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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TheNickelGuy, post: 8170933, member: 20201&quot;]<font size="6"><b>1905 - 1933 Muskogee Electric Traction Company Transportation Token</b></font></p><p><br /></p><p>Muskogee Electric Traction Company</p><p>Indian Capital of the World</p><p>One Fare Transportation Token</p><p>Muskogee Oklahoma</p><p><br /></p><p>22mm White Metal</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1427436[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1427437[/ATTACH]&nbsp; </p><p>I do not know if this company ran a bus line by the same name. It is possible this is for a bus line around 1950 but Muskogee’s trolley company was the third system in operation in Indian Territory and began operation March 15, 1905.</p><p>The company operated five miles of track between Muskogee and Hyde Park and an interurban line of 10 miles between Muskogee and Fort Gibson.</p><p><br /></p><p>A 5-cent fare was charged for each continuous passage in the city. Students between the ages of 6 and 15 years paid only a 2 1/2-cent fare. It cost 10 cents for passage to the amusement park at Hyde Park on the banks of the Arkansas River. The fare to Fort Gibson was 25 cents.</p><p><br /></p><p>By July 1905, the Muskogee Daily Phoenix reported the line had 10 cars in service and four more ordered and on their way, according to Ira L. Reeves, president of Muskogee Electric Traction Co.</p><p><br /></p><p>Successful operations would continue for more than 25 years. By 1916, company trackage reached its maximum of 31 miles, including the line to Fort Gibson, which also served Bacone Indian College.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1427438[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>On March 9, 1933, the trolley system was abandoned and performed freight services for another year by using two gasoline locomotives on the Fort Gibson tracks.</p><p><br /></p><p>The company discontinued the use of electric power, and in 1941, it applied to the Interstate Commerce Commission to abandon all lines and discontinue operation.</p><p><br /></p><p>Merle Haggard</p><p>We like livin&#039; right, and bein&#039; free[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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