife
Refuge.
Tishomingo
National Wildlife Refuge was found there in 1946 at
the building of the Red River Dam and the formation of Lake Texoma.
Murray State College
(a co-educational community college) is located in the town. The college
is named in honor of former Oklahoma Governor William H “Alfalfa
Bill” Murray. Alfalfa Bill is know in Oklahoma history as the Governor
who called out the National Guard, and brought his own gun down to protect
the Lake Texoma Red River Dam from the state of Texas.
Tishomingo, Oklahoma was founded in 1856 by the Chickasaw
Nation. Named after Chief Tishomingo who died in Mississippi
(Tishomingo Mississippi) on "the
trail of tears" before the tribe reached their new home.
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