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Pryor Creek, more commonly known as Pryor, is a city in and county seat of Mayes County, Oklahoma, United States.〔 The population was 8,659 at the 2000 census, compared to 9,539 in the 2010 census.〔''Pryor Daily Times'', "Mayes County Grows by 3,000." April 11, 2011. Retrieved July 16, 2011.()〕 Originally named ''Coo-Y-Yah'', Cherokee for Huckleberry, it was renamed Pryor Creek in 1887, the name of the local railroad station (named for the creek). Due to confusion in distinguishing handwritten mailing addresses to Pryor Creek and Pond Creek, the U.S. Postal Service name for the city was shortened to Pryor, though the official name of the city remains Pryor Creek.〔(George W. Tilly, "Pryor Creek," ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture''. ) Accessed August 5, 2013)〕 ==History== (詳細はCherokee, Osage, and Choctaw gave the tribes allotments in Indian Territory in the region that would become Oklahoma.〔"( Dianna Everett, "Indian Territory." ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture.'' ) Accessed August 5, 2013〕 Captain Nathaniel Hale Pryor, who was married to an Osage woman and served as an agent to the Osage people, was among those settling northeastern Oklahoma.〔(May, Jon D. "Pryor, Nathaniel," ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture''. ) Accessed August 5, 2013)〕 He established a trading post on Grand River, shortly before the Union Mission was established 5 miles southeast of present-day Chouteau in 1820.〔( Amanda Carney, "Mayes County, ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture''. ) Accessed August 5, 2013〕 In 1870, the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad started construction in the Cherokee Nation along the Kansas border, laying tracks to Texas. By June 1871, the railroad reached present-day Pryor Creek.〔(Pryor, Oklahoma. "History of Pryor." ) Retrieved October 15, 2013.〕 A post office was eventually established naming the town ''Coo-y-yah'', Indian Territory. Coo-y-yah is the Cherokee name for "huckleberry". On April 23, 1887, Coo-y-yah was changed to Pryor Creek, but the "Creek" was dropped by the post office on January 26, 1909.〔 March 7, 2009. (accessed August 5, 2013)〕 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「Pryor Creek, Oklahoma」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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