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Holdenville is a city in and county seat of Hughes County, Oklahoma, United States.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 The population was 5,771 at the 2010 census, an increase of 22 percent from 4,732 at the 2000 census.〔 It is home to ''The Pork Group'', a subsidiary of Tyson Foods; the ''Holdenville State Fish Hatchery'', one of four operated by the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation; the ''Davis Correctional Facility'', a 1,600 bed medium security prison operated by the Corrections Corporation of America; and the ''Creek Nation Casino'', one of many operated by the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. ==History== Holdenville traces its origin to a Creek settlement called ''echo'', which means deer in English. George B. Fentress operated a general store there. A post office called "Fentress" opened there on May 24, 1895. During the same year, the Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad (CO&G), later the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway, built a line from McAlester to Oklahoma City. On November 15, 1895, the Fentress post office was renamed Holdenville, in honor of J. F. Holden, an employee of the CO&G. The town of Holdenville was incorporated by order of the U.S. District Court at Muskogee. D. J. Red was elected mayor at the first municipal election, held December 27, 1898. The first city council meeting was held January 4, 1899.〔(Wilson, Linda D. ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture''. "Holdenville." ) Retrieved October 20, 2013.〕 The Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad was constructed in the 1890s from Arkansas to Indian Territory. Between 1895 and 1897, the construction passed through the Creek Nation. During this period, a railroad camp was set up to service the railroad construction.〔Crawford, B., et al. (1998). ''Holdenville - 100 Years and Counting''. Marceline, MO: D-Books Publishing, Inc.〕 The railroad workers called the camp "Holden" in honor of J.F. Holden, the Auditor and Traffic Manager of Choctaw, Oklahoma, and Gulf Railroad.〔 In 1895, a request was delivered to the U.S. Congress to establish a post office in Holden. The request was rejected because the name was too similar to another post office called "Holder."〔 The proposed name was then altered to "Holdenville" and was accepted.〔 In 1898, settlers petitioned Indian Territory to incorporate Holdenville as a town. A hearing was granted and on November 14, 1898, Holdenville was incorporated as part of Indian Territory.〔 Upon ratification in 1907, Article 17 § 8 of the Oklahoma State Constitution designated Holdenville as the county seat of Hughes County.〔(OSCN Found Document:Description of counties - Designation of county seats )〕 The St. Louis, Oklahoma and Southern Railway (later the St. Louis and San Francisco Railway) constructed a line between 1900 and 1901 from Sapulpa to the Red River that passed through Holdenville.〔 An election was held on June 27, 1908, to determine the permanent county seat. Contending communities were Holdenville, Wetumka, Calvin, and Lamar. None of the candidates won a majority, so a runoff election was held on September 10, 1908, between the two top vote-getters, Holdenville and Wetumka. This time, Holdenville won the election.〔 The First Annual Oklahoma State Association of Free Will Baptist's Meeting (1908) was held on the 800 block of South Creek Street in Holdenville, at what is now the First Free Will Baptist Church of Holdenville. It later grew into a statewide organization serving thousands of Oklahomans and is headquartered in Moore, Oklahoma. 〔(Visit http://okfwb.org/ )〕 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「Holdenville, Oklahoma」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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